Episode 93: How Hit Songs Actually Happen (Inside A&R with Pete Ganbarg)

Hits don’t happen by accident. They happen when the right singer meets the right song and a focused team executes without ego. That’s the throughline of my conversation with Pete Ganbarg—a two-time Grammy-winning A&R leader whose fingerprints are on era-defining records and publishing wins—spanning artist development, writer mentorship, and the power of aligned campaigns. We start with the essentials: what makes an artist investable today. Pete is blunt about work ethic, output, and urge...