Episode 649 – The Unglamorous Truth About A Music Career With Tamar Kaprelian

On this week’s episode, singer-songwriter Tamar Kaprelian shares how getting dropped by Clive Davis and burning out at 24 shaped everything she built next.

After refusing to recut a Lindsay Lohan record Davis pitched her, the label relationship collapsed.

Tamar spent years finding her footing before launching Nvak, a full-service music company that now runs an independent label, artist services arm, and nonprofit that has educated over 5,000 women in emerging markets.

Our conversation traces the specific decisions, including competing in Eurovision for Armenia, that taught her what lasting in music actually requires and why building support structures for other artists became her answer to the industry that once left her without any.

You can hear it via Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music, YouTube Music, Mixcloud, Spotify, Deezer, and TuneIn Radio.

Also, a video version of this podcast is now available on YouTube as well.

Enjoy the show!