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# ‘This is the best time ever to be in the music business’
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/best-time-ever-to-be-n-the-music-business/
- Published: 2025-08-21T15:19:37.000Z
- Updated: 2025-08-21T15:19:44.000Z
- Description: This is the best time ever to be in the music business, according to Michael Brandvold and Jay Gilbert on a new Music Biz Weekly Podcast. That narrative runs counter. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2025/08/best-time-ever-to-be-n-the-music-business.html]
- Author: Bruce Houghton
- Tags: DIY Advice & Tips, Indie Music, Music Marketing, DIY, DIY musicians, music, music industry, musician, musicians, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-01-21 11:15

This is the best time ever to be in the music business, according to Michael Brandvold and Jay Gilbert on a new Music Biz Weekly Podcast. That narrative runs counter to the complaints heard daily from artists big and small.

But these two industry veterans have evidence to back up their claim.

The gatekeepers that once decided what fans would listen to and who will be given the honor of releasing an album are gone, sat the pair.. Today you can record and release music without a million dollar loan or anyone saying no and you have more avenues than ever to promote it.

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