Producer Manager + A&R Shows How Producers Can Build Their Fanbase | CEO Morning Show

Today we are interviewing producer manager and A&R Shakkdiesel based in Toronto. We will be talking about getting signed, networking with artists, and how to build a fanbase as a producer going from nothing to something!

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Timestamps 👇
00:00 Intro
01:04 Episode Overview
06:33 Shakkdiesel background
09:21 Shakkdiesel joins the show
12:13 Shakkdiesel shares his come up story: Learning from Cory Litwin, starting off with managing an artist, branding producers, getting in the music game by figuring something out from being in the right crowd, first producer signed Yosh, life for a producer after they sign with Shakkdiesel
20:09 How you should go about managing producers
21:46 Problem with producers getting lazy and different types of producers
25:11 Knowledge Shakkdiesel has been seeking and what producers should learn about business
29:58 Cheat code for producers to get to working with bigger artists
31:14 What being an A&R for producers looks like, best use of time with the AirBnb model
33:40 The evolution of an unsigned artist’s brain
35:45 How an artist can build a fanbase in 2020, cheat code for promo with Giveaways, talking to a lot of people, your music hits different when you show people love
43:46 Playlisting and how to go about them, quality of music, buying features
50:47 Opinion about music videos
54:47 Advice for producers
57:27 Q&A with Gcluez: Does Shakkdiesel have a playlist, Chartmetrics website, building a label
01:04:39 Q&A with Jayden: Easiest way to network and find music events in your city
01:09:08 Q&A with Hades: What Shakkdiesel is looking for in a beat, producers having a digital press, genres Shakkdiesel is in tune with
01:16:14 Best piece of advice for producers
01:18:48 Outro