The MAD Records Podcast

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Hosted by former Wall Street trader turned artist, the MAD Records podcast is an interview-style show that covers the music industry, business, philosophy, and everything in between. madrecords.substack.com

  1. Sep 3

    MAD Records Podcast #20 - Nashville Indie Artist, Abigail Rose

    There are three things I learned from filming this podcast episode: * Abigail Rose is an emerging star * Her song “Betty’s in the Band” will not leave my head * I look like a Miami real-estate broker in this shirt Anyways… if you haven’t heard of Abigail Rose yet, chances are, you will soon. Her unrelenting success started with a simple, raw Instagram reel of the band jamming her new song on the porch - and the rest is history. Since posting that video, Abigail has amassed millions of streams on the breakout single, and thousands of new die-hard fans singing along to Betty across the globe. But as you’ll hear in this episode, Abigail’s virality is no accident. It’s the culmination of years of hard work, strategic thinking, and sheer artistic will. To reduce her journey down to a single Instagram reel would miss the beautiful and winding journey that led to it. So today, Abigail is sharing that story, and diving deep into the origins of her hit single. Go show Abigail some love on her Instagram here, and be sure to check out Betty’s in the Band by clicking here. 🎶🎶🎶 Sponsored Song for this episode: “Noize” by MAD Records Collective members, Tethermind and Lucy Warr. Check out the full song here. * Podcast intro music by the amazing Reid Sorel. OH WAIT! Before you go… be sure to subscribe to get the MAD Records Podcast direct in your inbox every time we publish a new episode: 🚨 And be sure to check out our special MAD Records Podcast offers here: 🚨 🪩🪩🪩 Want to work directly with our team in our mentorship program, “MAD Records Incubator”? Learn more about the program and schedule a free consultation with me by clicking here: 👕👕👕 The MAD Records merch store is live! Grab a t-shirt, hat, or hoodie and support our mission of disrupting the traditional music industry (and help us to pay Producer Eli). Use promo code “madrecordspodcast” for 10% off your order. Check out the merch store by clicking here: 🫡🫡🫡 Become a paid subscriber for only $10/month and get access to my paid newsletter, “How to Market Your Music (… and still sleep at night), which will teach you literally everything I know about music marketing, building an audience, and monetization. You’ll also get access to our paid subscriber chat, the ability to submit your music to our team to be featured in the podcast, and a whole lot more! Long live good music 🫡⚔️ Michael from MAD Records This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit madrecords.substack.com/subscribe

    MAD Records Podcast #20 - Nashville Indie Artist, Abigail Rose

  2. Aug 19

    MAD Records Podcast #19 - Nashville Indie Artist, Abigayle Oakley

    🔊 Stream the audio-only version of the podcast on Spotify by clicking here or Apple Podcasts by clicking here 🔊 In a world of vibe-based background music, it’s easy to throw on a playlist and hardly notice the songs. But time and time again, whenever Abigayle Oakley comes on the speakers, her music demands your attention - not because it’s big, loud, or bombastic… but rather the exact opposite. It’s precise, intentional, and subtle all at the same time. Which is why I was thrilled to sit down with Abigayle for today’s episode to discuss her new EP, “This Side of the Sun”, her recent tour, and her emergence on the Instagram scene as a… …. hot dog influencer? Don’t worry, you’ll find out what that means. Anyways, I’m lucky to call Abigayle a dear friend and I hope you enjoy the fun conversation. And if you want to follow Abigayle and her journey, you can check out her Substack here or visit her website for new music, upcoming tour dates, and more by clicking here. 🎶🎶🎶 Sponsored Song for this episode: “Nobody Hates Me” by MAD Records Collective members, The Gumbys. Check out The Gumby’s music by clicking here. * Podcast intro music by the amazing Reid Sorel. OH WAIT! Before you go… be sure to subscribe to get the MAD Records Podcast direct in your inbox every time we publish a new episode: 🚨 And be sure to check out our special MAD Records Podcast offers here: 🚨 🪩🪩🪩 Want to work directly with our team in our full-year mentorship program, “MAD Records Incubator”? Learn more about the program and schedule a free consultation with me by clicking here: 👕👕👕 The MAD Records merch store is live! Grab a t-shirt, hat, or hoodie and support our mission of disrupting the traditional music industry (and help us to pay Producer Eli). Use promo code “madrecordspodcast” for 10% off your order. Check out the merch store by clicking here: 🫡🫡🫡 Become a paid subscriber for only $10/month and get access to my paid newsletter, “How to Market Your Music (… and still sleep at night), which will teach you literally everything I know about music marketing, building an audience, and monetization. You’ll also get access to our paid subscriber chat, the ability to submit your music to our team to be featured in the podcast, and a whole lot more! Long live good music 🫡⚔️ Michael from MAD Records This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit madrecords.substack.com/subscribe

