LOS ANGELES (April 26, 2021) – Today, Ari’s Take Academy (ATA), the online business development curriculum for independent musicians, opens enrollment for the first time this year. ATA returns with its flagship courses taught by working professionals in the new music business: Ari Herstand, Vo Williams, Lucidious and Clare Means. 

Founded in 2018 by entrepreneur, musician, educator and author of the best-selling book How To Make It in the New Music Business Ari Herstand, ATA looks to change the music business education status quo by offering immediately applicable tools and strategies with direct pathways to success.

“At Ari’s Take Academy, we empower our students with knowledge, information and concrete strategies so they can create successful music careers and invest in themselves,” says Ari. 

ABOUT THE COURSES: 

Advanced Sync Strategies for Film, TV and Video Games

A step-by-step guide to placing your music in films, TV shows, video games and commercials and getting paid for it. The course is taught by “Epic Hip Hop” pioneer & sync agent Vo Williams, whose sync licensing experience has landed his music in content by Playstation and Adidas to Lethal Weapon and Ballers. 

Streaming and Instagram Growth

A step-by-step guide to generating real fans online, taught by Ari and indie hip hop artist Lucidious. Despite having no placements in official Spotify playlists and being completely self-released, songs by Lucidious are streamed an average of 4-5 million times each month by listeners around the world thanks to the methods taught in this course. 

Livestreaming for Musicians 

A step-by-step guide to livestreaming on Facebook, Twitch, YouTube and Instagram taught by Clare Means. Clare first rose to fame as a street musician and one of Periscope’s most watched artists. Most recently, Clare has been multi-streaming to Twitch, Facebook, YouTube and Instagram, and is now recognized as one of the foremost experts on livestreaming for musicians.

For more information and details to enroll, visit aristakeacademy.com

Read why Ari’s Take Academy is the “future of music education” via Forbes:https://www.forbes.com/sites/brianpenick/2020/05/27/college-is-about-to-change-forever--and-music-education-is-not-immune/?sh=5382f54a6f44 

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. 

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