8 Music Industry Podcasts That Are Actually Useful In 2022

This podcast conducted by Omari MC and his team takes our number 1 spot for many good reasons. Omari has spent years in the music industry, from producing his own music, creating a music industry blog, writing books about the music business, to developing his own music marketing and promotion company. If you can name it, Omari has probably done it. 

Through his years of experience, Omari has become passionate about guiding other artists to the path of success - and this is exactly what the No-Nonsense Music Marketing Podcast is about. From topics as necessary as how to build a music fanbase, to more advanced guides on how to start your own independent record label, any piece of music related information you may be searching for can be found on this podcast.

Aside from being jam packed full of music marketing advice, artist how-to guides, promotion tips, and overall music business and industry knowledge, the podcast and blog are updated almost daily with brand new information to help artists and professionals thrive in the industry. There’s no question why Omari MC has been top Google ranked as ‘best music promo’ and has worked with over 15,000 artists on music promotion services.

Aside from the podcast itself, Omari MC also offers artists helpful tools for promotion and marketing on Spotify, Apple Music, TikTok, Facebook, Instagram and more. No matter if you are a brand new upcoming artist or a seasoned vet with top-charting hits, there is something for everyone to gain from tuning into the No-Nonsense Music Marketing podcast. If you haven’t done so already, we highly recommend that you check out this podcast. 

Hosted by NPR’s Bob Boilen and Robin Hilton, this music podcast can become your best commuting companion in the morning or night. If you’ve ever enjoyed picking up music magazines at your local newsstand to get the scoop on the latest industry happenings, then this podcast is for you. 

From live interviews with the most famous artists of the moment, to weekly discoveries, current hit songs as well as classics that will never go out of style, plus much more. Whether you need to keep up with the latest music news for your job, are looking for inspiration to write your new album, or looking to disconnect from reality while diving into the newest music, the All Songs Considered podcast is just what you've been looking for.

Inspiration can strike at any time, who knows if it will be in the next interview or from listening to the hottest new artist. Feel free to listen to this podcast and enjoy the pleasant voices of Bob Boilen and Robin Hilton to find out all about it. You won't regret it!

If it's music we’re talking about, what better conversation could be had other than musicians and industry professionals discussing what they’ve been doing for their entire lives. In this podcast you will hear some of the most profound and thoughtful conversations from legendary musicians such as Questlove of The Roots or Paul Reubens better known by his alias Pee Wee Herman. 

It is important to remember that the people who compose and sing the songs that we listen to are human beings just like us. How many times have you thought about how wonderful it would be to be a successful singer and to tour all the stadiums on the planet? Surely many, but that part of the dream is only what onlookers see and is not real. 

Artists have personal lives, sometimes very complex, that they often hide in order to become successful artists that others want to listen to and follow at all their concerts. This effort often costs them their mental and physical health and causes great musicians with a promising future to end their careers when they had barely taken off. This is precisely what this podcast seeks to make visible, the humanity of the artists and give a closer and real point of view of what it means to enter the music industry. A giant trophy that for many ends up weighing too much.

Hosted by Nate Sloan and songwriter Charlie Harding, the Switched on Pop podcast is probably the best pop music podcast of the moment. It's a shame that a genre as popular as Pop, which generates millions of sales every year through artists as well known as Demi Lovato, Justin Timberlake or Katy Perry, is considered among music professionals themselves as "the weak genre" and is unceremoniously relegated to second place. 

There are all kinds of podcasts talking about hip-hop and classical music, but about pop? Very few or at least few that are worth listening to and that treat the genre with the respect it deserves. Are you a lover of the pop genre and want to know more about its artists and all its news? Then don't hesitate to add this podcast to your favorites list to enjoy the conversations and songs about pop news every week.

Hosted by Rick Barker, Taylor Swift's former manager, Rick now specializes in helping indie artists navigate the new music industry. 

He often brings on guests with real world experience and expertise in the business.

In fact, you can find Omari on episode 191 talking about Music Marketing!

By sharing his experience and insider tips, he helps his clients understand the music business and fast-tracks their steps to success.

While those things describe his business life, the titles that he loves most are the ones which describe his personal life: Sober, Christian, Husband, and Father.

Rick grew up in Alabama and was raised by a single mom. Growing up with very little in way of money and resources, Rick developed a work ethic and learned to hustle at the age of 12. By the age of 14, he was helping his mom financially support his brothers and sister.

Rick was not a fan of the traditional education system. He found himself doing just enough to get by in the classes that didn’t interest him, yet excelling in those that did. At the age of 17, his life changed dramatically when he moved to California to live with his dad.

He got involved with the wrong crowd and ended up quitting high school. Later, he found himself addicted to drugs and living homeless on the streets of LA. On April 4, 1989, after battling a cocaine addiction Rick got on his knees and prayed that God would let him die.

Yet, God had other plans for Rick. These plans included sobriety, pursuing his dream of being on the radio, marrying his wife (Jill) and having two great children (Brianna and Logan), and one-day meeting and managing Taylor Swift.

All of these trials and tribulations influenced him to become the man he is today. Rick Barker’s motto is, “Your Past Does Not Define Your Future”, and he is living proof of that.

Are you a budding musical product and would like to know more about the whole process surrounding the production of a professional music album? Do you love music and have always wanted to know the details of the recording process of a song, its composition and all the steps that take place in the studio before uploading it to the internet for all to hear? Then you need to listen to John Kennedy and his wonderful music production podcast Tape Notes.

In the podcast John interviews music producers and their artists to explain in detail the production process of their songs, from start to finish. Many famous artists such as Haim or Glass Animals have been on his show, explaining without any problems what it took to get their work to see the light and be approved by the industry. Want to know more about the world of music production and its secrets? Listen to Tape Notes!

In this modern music podcast Matt Boudreau brings together all kinds of industry professionals to talk about the ins and outs of large-scale music composition and production: soundtracks for film and television, music production in a professional studio, music for video games, writing lyrics for famous artists' songs, etc. Through pleasant conversations, the guests tell us personal anecdotes that will give us a closer and more realistic view of what it is like to work in the music industry at all levels. If you are an audio professional or seeking to become one, we highly recommend you give this podcast a listen.