Chris Fletcher talks about our mission for the Making Money, Making music podcast! Helping musicians making a music a career from their skills. Get on the MusicBizMentors.com newsletter for other music industry workshops & panels.
Arielle Silver shares Moments of Transition bringing joy!
An ethic of care runs through Arielle Silvers music, each song ushering listeners to tune into their own relationship with both people and the more-than-human world. With 8 songwriting awards to her credit, she shares the importance of networking, the empowerment of self-representation and enjoying every minute of it all. See & hear more at: https://ariellesilvermusic.com/ (https://ariellesilvermusic.com/)
Arielle’s rich lyrics, folk-pop artistry, and enchanting stagecraft have earned her recognition at the South Florida Folk Festival (Songwriting Award Winner), Tucson Folk Festival (2-time Finalist), International Acoustic Music Awards (2nd Place), ASCAP Plus Awards (3-time Recipient), among other accolades. Watershed's singles and official videos premiered in The Bluegrass Situation, Americana Highways, and Twangville, and spent 18 weeks on the Americana Music Charts. Looking forward, Arielle is writing new songs for a 2026 music release and continues tour throughout 2026!
SHOW NOTES: 0:01 Bio-Introduction; 01:50 Music training; 11:11 Exploring Academia; 14:50 She Shed –Moments of Transition; 26:44 Shut down pushing guiding idea; 35:08 Enjoying professional & personal life; 42:42 Empowerment of self-representation; 45:48 Looking to the future; 49:22 Advice for new songwriters
25 Apr 2025
Freebo: Folk/Rock/Blues Icon
Freebo is best known for his decade of touring and recording with Bonnie Raitt, and has distinguished himself as one of the great bassists of our time, playing on records with CSN, Maria Muldaur, John Mayall, Ringo Starr, Dr. John, and Neil Young. A multi-award winner and finalist in numerous songwriting contests, Freebo’s music reflects his compassionate concern for the world and people around him, and his lyrics and open stage banter have helped him connect with listeners worldwide. He is currently working on his 6th solo album and he has produced music for a number of music projects. He continues touring around the world and we love his belief that “Preparation meets Opportunity.” See more at his website: https://www.freebomusic.com (https://www.freebomusic.com)
SUBJECTS: (0:04) Freebo Intro; (1:06) Music Training; (13:38) Music Networking (meeting Bonnie); (23:56) Becoming a Songwriter; (34:17) Live shows -Folk Alliance; (38:51) New Partnership; (40:38) Full Circle-10,000 Hours; (52:28) New music plans; (56:29) Local Opportunities; (58:23) Being Happy
3 Apr 2025
Your Music Plan
We get serious about make a music timeline to get those music gems out into the world. Here is a step by step list about recording (8:14), release deadlines(10:58), Distribution(14:25), Making videos(18:18) and social & press(22:18). Our final thoughts at 34:31.
SEE THE FULL VIDEO on YOUTUBE in MUSICBIZMENTORS Friday March 4th, 2025
THANKS FOR LISTENING! Chris Fletcher
31 Dec 2024
Making Your Music Plans for 2025
DIY MUSICIANS! Let's get ready to grow your music career in 2025. This was a live webinar in early December 2024. Subjects we cover: WHERE DO YOU WANT TO BE THIS TIME NEXT YEAR? First 7 minutes: ideas to grow your career! (10:21)Conquering time & money; (22:54) Update your business; (31:39) Write/Record new songs; (36:07) Getting noticed; (49:08)Perform/book more and (56:06)Reaching out for help! More suggestions at MusicBizMentors.com
16 Dec 2024
Holiday Connection with Your Fans
Music industry expert, [Guest Name], shares actionable tips on how to strengthen holiday connections with fans through free offers, signed products, and virtual live performances.
14 Nov 2024
Music Jobs for Skilled Musicians
Are you really great musician? Today we talk about how to use those music skills to break into a career. We take a look at session work, vocal jobs and how to use your skills as a melody maker. Subjects: (0:04) Intro; (1:29) List of jobs; (9:50) Session work; (15:41) Vocal opportunities; (20:26) Becoming a melody maker; (25:15) More Suggestions. Please subscribe and share with your music friends! More programs at MusicBizMentors.com
24 Oct 2024
Prepare for a Successful Tour
This podcast was inspired by the interview with touring musician Scott Gilmore. Subjects we cover: Ideas to conquer the road (10:54), Booking Advice (15:54); Choosing your cities (17:45); Prepare for success (22:12) and Final Suggestions (22:48)
10 Oct 2024
Touring for a living discussion with Scott Gilmore from Fox and Bones.
