The SoundCentric Podcast

• Episode 104 | Ralph Tashjian Talks Intercept Music, What It Means to be Independent in 2025 + More

  Find us on social media for daily content and information regarding all things music industry Twitter: https://twitter.com/soundcentricmus Instagram:https://https://www.instagram.com/soundcentricmusic/ Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@soundcentricmusic Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SoundCentricmusic Website: https://soundcentricmusic.com Podcast: https://www.soundcentricmusic.com 00:01:00 - Intro 00:01:50 - What made Ralph leave a career in promotion to start a distribution company 00:04:20 - The  feeling of finding a new favorite artist 00:06:10 - Why you can’t buy your music into popularity 00:09:00 - How artists should utilize their marketing and how AI can be helpful for organization 00:13:30 - What separates Intercept Music from other distributors utilizing technology 00:16:20 - What does it mean to be independent in 2025 00:21:10 - How can artists make a career off music and make money 00:28:45 - At what point should an artist start thinking about getting a team? 00:34:15 - The best way to get on a playlist 00:36:15 - What is the best type of content to make? Music videos? Short form content? 00:37:00 - How car artist make money outside of streams? 00:39:00 - Where does Ralph see the music industry going 00:41:50 - Closing thoughts

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• Episode 103 | Volksgeist Talks Playboi Carti Album, A$AP Rocky's Album Rollout, the Issue with Hip-Hop Journalists + More

  Find us on social media for daily content and information regarding all things music industry Twitter: https://twitter.com/soundcentricmus Instagram:https://https://www.instagram.com/soundcentricmusic/ Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@soundcentricmusic Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SoundCentricmusic Website: https://soundcentricmusic.com Podcast: https://www.soundcentricmusic.com   00:01:00 - intro 00:02:00 - The stigma around video essays 00:03:00 - The issue with current music journalism and their issue with Volksgeist 00:07:30 - the positive sides of written journalism 00:10:00 - The goal of Volksgeist’s videos how he is educating people 00:12:40 - Our thoughts on the Playboi Carti album and its long rollout 00:13:40 - A quick detour about how awesome concerts are 00:16:00 - Back to Carti album talk 00:19:20 - Adams hot take on The Weeknd and Tyler, the Creator 00:24:30 - Our excitement level for A$AP Rocky’s “Don’t Be Dumb” and the issue with its rollout 00:31:40 - Drake and Kendrick one year later and Kendricks hypocrisy 00:39:20 - What Kendrick Lamar and hip-hop has taught us 00:41:00 - Closing thoughts

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• Episode 102 | Annabelle Talks Building That Good Sh*t, Mount Rushmore of Interviewers, Opening for Doechii + So Much More

  Find us on social media for daily content and information regarding all things music industry Twitter: https://twitter.com/soundcentricmus Instagram:https://https://www.instagram.com/soundcentricmusic/ Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@soundcentricmusic Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SoundCentricmusic Website: https://soundcentricmusic.com Podcast: https://www.soundcentricmusic.com   00:00:00 - Intro 00:02:00 - Our reaction to Doechii’s grammy win 00:03:15 - Artists we were “early” on (featuring Tommy Richman, Lexa Gates, and Chance the Rapper) 00:07:00 - How Annabelle goes about listening to submissions and how to stand out when submitting 00:10:00 - does Annabelle let view metrics guide her content? 00:11:00 - How That Good Sh*T started 00:14:00 - How Annabelle landed on the branding for TGS 00:16:00 - How Annabelle built her TGS team 00:19:50 - Anabelle’s research process for interviews 00:21:40 - Our Mount Rushmore of interviewed 00:25:00 - Tips for interviewing 00:27:00 - How Annabelle deals with impostor syndrome 00:31:10 - how Annabelle deals with hate 00:35:00 - How Annabelle got into DJing 00:39:00 - opening for Doechii and Teezo touchdown 00:41:00 - Our favorite concerts ever 00:45:00 - Favorite music region right now 00:47:00 - A message to people who say hiphop is dying 00:49:00 - Closing thoughts

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• Episode 101 | Ykmyname Recaps 2025 Grammys and Talks New Album

  Find us on social media for daily content and information regarding all things music industry Twitter: https://twitter.com/soundcentricmus Instagram:https://https://www.instagram.com/soundcentricmusic/ Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@soundcentricmusic Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SoundCentricmusic Website: https://soundcentricmusic.com Podcast: https://www.soundcentricmusic.com   00:0:00 - Intro 00:03:00 - Grammys Intro 00:06:35 - The Grammys were… great? 00:08:30 - Kanye’s wife arrives naked and announces new album 00:10:30 - Kendrick sweeps Grammys wins 5 awards 00:12:30 - Is Drake going R&B a good move for his return? 00:17:40 - Doechii wins Rap Album of the Year  00:20:30 - TDE is the San Antonio Spurs of hip-hop 00:24:00 - Best debut rap albums  00:26:00 - beyonce wins her first grammy  00:28:30 - Are the Grammys anti-drake? 00:34:00 - Anderson Paak and Rapsody win awards  00:35:00 - YK drops new album "Dusta Da Vinci 00:37:50 - How YK thought of plan to drop an album every month  00:39:00 - Production on the album  00:41:00 - How to balance mastering your craft while still releasing music  00:47:40 - Making music is supposed to be fun 00:51:00 - Artists who have switched their rap names  

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• Episode 100 | Dru Kelly & Stix Recap 2024, Talk New Music, and Our Goals for 2025

  Find us on social media for daily content and information regarding all things music industry Twitter: https://twitter.com/soundcentricmus Instagram:https://https://www.instagram.com/soundcentricmusic/ Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@soundcentricmusic Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SoundCentricmusic Website: https://soundcentricmusic.com Podcast: https://www.soundcentricmusic.com   00:00:00 - Intro 00:02:00 - Celebrating the 100th episode of the podcast 00:04:00 - Reflecting on hip-hop’s 2024 00:04:40 - Drake had a rough 2024 00:08:40 - Recapping Kendrick’s year 00:09:20 - J. Cole had a weird year, but kind of great? 00:10:15 - Dru’s top 5 albums of the year 00:!3:45 - Stix’s top 5 albums of the year 00:16:15 - Stix favorite beat from this year 00:18:00 - Adam didn’t like Tyler, the Creator’s “Chromokopia” 00:19:40 - Adam’s top 5 albums of the year 00:28:00 - Dru’s top 5 songs of the year 00:30:30 - Stix’s top 5 songs of the year 00:34:10 - Adam’s top 5 songs of the year 00:38:30 - The best verse of 2024 00:41:40 - The best lyric of 2024 00:44:10 - Reflecting on Dru and Stix’s album “Aileen” 00:50:25 - Dru’s new music coming 00:55:45 - How dru and stix handle musical debates 00:57:00 - Our goals for 2024 01:01:00 - Closing thoughts

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