Today, singer/songwriter, entrepreneur and best-selling music business author Ari Herstand releases his heartfelt single “Birthday.” With bittersweet nostalgia, the track immerses the listener in the ache of losing a relationship through a lens of optimism. “Birthday” is the latest release from Ari’s forthcoming album ‘Like Home,’ out April 9th. 

Opening with the lines “I got my tarot read from a friend crossed legged sitting on her bed / She told me things are looking up,” “Birthday” weaves a sincere narrative of wishing an ex-lover well on the first birthday apart from each other. Mixed feelings of reminiscence and the ever-present pain of loss and courage to face the future all blend together in this stirring piano ballad. As the song progresses, emotive chords are enhanced by a shimmering atmosphere with delicate touches of spacious percussion. “Happy Birthday,” Ari sings with an air of wistful finality. “I hope you’re not alone.”

“Birthday,” a vulnerable window into Ari’s upcoming album ‘Like Home’, expresses a deeply personal sentiment about the aftermath of an 11-year relationship. “I wrote this on [my ex-girlfriend’s] birthday months after our breakup,” the singer says. “Her first birthday we hadn’t spent together in 12 years. There is no animosity for her. I only want the best for her. I want her to succeed. And I want her to be ok.”

Ari’s new album ‘Like Home,’ out April 9th, depicts the transformative time after his former relationship ended in a way that is both autobiographical and universally relatable. The six-song project, pared down from 40 raw demos, questions the concept of “home” and where it can be found when stable foundations have been destroyed. Previous singles “Like Home” and “Drifting” were introductory statements of this intimate truth from Ari, who has made a name for himself teaching independent artists how to succeed in the music business through his blog Ari’s Take and the subsequent book and podcast series.

READ more about Ari and ‘Like Home’ via Authority Magazine: https://medium.com/authority-magazine/music-stars-making-a-social-impact-why-how-ari-herstand-of-aris-take-academy-is-helping-to-dcac51680232 

‘LIKE HOME’ TRACKLIST

1. Like Home

2. Fine Without Me

3. Drifting

4. Birthday

5. Guard

6. Half Way (feat. Annabel Lee)

ABOUT ARI HERSTAND

Described by Forbes as “the poster child of DIY music,” the LA-via-Minneapolis Ari Herstand is an entrepreneur, musician, best-selling author, educator, advocate and authority on how to succeed as an independent musician. He has collaborated with acts like Cake, Thirty Seconds to Mars and Ben Folds, and his music has appeared in TV shows, commercials and films. His book How To Make It in the New Music Business is a #1 best-seller in three categories on Amazon and taught by over 300 universities across the country. Recently, Ari co-founded the UnCancelled Music Festival, which Rolling Stone called “the most recent — and one of the larger — of the online music events that have sparked up since COVID-19 put a temporary hold on the live music industry,” as well as advocacy group Independent Music Professionals United (IMPU), where Ari helped write and pass the amendment to get the music industry an exemption under the “gig worker” law AB5. At the helm of his blog Ari’s Take, Ari empowers musicians through the Ari’s Take Academy online music business school and the New Music Business podcast. He also hosts a weekly music industry forum on Clubhouse on Monday nights.

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