23/10

Helix | Cutting Through 100,000 Daily: Strategies to Break Artists Today

Conference

Helix | Cutting Through 100,000 Daily: Strategies to Break Artists Today

Speakers: Patrick Moxey (Founder & President, Payday Publishing & Helix Records), Steve Hogan (Partner, WME Music), Maesic (Artist)

Moderator: Rida Naser Greene (Director, Music Programming, SiriusXM BPM)


'100k releases a day, how do you cut through the noise?'


Building a new artist in today’s digital age is an immense challenge, with the white noise of 100,000 new releases daily.
Tik Tok, Instagram, touring, online marketing, radio and music - what are the key drivers to create a hit artist today and how can they break through the noise?

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