Episode 79: Kayvan Daragheh (Head of A&R @ Genius) | Favorite Interview Stories, How He Met Rob Markman, Biggest Artist Pet Peeves + More from The SoundCentric Podcast

Episode 79: Kayvan Daragheh (Head of A&R @ Genius) | Favorite Interview Stories, How He Met Rob Markman, Biggest Artist Pet Peeves + More

1 hour 4 minutes Posted Mar 6, 2024 at 12:00 pm.

Intro

Kayvan's bi-weekly stream where he listens to indie artists music

Signing artists to Genius Distro from Kayvan's community

Underground NYC scene

"Transplant artists" taking over NYC

The importance of curators as big media companies continue to shut down

How to balance monetizing your platform while still helping artists

The importance of being genuine and interacting with people you support and why hip-hop twitter is great

Biggest pet peeves that artists do including spamming accounts and making their socials hard to find

Weekly playlist title

How Kayvan initially got connected with Rob Markman at genius

Kayvan's love for his profession

Kayvan's favorite interviews at Genius

How Kayvan's got so good at interviewing

The worst type of interviewers

The importance of marketing yourself and not just your art

What Kayvan's got coming/Closing thoughts

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