Record Straight

Grow Your Artist Project in 2025.

Tips for growing your artist project in 2025.This is Record Straight, your go-to spot for unfiltered insights into the Australian music scene. Your hosts Christina and Anthony from Cartel Australia. Let's dive in, exploring Australia's musical landscape like never before - where honesty echoes louder than illusion.
Record Straight is a podcast for emerging, developing, and independent artists and musicians, created by Cartel Australia. Record Straight shines a light on topics of platform growth, community building, repeat listenership, artist expectations, and the building blocks for a project, inspired by real-world experiences in the Australian Music Industry. 

The Job Description.

Are you actually an artist?
The main factor separating those who are creating a career (and therefore, sustainability as an artist) are the measurable actions for every aspect of the project.
1. Creative processes
2. Prioritise networking and learning industry best practice
3. Time management
4. Budget - know what you need to spend
5. Release plan
6. Self-evaluation & expectations
 
Record Straight is a podcast for emerging, developing and independent artists and musicians, created by BGCOMMUNITY and Cartel Australia. Record Straight shines a light on topics of platform growth, community building, repeat listenership, artist expectations, and the building blocks for a project, inspired by real-world experiences in the Australian Music Industry.

Artist Expectations.

Your ego, your attitude, what you're doing wrong, and how to fix it. 
Tracklist:1. Work hard, and work harder.
2. Do what you say you're going to do.
3. You're not going to see immediate results, and that's okay.
4. Yeah, your music is good. So what?
5. You do not 'deserve it' / Check your entitlement at the door.
6. Confidence, not arrogance.
7. Remember your industry - have fun with it!
 
Record Straight is a podcast for emerging, developing and independent artists and musicians, created by BGCOMMUNITY and Cartel Australia. Record Straight shines a light on topics of platform growth, community building, repeat listenership, artist expectations, and the building blocks for a project, inspired by real-world experiences in the Australian Music Industry.

Content That Converts.

5 key points to creating content that converts as an independent / developing artist.
What is your intention? How are you developing your brand? Who is your audience? What is the content going to communicate? How are you planning to drive consumption to your audio? 
Record Straight is a podcast for emerging, developing and independent artists and musicians, created by BGCOMMUNITY and Cartel Australia. Record Straight shines a light on topics of platform growth, community building, repeat listenership, artist expectations, and the building blocks for a project, inspired by real-world experiences in the Australian Music Industry.
 

Debunking The Media Myth.

Do you really need that 'must-have' support from media and Spotify editorial playlisting? Do you even know what it'll do for your artist growth? What are the processes you have in place once you gain media support? Tell you what, in this day and age - it won't do what you think it will. 
Record Straight is a podcast for emerging, developing, and independent artists and musicians, created by BGCOMMUNITY and Cartel Australia. Record Straight shines a light on topics of platform growth, community building, repeat listenership, artist expectations, and the building blocks for a project, inspired by real-world experiences in the Australian Music Industry. 

The Industry and An Authentic Artist Project.

Do independent and developing artists need a manager? Who is the team that should support an artist in their early and continued development? How does an artist create an authentic project? 
 
Record Straight is a podcast for emerging, developing, and independent artists and musicians, created by BGCOMMUNITY and Cartel Australia. Record Straight shines a light on topics of platform growth, community building, repeat listenership, artist expectations, and the building blocks for a project, inspired by real-world experiences in the Australian Music Industry. 

Welcome To Record Straight.

The pilot episode. Who are we? Why are you listening to us?Record Straight is a podcast for emerging, developing, and independent artists and musicians, created by BGCOMMUNITY and Cartel Australia. Record Straight shines a light on topics of platform growth, community building, repeat listenership, artist expectations, and the building blocks for a project, inspired by real-world experiences in the Australian Music Industry.