Live Nation Urban VP on Festivals, Touring and Promoting Culture

The New Music Business with Ari Herstand

This week on the New Music Business, our guest is Brandon Pankey, the Vice President of Business Development and Operations of Live Nation Urban.

03:45 Welcome

04:21 Live Nation Urban

06:12 Involvement with festivals and booking emerging artists

09:34 How emerging artists can get on Live Nation's radar

16:24 Black Tour Directory and embracing the term "Urban"

22:50 Educational initiatives with the DASH program

25:27 ​​Launching the music-based video streaming service APEX

28:29 Breaking down the operations of a Live Nation promoter

33:13 Advice to indie artists wanting to go on tour

35:29 The importance of a live experience

40:56 Final question

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Edited and mixed by Maxton Hunter

Music by Brassroots District

Produced by the team at Ari’s Take

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