    MAD Records Podcast #19 - Nashville Indie Artist, Abigayle Oakley

  3. Aug 4

    MAD Records Podcast #18 - Former Label President, John Strohm

    Fasten your seatbelts, folks… This one is a deeeeep dive on the current state of the music industry with truly one of the most seasoned industry veterans in Nashville: Former Rounder Records President, John Strohm. John served as the president of the iconic Nashville label, Rounder Records from 2017 to 2022 where he was responsible for signing superstar acts including Billy Strings and Sierra Ferrell. John also served as Senior Counsel at Loeb & Loeb LLP where he assisted in the development of clients including Bon Iver, Sturgill Simpson, Alabama Shakes, Dawes, Julien Baker, and more. Prior to his career as an executive, John spent years as a touring artist playing with punk rock bands - Blake Babies and The Lemonheads. In this interview, John shares his behind-the-scenes stories running Rounder Records, his views on the label consolidation taking place, and his views on what it takes to really develop a superstar act. I know it’s easy for us artists to make record labels into a boogeyman, so it was really refreshing to sit down with a genuinely good-hearted industry executive and get their perspective on the industry (and even push back on some of my personal critiques). It’s an awesome discussion and I’m so thankful to John for sharing his insights with our audience. And if you want to follow John and the launch of his new artist development label platform, Silverlab, you can subscribe to his Substack by clicking here. I highly recommend it. Hope you enjoy the discussion as much as I did! 🎶🎶🎶 Sponsored Song for this episode: “Cherry Pit” by MAD Records Collective member, Alexandria Maillot. Check out Alexandria Maillot’s music by clicking here. * Podcast intro music by the amazing Reid Sorel. OH WAIT! Before you go… be sure to subscribe to get the MAD Records Podcast direct in your inbox every time we publish a new episode: 🚨 And be sure to check out our special MAD Records Podcast offers here: 🚨 🪩🪩🪩 Want to work directly with our team in our full-year mentorship program, “MAD Records Incubator”? Learn more about the program and schedule a free consultation with me by clicking here: 👕👕👕 The MAD Records merch store is live! Grab a t-shirt, hat, or hoodie and support our mission of disrupting the traditional music industry (and help us to pay Producer Eli). Use promo code “madrecordspodcast” for 10% off your order. Check out the merch store by clicking here: 🫡🫡🫡 Become a paid subscriber for only $10/month and get access to my paid newsletter, “How to Market Your Music (… and still sleep at night), which will teach you literally everything I know about music marketing, building an audience, and monetization. You’ll also get access to our paid subscriber chat, the ability to submit your music to our team to be featured in the podcast, and a whole lot more! Long live good music 🫡⚔️ Michael from MAD Records This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit madrecords.substack.com/subscribe

    MAD Records Podcast #18 - Former Label President, John Strohm

  4. Jul 21

    MAD Records Podcast #17 - Nashville Producer and Artist, Joe Pisapia

    When I sat down to write the title for this podcast, I couldn’t decide if I should label Joe Pisapia as a “producer” or “artist”… … so I did both. While Joe’s day-to-day is primarily as a producer out of his beautiful studio in East Nashville, you’ll notice immediately in this interview that Joe is an artist at heart. Production is his craft but his spirit and intention behind each decision is pure artistry. Joe has a wide-ranging and fascinating journey through the music industry, from playing in the wildly successful band Guster in the early 2000’s, to producing for legends like Ben Folds and k.d. lang. Joe is genuinely one of my favorite people in Nashville, a true artist, and a role model for what I’m trying to build here at MAD Records, and I’m so happy to share this conversation with you all. And be sure to stick around for my rant about private equity at the very end of the episode…. LOL. Enjoy! 🎶🎶🎶 Sponsored Song for this episode: “Eclipse” by MAD Records Collective member, j. pastel. Check out j. pastel’s music by clicking here. * Podcast intro music by the amazing Reid Sorel OH WAIT! Before you go… be sure to subscribe to get the MAD Records Podcast direct in your inbox every time we publish a new episode: 🚨 And be sure to check out our special MAD Records Podcast offers here: 🚨 🪩🪩🪩 Want to work directly with our team in our full-year mentorship program, “MAD Records Incubator”? Learn more about the program and schedule a free consultation with me by clicking here: 👕👕👕 The MAD Records merch store is live! Grab a t-shirt, hat, or hoodie and support our mission of disrupting the traditional music industry (and help us to pay Producer Eli). Use promo code “madrecordspodcast” for 10% off your order. Check out the merch store by clicking here: 🫡🫡🫡 Become a paid subscriber for only $10/month and get access to my paid newsletter, “How to Market Your Music (… and still sleep at night), which will teach you literally everything I know about music marketing, building an audience, and monetization. You’ll also get access to our paid subscriber chat, the ability to submit your music to our team to be featured in the podcast, and a whole lot more! Long live good music 🫡⚔️ Michael from MAD Records This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit madrecords.substack.com/subscribe

