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00:00:00 – Intro
00:00:35 – Kayvan’s bi-weekly stream where he listens to indie artists music
00:02:00 – Signing artists to Genius Distro from Kayvan’s community
00:04:10 – Underground NYC scene
00:05:40 – “Transplant artists” taking over NYC
00:07:35 – The importance of curators as big media companies continue to shut down
00:12:10 – How to balance monetizing your platform while still helping artists
00:16:00 – The importance of being genuine and interacting with people you support and why hip-hop twitter is great
00:18:30 – Biggest pet peeves that artists do including spamming accounts and making their socials hard to find
00:32:40 – Weekly playlist title
00:34:40 – How Kayvan initially got connected with Rob Markman at genius
00:44:00 – Kayvan’s love for his profession
00:47:00 – Kayvan’s favorite interviews at Genius
00:50:50 – How Kayvan’s got so good at interviewing
00:53:20 – The worst type of interviewers
00:57:35 – The importance of marketing yourself and not just your art
00:59:00 – What Kayvan’s got coming/Closing thoughts
