Restarting Your Network In A New City with Ben Erikson (Producer, Mixer, Drummer)
Your Band Sucks (At Business)
English - June 29, 2021 10:00 - 45 minutes - 31.4 MBBusiness Music your band sucks music industry music scene bands music business business entertainment industry Homepage Download Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Ben Erikson is a Producer, Mixer, and Drummer based out of Toronto, Canada - but he wasn't always!
I first met Ben as we both came up in the music production scene of Victoria, BC, Canada, and was lucky enough to work with Ben many times. So when he told me he was moving to Toronto a few years ago, I was first and foremost dismayed to be loosing access to such a talented engineer, but also excited to see what new opportunities would arise as he entered an entirely new city on the other side of the country.
To say that Ben leveraged himself into a new network in a bigger way, and faster, than I expected would be an understatement. Ben just finished engineering an album alongside the likes of GGGarth Richardson, and is currently putting the finishing touches on his new studio location in Toronto!
If you're a band or musician considering moving to a new city or bigger market - this episode is for you.
Listen to the episode now to find out how he did it!
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Stuff We Mention In This Episode:
Ben Erikson
Linebacker (Victoria band)
Garth Richardson
The Farm Recording Studio
Pterodactyl Problems
Leon Harrison - Bandwagon Workshops / The Lazys
Dead Levee (Band Ben went to record)
Michael Fong (Bens studio partner)
Silverside Sound
Trophy Dad
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Stuff We Use / Affiliate Links:
Distrokid (our recommended music distribution service)
Close.IO (Malcoms recommended CRM)
Transistor.FM (A great podcast hosting platform)
BackBlaze File Backup Services (Malcoms recommend data backup service)
Printful - Print-To-Order Merchandise Service
Canva (what we use for graphic design)
Quickbooks Accounting Software (What we use to run our books and process credit card payments)
Malcom started a DIY Recording Youtube Channel and you should go subscribe and check out the videos! You can check it out here: https://www.youtube.com/@malcomowenflood
And Marcus is killing it on the road with multiple bands! Keep up to date with him via his website, here: https://www.marcusmanhas.com
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