How Raye Zaragoza Makes a Living as a DIY Artist (Hint: Not Streaming)

Order THIRD EDITION of How to Make It in the New Music Business: https://book.aristake.comLearn more about Raye Zaragoza and her upcoming US tours: https://www.rayezaragoza.com/LA-based singer-songwriter Raye Zaragoza is called one of the most fresh and compelling voices in folk music today by NPR Music. She writes music for Netflix’s ‘Spirit Rangers’ and just released a new album Hold That Spirit on August 11, and has just announced that she has been cast as Tiger Lily in the Peter Pan National Tour. 0:00 - Welcome07:20 - Raye casted a Tiger Lily in the Broadway tour of Peter Pan17:01 - Raye’s new album and collaborating26:23 - Deeply personal songwriting and songwriting as therapy36:37 - Writing for sync licensing41:16 - The business side of writing for a Netflix show51:25 - self releasing as an artist and running her own indie record label56:33 - How Raye uses Patreon like a record labelSubscribe to The New Music Business: https://aristake.com/new-music-business-podcast/Ari's Take Academy: https://aristakeacademy.comWatch more discussions like this: https://bit.ly/3LavMpaConnect with Ari’s Take:Website: https://aristake.comInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/aristake_TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@aris.takeX: https://twitter.com/ArisTakeThreads: https://www.threads.net/@aristake_YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/aristake1Connect with Ari Herstand:Website: https://ariherstand.comInstagram: https://instagram.com/ariherstandX: https://twitter.com/ariherstandYouTube: https://youtube.com/ariherstandConnect with Raye Zaragoza :Website: https://www.rayezaragoza.com/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHAyiHSDajCsHBGtdaPA95gInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/rayezaragoza/X: https://twitter.com/rayezaragozaEdited and mixed by Mikey EvansMusic by Brassroots DistrictProduced by the team at Ari’s Take Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.