Stand Atlantic on Pop Punk Resurgence, Building a Fanbase Live

Today my guest is David Potter of the band Stand Atlantic out of Sydney, Australia. This is the first guest on the show from the pop punk music scene. The band typically does 200 shows a year, and we talk about what it's been like going from 200 shows to 0 shows.We dig into how they got started, found their manager, and booking agents. We discuss tour buy-ons and what he thinks of the whole pay-to-play system.3:22 - How Australia's been during the pandemic9:38 - Touring and the pop punk scene in Australia13:59 - Music being cyclical and Stand Atlantic becoming accepted in the Australian music scene17:30 - How most of Stand Atlantic's fans discovered them21:06 - Using social media to build a following and splitting up band members' responsibilities25:30 - Reckoning with streaming numbers30:28 - David switching from the bassist to guitarist38:04 - Stand Atlantic's sponsorship with Fender39:44 - Don't fall for scams or pay-to-play situations47:02 - Experimenting with livestream shows51:48 - The process in creating "deathwish"57:09 - How David defines success1:00:49 - What it means to David to make it in the new music businessConnect 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/aristake1Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aristake/Connect with Ari Herstand:Website: https://ariherstand.comInstagram: https://instagram.com/ariherstandTwitter: https://twitter.com/ariherstandYouTube: https://youtube.com/ariherstandFacebook: https://facebook.com/ariherstandConnect with Stand Atlantic:Website: https://www.standatlantic.com/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/standatlantic/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/StandAtlantic/Twitter: https://twitter.com/StandAtlanticSpotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/1W2Fv4YUnjC8hx2qQd6fGh?si=WNqYxGhQT1i4kbAPRsj4mw&dl_branch=1 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.