Jack Barakat: Using Social Media to Grow a Band

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We're really excited about this week's episode! Allison Hagendorf is the absolute Queen of rock music. She is the Global Head Of Rock for Spotify and has helped launch so many artists' careers, including one of our faves, Yungblud. She recently launched a show on Spotify called "Rock This with All…

We laughed and then laughed some more with Travis Mills mostly about guitar tones but also about how his career got started on MySpace, some tricks and tips about how to be the best radio host (sometimes you gotta play a John Mayer song to ease Kevin Gates into an interview), and his new band girlf…

I chased down Samii Ryan like a crazy person at the Zumiez 100k event earlier this year in a hotel lobby. I'm glad I did because it led to an awesome merch collab between her brand and Emo Nite. She's a wonderful human who has built an amazing brand from the ground up. It was really cool to chat wi…