Rich Hearn
Founder — Amplifyr
Why this matters to me
"Great music should find its audience. The systems to make that happen shouldn't be out of reach."
I came to this as a musician first. Learning how to build a direct connection with fans, cutting out the gatekeepers, doing it independently. That changed how I saw everything.
Then I started helping friends. Then other artists. And I kept seeing the same things: murky offers, platforms that take your money regardless of whether the music has a real chance, and a lot of noise dressed up as strategy.
Amplifyr exists to do two things: give music businesses a proper digital marketing partner who actually gets it, and give independent artists the tools to do it themselves, ethically, and in a way that actually works.
Not to serve the platform. To serve the music.