Stand Atlantic on Pop Punk Resurgence, Building a Fanbase Live

Today my guest is David Potter of the band Stand Atlantic out of Sydney, Australia. This is the first guest on the show from the pop punk music scene. The band typically does 200 shows a year, and we talk about what it's been like going from 200 shows to 0 shows.

We dig into how they got started, found their manager, and booking agents. We discuss tour buy-ons and what he thinks of the whole pay-to-play system.

3:22 - How Australia's been during the pandemic

9:38 - Touring and the pop punk scene in Australia

13:59 - Music being cyclical and Stand Atlantic becoming accepted in the Australian music scene

17:30 - How most of Stand Atlantic's fans discovered them

21:06 - Using social media to build a following and splitting up band members' responsibilities

25:30 - Reckoning with streaming numbers

30:28 - David switching from the bassist to guitarist

38:04 - Stand Atlantic's sponsorship with Fender

39:44 - Don't fall for scams or pay-to-play situations

47:02 - Experimenting with livestream shows

51:48 - The process in creating "deathwish"

57:09 - How David defines success