    MAD Records Podcast #17 - Nashville Producer and Artist, Joe Pisapia

  5. Jul 7

    MAD Records Podcast #16 - Nashville Indie Artist, Cole Ritter

    If you’ve been following MAD Records for a while, you may have heard my cute little catchphrase “long live good music”. ….. it’s cute right? Well when I say “good music”… what I mean is music that feels like true art, not just “content”. And when I first moved to Nashville, no one seemed to represent that ideal more than independent artist, Cole Ritter. Cole is an incredible artist, guitarist, and songwriter… and he was the first artist signed to MAD Records (back when we were still operating as a record label). Cole is currently releasing his debut EP as we speak, but has been playing sold out shows in various parts of the country for years at this point. In this conversation we discuss everything from touring mechanics to philosophy. I hope y’all enjoy! Sponsored Song for this episode: “Psychedelic Flowers” by MAD Records Collective member, The Olde. Check out The Olde’s music here. * Podcast intro music by the amazing Reid Sorel OH WAIT! Before you go… be sure to subscribe to get the MAD Records Podcast direct in your inbox every time we publish a new episode: 🚨 And be sure to check out our special MAD Records Podcast offers here: 🚨 🪩🪩🪩 Want to work directly with our team in our full-year mentorship program, “MAD Records Incubator”? Learn more about the program and schedule a free consultation with me by clicking here: Learn more about MAD Records Incubator 👕👕👕 The MAD Records merch store is live! Grab a t-shirt, hat, or hoodie and support our mission of disrupting the traditional music industry (and help us to pay Producer Eli). Use promo code “madrecordspodcast” for 10% off your order. Check out the merch store by clicking here: Merch Store 🫡🫡🫡 Become a paid subscriber for only $10/month and get access to our private MAD Records Collective community, our 10-Week Music Business Curriculum, our 10-Week Sync Licensing Curriculum, weekly live events, and a whole lot more. You can upgrade to a paid subscription by clicking here: Upgrade to Paid Subscription Long live good music 🫡⚔️ Michael from MAD Records This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit madrecords.substack.com/subscribe

    MAD Records Podcast #16 - Nashville Indie Artist, Cole Ritter

  6. Jun 23

    MAD Records Podcast #15 - Joel Gouveia of "The Artist Economy"

    IT’S BACKKKKKKKK! The MAD Records Podcast is BACK! …. ok I know it’s been “back” three times now, but this time it’s for good. We’ve got a brand new, in-person studio in Nashville, TN, a painfully handsome new producer named Eli ( FIL ARDENT) who will henceforth be creatively referred to as “Producer Eli”, and an incredible first guest. In this episode, we welcome the incredible Joel Gouveia - the writer behind the incredibly successful Substack publication, “The Artist Economy”, known for his (often spicy) takes on the music industry and unique perspective on how to build a music career. But in the meantime… sit back and enjoy my slightly nasal voice as we discuss some music industry conspiracies, how Spotify could lose it’s place the streaming leader, the consolidation of the major labels, and a whole lot more… OH WAIT! Before you go… be sure to subscribe to get the MAD Records Podcast direct in your inbox every time we publish a new episode: 🚨 And be sure to check out our special MAD Records Podcast offers here: 🚨 🪩🪩🪩 Want to work directly with our team in our full-year mentorship program, “MAD Records Incubator”? Learn more about the program and schedule a free consultation heading to madrecordscollective.com/mad-records-incubator-podcast. 👕👕👕 The MAD Records merch store is live! Grab a t-shirt, hat, or hoodie and support our mission of disrupting the traditional music industry (and help us to pay Producer Eli). Use promo code “madrecordspodcast” for 10% off your order. Check out the merch store by heading to madrecordscollective.com/merch 🫡🫡🫡 Become a paid subscriber for only $10/month and get access to our private MAD Records Collective community, our 10-Week Music Business Curriculum, our 10-Week Sync Licensing Curriculum, weekly live events, and a whole lot more. You can upgrade to a paid subscription by googling The MAD Records Monologue and clicking our publication on Substack. Long live good music 🫡⚔️ Michael from MAD Records This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit madrecords.substack.com/subscribe

    MAD Records Podcast #15 - Joel Gouveia of "The Artist Economy"

  7. Jun 17

    The 5 Year Music Plan

    This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit madrecords.substack.com/subscribe

  8. May 7

    Monthly Masterclass: Former Netflix Music Executive

    This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit madrecords.substack.com Getting your music placed in TV, film, and video games has always been one of the most lucrative ways for artists and producers to monetize their music. But landing sync placements can be incredibly difficult if you don’t understand how the industry actually works. Which is why we’re excited to share this edition of our Monthly Masterclass, featuring form…

    Monthly Masterclass: Former Netflix Music Executive
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Hosted by former Wall Street trader turned artist, the MAD Records podcast is an interview-style show that covers the music industry, business, philosophy, and everything in between. madrecords.substack.com

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  • Creator
    Long live good music ⚔️
  • Years Active
    2026
  • Episodes
    28
  • Rating
    Explicit
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    © Michael Gilbride
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    The MAD Records Podcast