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Building Superfans in the Streaming Era of Spotify – Expert Advice for Musicians with Nick Holmsten

Release Date: 04/29/2025

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Our mission here at MUBUTV is to help independent artists and music business professionals of the future to educate, empower and engage their music career.

🎙️ Music Business Insider Podcast: https://www.mubutv.com/podcast The Music Business Insider Podcast is a deep dive for listeners like you who want to educate, empower & engage their music career. We take you inside behind the scenes through a series of in-depth conversations with today’s leading experts in the Music Industry including A&R, Music Supervision, Artist Management, Marketing, Publicity, Touring, and much much more. You can find it by searching “Music Business Insider Podcast” on any podcast app or platform [ie: Apple Podcasts, Spotify, etc.].

📒 Show Notes and Resources 📒
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⚡️What you'll learn in this episode⚡️

👉 Why fans are the new A&Rs in music
👉 How artists can build their first 100 true fans
👉 The growing impact of storytelling in building loyal audiences
👉 Major opportunities in fan-artist communities
👉 and so much more...

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Podcast Credits
Produced by: Ritch Esra & Eric Knight
Editor: Eric Knight
Shownotes & Transcriptions: Rick Staffy

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