Hosted by Webby Honoree audio producer and music journalist Lennon Cihak, When Life Hands You Lennons spotlights music industry executives, musicians, and tastemakers. Throughout each episode, Lennon takes a deep dive into the guest's speciality, asking the questions that don't yet have answers. Previous guests include Cascada, Varien, Jason Grishkoff (SubmitHub), Seth Hills, DJ Swivel (Beyoncé, The Chainsmokers), Jody Friedman, ItaloBrothers, 3OH!3, and more.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/when-life-hands-you-lennons--4973415/support.
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Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 4 days 18 hours 4 minutes
episode 12: Why Does Art Resonate With People? How Artists Use Music to Communicate With Fans and Society
Jacob McCloskey is a former dance music journalist and current CEO of Emvoice, a voice synthesis platform that allows users to input notes and lyrics to generate an AI vocal. Jacob and I discuss the role of an artist now instead of 20 years ago, how...
episode 11: Your Biggest Obstacle is Yourself: Don't Let You Get in The Way of Creating With CVBZ
CVBZ is an independent artist and songwriter residing in Los Angeles, California. He's written a number of hit songs and recently sold sound recordings to a company called Duetti. He's very intelligent and open-minded, so there's a lot of wisdom...
episode 10: From 0 to 750k Streams PER DAY: How Free Syncs on TikTok Launched RAYE and Brent Faiyaz
J. Erving III is the CEO and co-founder of Human Re Sources, a music distribution and artist services company. J's company was acquired by Sony Music's The Orchard in 2020 for a multi-million deal. Human Re Sources and the team have helped artists...
episode 9: All in the Pitch: How This Artist Got $15,000 Syncs On Netflix, AMC and Fender
Noah Tauscher is an independent musician based in Los Angeles, CA and originally from Hood River, OR. He makes his living on licensing his music for sync. This is Noah's first podcast, so be sure to give him a warm welcome! In his career, Noah has...
episode 8: Stock Market For Music: This Company Enables Artists to Sell Shares in Their Business
Justin Longo is the CEO and founder of MariNation Music, an investment platform that allows artists to sell shares of their business to fans. Artists are then able to use that money to purchase studio gear, increase marketing budgets, touring, etc. As...
episode 7: Is TikTok LinkedIn For Artists? How Consumer Evolution Forced Musicians to Adapt
Cassie Petrey is the co-founder and CEO of CrowdSurf, a music management firm that has worked with Britney Spears, Camila Cabello, Backstreet Boys, and many more. Cassie is an avid speaker and has spoken at SXSW and Forbes' 30/50 summit in Abu Dhabi....
episode 6: Artist Innovation and Empowerment are Built Into HIFI Labs' Core
Joe Barham is the CEO and co-founder of HIFI Labs, a creative incubator and artist mentorship collective building an artist-owned, community-powered future for musicians. Fueled by web3 technology and industry-changing innovation, HIFI Labs' mission...
episode 5: How Atlantic Records' Sr. Producer Ebonie Smith Finds Clients and Builds Community
Ebonie Smith is a Grammy-certified audio engineer and is Atlantic Records' Senior Producer and Engineer. She's worked on projects like Hamilton on Broadway, Janelle Monáe's 'Dirty Computer' album, and Cardi B's 'Invasion of Privacy.' Ebonie is also...
episode 4: How This PR Company Took Black Coffee From Playing Small Gigs to Winning Grammys
James Mack is the co-founder and CEO of Listen Up!, a music and entertainment industry public relations agency. Most notably, Listen Up!'s client Black Coffee won Best Dance Record at the 2022 Grammy Awards. In this episode, James shares how Listen...
episode 3: Ex-Software Engineering Manager Turned Music Tech Startup Founder and CEO
Vu Ho is an entrepreneur and music tech startup founder. He's a former engineering manager at Atlassian, the parent company for programs like Jira, Confluence, and Trello. He's now the CEO of HITMKR, a company that is building a new platform with the...