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Making Music for the Love of It (Honest Conversation) | The Neue.Indie Podcast Ep. 11
Strip away the money, the followers, and the fame — would you still make music? That's the question Deraj and Frank sit with in Episode 11, and the honest answer might...
Stop Blaming the Algorithm & Start Building Your Career | The Neue.Indie Podcast Ep. 10
Episode 10 of The Neue.Indie Podcast gets into a conversation that every independent artist needs to hear. Spotify pays you pennies, the algorithm feels rigged, and th...
Mental Health in the Music Industry — The Conversation We Had to Have | The Neue.Indie Podcast Ep.8
--- Mental health in the music industry is one of the most important conversations nobody is having — until now. In Episode 8 of The Neue.Indie Podcast, we start wit...
An Honest Conversation About Marriage as an Independent Artist | The Neue.Indie Podcast Ep.7
This is an honest conversation about being married as an independent artist. Deraj and Frank Bentley — both married over a decade, both active indie artists — sit down...
How to Make Music Faster Without Losing Quality | The Neue.Indie Podcast Ep. 6
Episode 6 and we're going live on Instagram for the first time — and the energy in the room is right. Deraj just got booked to perform at a boxing event in Spain becau...
How to Make Music Faster Without Losing Quality (And Get Sync Deals Because of It) | The Neue.Indie Podcast Ep. 6
Episode 6 and we're going live on Instagram for the first time — and the energy in the room is right. Deraj just got booked to perform at a boxing event in Spain becau...
The Psychology of Procrastination for Independent Artists | Neue Indie Ep. 5
They say procrastination is just laziness. It's not. It's fear — fear of judgment, fear of not being good enough, fear of the gap between your vision and your current ...
How Indie Artists Earn More By Doing Less
Most indie artists are drowning in everything except the music. This week Deraj and Frank get into how to flip that — how to earn more by doing less and build a music ...
AI Music: Useful Tool or Creative Threat? (Indie Artists, Listen Up)
AI music is the fight every indie artist is having right now, so Deraj and Frank put it on the table and refused to pretend the answer is simple. Frank isn't scared of...
How to Go Full-Time in Music Pt. 2 — The Power of Focus
Going full-time in music isn't a talent problem — it's a focus problem. In Part 2 of the full-time conversation, Deraj and Frank Bentley get into the one thing that ac...
What It Actually Takes To Go Full-Time As An Indie Artist (And Why You're Stuck)
Welcome to Episode 1 of The Neue.Indie Podcast. Deraj and Frank Bentley open the show with the question every independent artist is quietly asking: what does it actual...