Navigating Business Uncertainty and Music Revenue Complexity

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Timestamps :

00:00:00 - Intro

00:01:05 - Why BBNO$ has no money

00:04:25 - What do you spend money on?

00:06:23 - BBNO$ is homeless

00:07:58 - Income from 10M Spotify listeners

00:10:50 - Sponsor - Netsuite

00:17:55 - How musicians make money

00:23:12 - What is a sync?

00:24:12 - Pressure to constantly improve

00:25:10 - “Lalala” and knowing it would blow up

00:27:02 - Record company scams

00:29:32 - How record deals work

00:35:01 - Sponsor - Shipstation

00:36:19 - Can you game the music industry?

00:37:39 - Big artists don’t write their own music?

00:39:00 - Formula for a hit song

00:40:08 - AI in music industry

00:41:46 - Bad follow-up albums

00:45:42 - Musicians ahead of trends

00:49:00 - What do you get for free?

00:51:49 - Day in the life of a musician

00:54:31 - Why concert ticket sales have been bad

00:56:05 - Is your Google net worth accurate?

00:59:06 - How to start a career in music?

01:00:48 - Strategic marketing decisions

01:02:49 - On fame in China

01:06:53 - Sponsor - Oracle

01:08:04 - Getting famous overnight

01:09:44 - How much music do you scrap?

01:12:38 - After “Lalala” went viral

01:14:23 - Lowest career moment

01:15:15 - Dating as a famous musician

01:18:25 - Cultivating the perfect hairline

01:20:18 - Earnings for private gigs?

01:24:31 - Where do you invest your money?

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