Scott & Sarah have brought their optimistic Americana polish to international stages since 2016. As DIY artists they have performed at both small and large stages bringing their own unique blend of energetic offbeat folk with a retro-tinged, soul-stirring, modern vintage edge. Their hardworking artistic songwriting has earned them 1st place at the 2023 Tucson Folk Festival and 2nd place in the International Acoustic Music Awards. Scott talks about preparing for the road and what the workload is like being touring musicians. MORE AT: https://foxandbones.com/music (https://foxandbones.com/music)
SUBJECTS 1:01 Introduction; 5:00 Preparing for the road; 7:05 Booking help & doing it ourselves; 11:58 Songwriting; 17:20 Selling on the road; 22:00 Silver linings; 27:33 Favorite venues; 29:07 Organizing the Portland Folk Festival; 35:50 Shows in Europe; 40:09 What’s next?; 41:21 Booking Conferences; 44:41 Advice
26 Sept 2024
Diversity Your Skills & Networking Suggestions
This session concentrates on the importance of growing your music skills that will diversify your skills plus how this can fill your pocketbook. We talk about production music education and how sometimes just showing up to an invite and having excellent work ethic will land you a career in music. ADDED CONTENT: Sticking to deadlines, facing time & money PLUS other music jobs you can land if you have the skills/
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SUBJECTS 00:16 Highlights from Robert E Lee interview 01:16 A push to network 03:14 Advancing your skills 07:15 Skills = Music Jobs 12:48 Create for media 18:48 Get more work 25:19 Networking Suggestions 31:21 Stick to your deadlines 34:56 Time and Money 38:10 More music jobs 45:14 Next interview
12 Sept 2024
INTERVIEW: With musician Robert E. Lee
During the podcast #4 with Robert Lee, who is an accomplished musician, he shares his story and tells us how important it was to network and collaborate with other musicians to develop his own solid music job network! Robert started performing as a first call touring musician and his desire to create more music lead him into multi-media production with song placement for projects like NBC Universal, Fox and the Viacom networks. His business Creative Studios continues to produce music & comedy events like, “Laugh Out Loud” (now on Amazon) in Las Vegas while he continues writing and producing for TV and his own music projects.
Music Page: https://roberteleemusic.com/ (https://roberteleemusic.com/%20) Laugh After Dark: https://www.laughafterdark.com/ (https://www.laughafterdark.com/ ) IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4074993/ (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4074993/)
29 Aug 2024
Learn Your Business
This podcast gives musicians the Business 'Must-Haves' to quickly get started to making a career in music. Covered here are subjects like: Acquiring a domain name, copyrighting your songs, adding Metadata, making a website, joining a PRO and applying for a DBA to obtain a business checking account. It ends with 3 items you can do this week to push your music career forward! https://musicbizmentors.com/ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChhxGH8qAzvWthsQqKmjrDw
22 Aug 2024
INTERVIEW: With Musician Deborah Johnson
Deborah Johnson is a well-season songwriter, performer, book author, educator and blog & podcast leader. In her interview, she shared how she has embraces time management and how diversifying her music & technical training have been important elements that continues helping fulfill her growing career. She encourages new musicians to KNOW YOUR BUSINESS and to never be afraid to LEARN AS YOU GO! Musician page: https://djworksmusic.com/ Education/Coaching page: https://goalsforyourlife.com/
16 Aug 2024
Making Money Podcast Mission With Host Chris Fletcher
Host Chris Fletcher gives an introduction to the mission of this podcast: Helping musicians begin a music career from their skills.
Chris Fletcher, the founder of MusicBizMentor.com, introduces the mission of the ‘Making Money, Making Music’ podcast. The podcast will run every 2 weeks on; one week she will conduct an interview with musicians, doing only music for a living. The following podcast, we explore how to start a music career linked to suggestions made by the interviewed musician. NOTE: The day after the Thursday audio podcast launch, we will upload a video of the audio podcast on the MusicBizMentors YouTube page. (So THURSDAYS the Audio Podcast and FRIDAYS the video upload to YouTube). We welcome your suggestions for future musician interviews!
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