Brian Zarlenga: Marketing Your Music as a Product, Setting Milestones, and Staying True to the Brand - Progressions: Success in the Music Industry

Episode 11

full
Published on:

16th Dec 2020

Brian Zarlenga: Marketing Your Music as a Product, Setting Milestones, and Staying True to the Brand

This week’s guest is Brian Zarlenga, general manager of the revolutionary music software and technology company Output. Brian's career in the music business has taken him from the sales team at a major label to handling licensing at a publisher, and finally to marketing where he would develop his expertise. We chat about staying true to your brand, always pushing for innovation, the challenges of product launches, and how musicians can benefit from embracing marketing.

In this episode, we'll dig in on...

  • Not following the playbook
  • Identifying your goals and setting milestones
  • Seeing your music as a product
  • Overnight product launches
  • Marketing as storytelling
  • Taking a chance on a startup
  • Word of mouth as an extension of your brand

Learn More About Brian Zarlenga and Output...

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bzarlenga/

Output Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/output/

Website: https://output.com/

📢 Our Sponsors 📢

Listen to Secret Sonics!

Sign Up for Complete Producer Network!


📺 WATCH THE SHOW ON YOUTUBE 📺

https://www.youtube.com/@progressionspod

Connect with Me:

📬 Newsletter: https://www.travisference.com/subscribe

📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/progressionspod

🎵TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@progressionspod

🐦 Twitter: https://twitter.com/progressionspod

🌐 Website: https://www.travisference.com/


🙏 Leave a Review or Rating 🙏

Apple: https://www.progressionspodcast.com/apple

Spotify: https://www.progressionspodcast.com/spotify

Malcolm Gladwell "The Tipping Point" - Buy Here

Credits:

Guest: Brian Zarlenga

Host: Travis Ference

Editor: Travis Ference

Theme Music: inter.ference

Show artwork for Progressions: Success in the Music Industry

About the Podcast

Progressions: Success in the Music Industry
Host Travis Ference chats with music producers, engineers, mixers, artists, musicians, and songwriters about the tips, tricks, mindsets, and ideas that helped them define their careers.
Conversations exploring creativity, productivity, and career growth in the music industry. Join in each week as Travis sits down with some of the industry’s best and brightest to discuss the mindsets and strategies that they use in their careers every day.
Support This Show

About your host

Profile picture for Travis Ference

Travis Ference

Travis Ference is a Grammy nominated mixer, producer, and recording engineer based out of Los Angeles, CA. With over a decade of experience in the music business he has worked on multiple #1 albums, several top 10's, numerous RIAA platinum and gold certified records, as well as hit TV shows and blockbuster films. His work can be heard on more than 15 million albums sold and billions streams worldwide.

The inspiration for his podcast came from his journey over the last 5 years to redefine what success is for him, to take control of his time, and to ultimately live the life he wants while making the records he loves.