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

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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