MC Lars is a former student of Dave Kusek's and he recently took some time to share some of his insights about actually living the "new artist model."



MC Lars (AKA Andrew Robert MacFarlane Nielsen) is an American rapper, producer, writer, cartoonist and Stanford University alumnus. He is the originator of "post-punk laptop rap" and founder and CEO of the independent record label Horris Records.



In our first podcast of this series, MC Lars talks about how an independent musician needs to build their team in order to succeed.



For more information about Dave Kusek's New Artist Model, the online business school for musicians, visit New Artist Model.