Check out the Results from These Artists
The New Mary Jane
Grammy-nom songwriter
“STRTST approaches artist development from such a fresh angle. Not only are they great educators, but everything feels so well researched and objective. The course is never self-serving for the sake of hyping up the platform, which I hate about a lot of music industry courses.”
“I love working with STRTST! They’ve been amazing at helping me get off the ground. They truly understand how to find cost effective ways to build an audience. Being independant can feel scary and overwhelming. STRTST has given me all the support I needed."
Moli, 1B+ songwriting streams
Here's something no one says out loud
Right now, excellent music is sitting on hard drives and streaming platforms. Unheard. Because the person who made it uploaded, posted, and didn’t know what to do next.
Something like a hundred thousand songs go up every single day. You release the best thing you've ever made into that ocean... and it gets 200 plays. OUCH.
Then you do the math. And the math is brutal. Not because you're afraid of working hard. You've never been afraid of that. But something’s clearly wrong.
We built the Artist Breakthrough Method because we've been there. We hit the same walls. This is what works.
One of us is an independent artist
who’s written the song, recorded it, mixed it, put it out, and heard nothing but crickets. And spent the drive home wondering if everyone who ever believed in them was just being nice.
One of us is an award-winning mix engineer
who's worked on records you know, and spent years watching it happen from the other side of the glass: artist after artist making genuinely great music, pouring everything into how it sounds — and still watching it disappear the second it's released.
One of us is a successful tech entrepreneur
in a world where if you have a vision and the guts to chase it, there's a whole system waiting to back you — mentors, a playbook, people who've done it and want to help. And when he looked at music, that system just wasn't there.
And that's the unfair thing we can't stop seeing. Builders in tech get backed. Artists get doubted. Underneath everything the industry says to you is one quiet conviction: that artists are talent to be managed, squeezed, and second-guessed - that you need them more than they need you. The industry only shows up after you've already proven them wrong, once you have traction: an audience, a brand, momentum. Which means the hardest stretch of your whole career - going from zero to traction - is the exact stretch where you're completely on your own.
Everyone says the same useless thing: "Don't chase a deal. Get big on your own first." And yeah, thanks. But how?
That's the question this exists to answer.
Here's what we figured out. The artists who break through aren't the most talented. Talent is the price of entry, not the path to discovery. They're the ones who stopped gambling and started building. Who treat every release, every post, every idea like a small, cheap experiment instead of one big all-or-nothing bet. They test before they invest their time, their heart, and their money. They put out the rough version, read the room, and let real feedback tell them where to double down.
It's not luck. It's a system. The same kind of system that built the things you use every day - used quietly by people who make products the whole world ends up loving. We're not going to change your music or ask you to sell out. We're going to give your instincts clear names, hand you the method, and put a team of people who actually get music in your corner.
Because a good song deserves to be heard. And it's wrong that great artists disappear just because no one handed them the map.
You already did the hard part.
Let's go get you heard.
Music Professionals Believe in STRTST
“Music unites us across all cultures and languages. STRTST empowers artists to find their voice and share it with the world.”
—Rachel Alina is an Award-Winning Mixing & Mastering Engineer
Her credits include Helado Negro, Stephen Marley, Cynthia Erivo, Katy Perry, P!nk
Founder and CEO of New Music Engineering and Berklee Faculty member
“Labels used to develop artists. Today they sign momentum. STRTST shows you how to create that momentum yourself, so when the industry finally notices, you’re already moving.”
— Ian Kimmel is an award winning Producer and Songwriter.
His credits include 15x Platinum and Gold Certified. 15x Billboard #1. 5x Grammy Nom
Founder and CEO of Biscuit Head Collective music production studio
200 streams isn’t a rejection. It’s bad execution.
Follow our artist breakout method to 10X your numbers in weeks.
What You Get
Exclusive early access to the Artist Breakout Method – your complete “0 to Traction” roadmap
Built like a roadmap. Five learning modules, where every module hands you the next move.
Watch it. Understand it. Apply it. Prove it.
Not just videos to watch. Real scenarios to think through, deep dives when you need context, and checkpoints that make sure it's actually sinking in.
Videos
Special Topics
Practical Applications
Quizzes
Watch it once.
