Soundiron Podcast

In this episode Nathan & Craig interview Aaron Grubb - a  composer/photographer who has leveraged video game music covers on Spotify to build over 105k monthly listeners and 5+ million streams. We discuss genre blending, handling rejection, cover licensing and  royalties, personal projects and much more. Aaron's Linktree:  https://linktr.ee/aarongrubbmusic   For more info, visit our website: https://soundiron.com/   Podcast notes:  * (0:00) Introducing Aaron Grubb  * (2:12) Probing the Spotify market  * (3:49) First Zelda song on a playlist  * (5:46) Art & Distribution  * (7:44) CD Baby vs others  * (10:28) Leveraging a well-loved brand  * (11:24) Making cover different from original  * (14:00) Themed spotify playlists  * (17:10) Cold pitching playlist curators  * (22:51) Two years of music releases  * (24:02) Hyperion Strings Solo Violins  * (24:16) How you start a cover  * (29:36) Branching out to other games&n