Aaron Grubb on Spotify Playlists, Leveraging Cover Songs, Handling Rejection

In this episode Nathan & Craig interview Aaron Grubb - a  composer/photographer who has leveraged video game music covers on Spotify to build over 105k monthly listeners and 5+ million streams. We discuss genre blending, handling rejection, cover licensing and  royalties, personal projects and much more.

Aaron's Linktree:  https://linktr.ee/aarongrubbmusic  

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Podcast notes: 

* (0:00) Introducing Aaron Grubb 

* (2:12) Probing the Spotify market 

* (3:49) First Zelda song on a playlist 

* (5:46) Art & Distribution 

* (7:44) CD Baby vs others 

* (10:28) Leveraging a well-loved brand 

* (11:24) Making cover different from original 

* (14:00) Themed spotify playlists 

* (17:10) Cold pitching playlist curators 

* (22:51) Two years of music releases 

* (24:02) Hyperion Strings Solo Violins 

* (24:16) How you start a cover 

* (29:36) Branching out to other games 

* (32:40) Another Mulligan 

* (38:05) Spotify Followers 

* (40:34) Musical Training 

* (42:38) VHS + camcorders 

* (45:15) Being resourceful 

* (47:05) Advice for new composers 

* (54:26) Passion project 

* (57:21) Favorite current podcast  

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