Reference it forever.
This isn't a course you finish once. The handbooks and toolkits are built to be marked up, argued with, and reopened. Six months from now, they'll hit differently than they do today.
Handbooks
Toolkits
Templates
Your method. Your goals.
Your personalized plan.
AI can’t write your music or tell you who you are as an artist.
What it can do is help you turn everything you just learned into a real, personalized plan to reach traction.
STRTST AI coach can be purchase as an add-on at checkout.
Our AI Coaching Tool draws from STRTST's proprietary knowledge base distilled from years of working with starting artists. Rather than provide generic AI advice, every prompt is customized to guide you through the creation of a personal plan to reach traction.
Who’s Behind STRTST?
STRTST stands with artists the industry has stop developing and challenges the system that failed them. We’re not a gentle mentor, a neutral educational platform, or another "solution provider.” We picked a side. And it's the artist’s.
Zach Pascaud. Indie artist who's lived the whole climb from zero to traction, using his background as an entrepreneur to craft creative, lean and cost-effective growth strategies. Now producing millions of streams; selling out small clubs; and committed helping artist peers grow using similar techniques.
Rachel Alina. Award-winning mix engineer, Berklee faculty member, and CEO of New Music Engineering, with records for artists including P!nk, Katy Perry, Stephen Marley, Helado Negro, and Gabriel Garzon-Montano- over a billion streams of work. Trained under Shelly Yakus, Greg Wells, & Henry Hirsch.
Tom Burns. Spent his career building and backing tech startups. Co-founded Object Video, a VC-backed startup that sold 50+ video-tech patents for $80M, then co-founded a self-financed advanced sensing company later acquired by a Fortune 500 leader. Now brings that startup growth model to music artists.
Get Exclusive Early Access for $97
One-time payment. No subscription. Lifetime access.
What’s Included in the Artist Breakout method:
5 Modules with 28 videos, guided lessons, practical application scenarios, quizzes, handbooks, community support and other resources.
“Working with your team has been one of the best investments I've made for my music. You're incredibly thorough when it comes to testing creatives, analyzing the data, and explaining exactly what you're seeing and why certain ads are performing, which has made the whole process feel transparent and strategic. On top of that, you're professional, kind, and genuinely trustworthy. I always feel like my campaign is in good hands.”
— Emily Sara
“Working with STRTST came at such an essential point in my career. I was reintroduced to the beauty of music and my own artistry, while also learning completely new ways to think about my brand, my audience, and the business behind my music. This team made me feel deeply seen and valued. STRTST embodies authentic kindness and brilliant strategic wisdom that have opened doors for my career and changed the way I approach my artistry.”
— M the Myth
The Guarantee
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Get instant access to Modules 0 - 2 and their course materials. If within the first 14 days you feel it’s not the right fit, tell us and we’ll issue a full refund. No fine print, no hidden fees, no hard feelings.
Questions Answered
Straight
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You need to be able to make releasable music - self-produced or with a team/setup already in place. We don't teach you to make records; we start the moment you hit publish. If you can get a song out into the world, you're ready.
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No. In the earliest moment of creation, your art should live in a vacuum - don't think about metrics while you're writing. But once it exists, knowing how to get it heard is how you give it a life. Business knowledge doesn't corrupt your art. It protects it - and protects your ability to keep making it on your own terms.
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The ideas come from outside music- but they're common-sense things you already do instinctively. We just give them clear names so you can use them on purpose. And we'll never ask you to change your music.
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Straight answer: real traction takes time - often months or years. What you'll get fast is the thing you may have never had: real signals. Instead of releasing into silence and waiting months to learn nothing, you can put out a rough test this week and start reading real feedback in days. You stop flying blind almost immediately. The traction is built on top of that.
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It's $97 because you're a founding member - getting in before we're proven, when betting on us is still a risk. The real price is $399, and that's where it's going after launch. No catch. Early movers get rewarded; that window closes.
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Then you're exactly who this was built for. Being independent and far from a scene isn't the disadvantage the industry told you it was - it's the starting condition we designed around.
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That's not what this is. This is the system to build traction on your own terms - whether you want to stay independent forever or have leverage if a label ever comes calling. The goal is that you end up not needing anyone. Including us.