Goldstate Talks American-Style Pop Punk with British Vocals & Finding Your Unique Selling Point

About this episode

Ben and James from Goldstate discuss the challenges new artists face in the music industry and the importance of finding a unique selling point.

Younger artists are contending with many different hurdles in the music industry now compared to 10, 20, 30, 40 years ago. But there are a few things that remain consistent that they have to contend with when compared to musicians of the past. And one of those is, the need to create quality music. But can a stubborness to create that high quality music end up being detrimental to a band's success? If a new artist is creating music, and members of the band are so set in their ways that no compromise can be made, many things could go wrong. Money wasted on recording and promotion of a less-than-stellar song, conflict within the band, and a struggle to continue on. So let's get everyone to understand that, so artists know how to succed, and what to prevent. Ben and James from the UK pop punk band Goldstate join the Chord Progression Podcast today. With more new music coming out, we want to present this Manic Kat Records band to you by talking about: - The history of Goldstate and how BSB TV hyelped create this connection of a brand new band. - If being stubborn, hard headed, and unwilling to compromise with your bandmates when recording new music will have large costs and negative…

People in this episode

Guests: Ben, James

Topics covered

• music industry challenges
• band dynamics
• pop punk
• unique selling point
• artist development

Keywords

• pop punk
• music quality
• band conflict
• artist success
• British vocals

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Goldstate, Manic Kat Records, BSB TV

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