Skip to main content
Music Hacker

Music Hacker

By Gavin Bain

Music Hacker is a podcast dedicated to helping musicians understand the brutal truths about the music business so that they can get where they want to go in an ever changing business without being ripped off. Hosted by Gavin Bain - the man that conned the music industry.
Currently playing episode

MUSIC HACKER #007 - The Secret behind Ed Sheeran, Adele, Takeshi 69, Eminem

Music HackerAug 17, 2018

00:00
58:03
MUSIC HACKER #007 - The Secret behind Ed Sheeran, Adele, Takeshi 69, Eminem

MUSIC HACKER #007 - The Secret behind Ed Sheeran, Adele, Takeshi 69, Eminem

There are only 3 categories of artists that make it big in music.

If you are an artist in music you need to understand these 3 categories if in order to achieve massive success. If you do understand them you can master and use the art of how to sell your music to your advantage. This is the brutal truth about marketing music, what sells and how the industry works.
Aug 17, 201858:03
Music Hacker #006 Gavin Bain with Daisy Chute - Life after Major Labels
Aug 03, 201822:29
Breakthrough Episode 1 with Sarah Begum - 'Take The Power Back'
Jul 20, 201801:16:57
Music Hacker # 004 w/ THUNDERFOX - How to be an original unique band

Music Hacker # 004 w/ THUNDERFOX - How to be an original unique band

In this empromptu back stage interview Brains speaks to Australia's coolest new band Thunderfox post portem of killing their first London show. It's a fun interview with a band embarking on their first 20 date european tour. that will help inspire artists to take things into their own hands. Thunderfox are young and original and doing it all their own way. From unconventional song structures to an eclectic array of music influences to bizarre stage attire, three part harmonies, beat box and rap (at times you least expect). Young bands watching this will be inspired to see a band going for it and not waiting for something to happen. Check out their music: https://www.facebook.com/thunderfoxof... Youtube: Thunder Fox Official http://thunderfox.com.au/ https://twitter.com/ThunderFoxBand Listen to Gavin's music 'Brains McLoud', Hopeless Heroic & Silibil n' Brains music on iTunes, spotify and bandcamp http://brainsmcloud.com/ https://brainsmcloud.bandcamp.com/ http://www.silibilnbrains.
Jul 20, 201829:20
Music Hacker #003 w/ Cerian & Daisy Chute

Music Hacker #003 w/ Cerian & Daisy Chute

In this episode we have a fascination discussion about the biggest fears artists face when releasing their own music, the best strategies to release a successful record, the death of the music industry and Daisy being signed as a 17 year old in a manufactured pop group as the industry fell apart and how artists can build street teams and fund themselves with DTube, Steemit, & Patreon. Listen to Daisy online… www.daisychute.com www.facebook.com/daisychuteofficial www.youtube.com/c/daisychuteofficial Listen to Cerian www.cerianmusic.com @CerianMusic INSTAGRAM: https://instagram.com/cerianmusic/ FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/cerianmusic TWITTER: https://twitter.com/CerianMusic YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/Cerian SOUNDCLOUD: https://soundcloud.com/cerianmusic Listen to Gavin's music 'Brains McLoud', Hopeless Heroic & Silibil n' Brains music on iTunes, spotify and bandcamp http://brainsmcloud.com/ https://brainsmcloud.bandcamp.com/ http://www.silibilnbrains.com/ Connect
Jul 06, 201850:27
Music Hacker #002 w/ Nick Di Gregorio - 'THE ONLY 3 CATEGORIES LABELS SIGN'

Music Hacker #002 w/ Nick Di Gregorio - 'THE ONLY 3 CATEGORIES LABELS SIGN'

What's up folks. BAck with a stacked episode of Music Hacker. If you are a musician trying to crack the industry or a producer trying to get big artists on your tracks or if you want to go from cover musician to full time creative singer song writer then this is so packed with the exact information you need to empower you on that journey. In this episode we discuss how important it is to have live experience of doing covers and we discuss the secrets about how to attract the music execs, but why you wouldn't want to focus on that. To do so we touch on the secrets about approaching labels and the truths about the legalities of unsolicited demos. HOW TO GET YOUR SONGS TO BIG ARTISTS. We also discuss how A&R departments work and the three categories that the music industry focuses on. There is a lot in this one. Listen to Gavin's music 'Brains McLoud', Hopeless Heroic & Silibil n' Brains music on iTunes, spotify and bandcamp http://brainsmcloud.com/ https://brainsmcloud.bandcamp.com/
Jun 27, 201801:05:57
Music Hacker #001 w/ Melinda Ortner - 'How to Blow up in music 1 year'

Music Hacker #001 w/ Melinda Ortner - 'How to Blow up in music 1 year'

Gavin Bain (or Brains Mcloud as music fans know him) is a musician, producer and Music Hacker known for conning the music industry in 2003. He's spent 20 years in the music industry breaking rules and records and exposing the music industries flaws and secrets. With Music Hacker podcast he aims to break some of the misconceptions and as many artists as possible make it on their own terms. Melinda Ortner is phenomenal singer song writer from LA currently living in London. In this podcast they discuss misconceptions in music and bust myths while discussing exactly what it takes to blow up in the modern music world. You can watch the video here https://youtu.be/SF5_GKjnGVY Melinda's music on itunes, spotify, www.melindaortner.com https://www.facebook.com/melindaortnermusic Twitter, instagram @melindaortner Listen to 'Brains McLoud', Hopeless Heroic & Silibil n' Brains music on iTunes, spotify and bandcamp socialmedia / or @brainsmcloud
Jun 22, 201858:17