Live Nation Urban VP on Festivals, Touring and Promoting Culture

This week on the New Music Business, our guest is Brandon Pankey, the Vice President of Business Development and Operations of Live Nation Urban.03:45 Welcome04:21 Live Nation Urban06:12 Involvement with festivals and booking emerging artists09:34 How emerging artists can get on Live Nation's radar16:24 Black Tour Directory and embracing the term "Urban"22:50 Educational initiatives with the DASH program25:27 ​​Launching the music-based video streaming service APEX28:29 Breaking down the operations of a Live Nation promoter33:13 Advice to indie artists wanting to go on tour35:29 The importance of a live experience40:56 Final questionSubscribe to The New Music Business: https://aristake.com/nmbAri's Take Academy (use code NMB for 10% off): https://aristakeacademy.comWatch more discussions like this: https://bit.ly/3LavMpaConnect with Ari’s Take:Website: https://aristake.comAcademy: https://aristakeacademy.comInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/aristake_TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@aris.takeTwitter: https://twitter.com/ArisTakeYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/aristake1Connect with Ari Herstand:Website: https://ariherstand.comInstagram: https://instagram.com/ariherstandTwitter: https://twitter.com/ariherstandYouTube: https://youtube.com/ariherstandConnect with Brandon Pankey:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/brandon_pankeyTwitter: https://twitter.com/bpankBlack Tour Directory: https://www.blacktourdirectory.comDASH Program: https://dashprogram.org/Edited and mixed by Maxton HunterMusic by Brassroots DistrictProduced by the team at Ari’s Take Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.