#36: Budi Voogt — How to Crush Music Marketing (and Life)

Check out Budi's book: http://edmprod.com/soundcloudbible If there's one person I have immense respect for, it's Budi Voogt. He's the smartest, most driven person I know. He's the co-founder of Heroic, a label and management agency. Instructor of the Music Marketing Academy, and author of the Soundcloud Bible. He's taken guys like WRLD and San Holo to a new level through his management expertise, and helped empower many more creators, which is at the heart of his vision and mission as an entrepreneur. In this episode, we talk about a range of things including: - Orfium: can it replace Soundcloud? - Soundcloud Go - a feature made out of necessity? - How to do your best creative work and beat resistance - Budi's book - The Soundcloud Bible Third Edition - Should you have a friend manage you? - Why you should gain traction indepedently BEFORE trying to get a manager - How co-management works - What you should look out for in a manager (what to be wary of) - The Fan Funnel: How to Build Your Audience (How to Gain Superfans) - Should you use all social media platforms? - Empowering creators Get Budi's book: http://edmprod.com/soundcloudbible Things mentioned: - Turning Pro (http://amzn.to/2aXeSc9) - Deep Work (http://amzn.to/2bakLpU) - War of Art (http://amzn.to/2bal83X) - Droeloe (@droeloemusic) - Bitbird (@bitbirdofficial) - Heroic (@heroicrecordings) - Printful (www.theprintful.com) - Marcus Aurelius (http://amzn.to/2balV4M) - The Song Machine (http://amzn.to/2aZef4S) - The Four Hour Workweek (http://amzn.to/2aYrEXV) Budi Voogt on the web: Twitter: https://twitter.com/budivoogt/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/budivoogtofficial/ Website: http://budivoogt.com Intro/Outro song: https://soundcloud.com/heroicrecordings/subliminal?in=heroicrecordings/sets/heroic-i-lumen