ASTROWORLD Festival Disaster, Truth About Concert Security & Solutions

At ASTROWORLD, as of November 9, 2021, 8 people were reported dead, 11 experienced cardiac arrest, and over 300 people were injured, due to crowd surge, the potential of people getting stapped with needles with unknown substances, and people storming the entrances. This is a tragedy that could have and should have been prevented. In this episode, we cover a history of tragedies at concerts, the events of Astroworld, and solutions for the future.

MuensterVision - Releasing Music & Building Communities with NFT and Divorcing Traditional Platforms

MunsterVision is a hip-hop artist based in Houston, TX, and a pioneer in the world of NFT's. He's completely abandoned the traditional music platforms, because of their favoritism to major label artists and not giving independents a real change due to PAYOLA. He has gone the route of blockchain technology and NFT's to release content and music. In this episode, we discuss his journey and experience with NFT's, which platforms he uses, and much more.

How to Become An Music Artist Manager Today - Skills, Strategies, and Education

How do you become an artist manager in the music business? You can start today! It's all about getting reps and becoming a practitioner.

Books mentioned in this episode:
How to Make It in the New Music Business: https://amzn.to/3fRtxsx
All You Need to Know About the Music Business: https://amzn.to/3umqUEw

Podcasts Mentioned:
Creative Juice - https://indepreneur.io/podcast/
Rick Barker - https://rickbarker.com/podcasts/
Ari Herstand - https://aristake.com/nmb/
Lennon Cihak - https://lennoncihak.com/podcast
Katie Zaccardi - https://www.katiezaccardi.com/podcast

Does the Number of Social Media Followers, Streams, and Views Matter in 2021 & beyond for Musicians?

Does the number of followers you have on any of the social media platforms, or how many streams you get, or how many views you get matter? Kind of. But there is a whole lot more that goes into it than just that. Those are vanity metrics. In this video, I discuss what really matters for musicians when building a business.

Building a Powerful Music Industry Network - A Strategy I Call Artist ID

It's impossible to network with and meet everyone. You have to have the right strategy. Learn how to network with the right artists and professionals behind the scenes.

Get a FREE copy of the "Artist ID Spreadsheet" here. When you sign up, it'll lead you to a google doc. Create a copy or download the file: https://www.makingitwithchrisg.com/artistid

Phillip Stutts - Applying the Undefeated Marketing System to the Music Industry

Phillip Stutts is the marketing mind behind winning over 1,400 elections from presidential races to congress, the senate, and many other elected positions. He developed a 5-step marketing system that can be applied to winning presidential elections to marketing fortune 200 companies to marketing independent musicians and small businesses. Stutts is the author of the Undefeated Marketing System and host of the Undefeated Marketing Podcast where he features some of the most brilliant marketers in the world.

To learn more about Phillip Stutts visit https://www.phillipstutts.com.

Rebecca Day - The Free Market Musician Integrating Creativity in Music, Business & Life

The Free Market Musician is edited and published by independent singer, songwriter, performer, and writer, Rebecca Day. Over the past decade, Rebecca has run her music business with a dogged passion and stubborn desire to, like The Fountainhead character, Howard Roark, see her work done her way.

Over the years she has self-funded several independent regional tours with her group The Crazy Daysies. She has also independently released 2 EPs, a full album, and several singles under her own publishing company.

In this conversation, we discuss DIY musician strategies, managing your music and business, free-market philosophy and economics, Anarcho-Capitalism and much more.

To learn more about Rebecca Day visit:
https://thefreemarketmusician.com/
FB: https://www.facebook.com/thecrazydaysies
TW: https://twitter.com/RebeccaDayMusic
IG: https://www.instagram.com/rebeccadaym...

Foundation to Your Music Career: Content, Customer Journey, Branding & Business Models

This is the foundation lesson of a 12-week series that started on 1/18/2021. Get Access to all 12 Lessons and more: https://www.patreon.com/makingitacademy. If the program is still going on, we will be adding a new lesson every Monday. This foundation lesson shares the basics to what we will be exploring over the next 12 weeks. Creating your content strategy, customer journey's and building your funnel, branding, business models, and much more.

Bree Noble & Katie Zaccardi - Launching a New Revenue Stream for Your Music Career

Katie Zaccardi is a musician, marketing expert, has her own podcast Out To Be, and offers many amazing coaching resources for DIY Musicians.

Learn more about Katie at https://www.katiezaccardi.com/. Bree Noble is also a musician, entrepreneur, and coach helping DIY musicians launch their career.

Learn more about Bree Noble at https://profitablemusician.com/.

The two of them are working together on an amazing new course that goes live this month, June 2021, helping artists launch a new revenue stream for their business.

Music Marketing with the NEW TikTok feature, Marketing Budgets, & Building Discord Communities

Welcome to a new format in our series! This is our music, marketing, entrepreneurship, and finance news episode with my co-host, Sara Salomon. In this first episode, we discuss four different articles focused on the new TikTok Promote feature, should you be on TikTok, how to build your music marketing budgets, and building discord communities.

Connect with Sara at https://www.instagram.com/thesarasalomon

Articles mentioned:
https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/frank-harris-jason-derulo-tiktok-is-running-everything/
https://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/how-to-use-tiktok-promote-to-reach-new-audiences/

https://bandzoogle.com/blog/how-to-create-a-music-marketing-budget-in-4-simple-steps
https://blog.hubspot.com/marketing/discord-advertising

Jordan Kurland - Founder of Brilliant Corners Artist Management & Serial Entrepreneur

Jordan Kurland is a founding partner in Brilliant Corners Artist Management. With offices in San Francisco, New York, and Seattle Brilliant Corners represents a diverse array of artists including Death Cab for Cutie, The Postal Service, Toro Y Moi, Best Coast, Soccer Mommy, Real Estate, New Pornographers, and Pup.

Kurland is also a partner in Noise Pop Industries. Based in San Francisco, Noise Pop curates, produces, and promotes various events throughout the greater Bay Area including the Noise Pop Festival. He was one of the founding partners of the groundbreaking boutique outdoor music festivals, Treasure Island, which ran from 2007-2018.

Kurland currently sits on the board of three San Francisco based non-profits: McSweeney's, Stern Grove Festival, and experimental art and performance space, The Lab. Previously he served on the boards of 826 National, Marin Headlands Center for the Arts, the Bay Area chapter of NARAS, and Revolutions Per Minute, an organization dedicated to connecting artists with social causes. Additionally, he spent five years on the board of directors for the Independent On-Line Distribution Alliance (IODA) which ended in a partial acquisition by Sony in 2009.

Kurland is politically active. He was on the entertainment advisory committee for Barack Obama in 2012 and Hillary Clinton in 2016. Starting in 2004, he launched various election-based projects with the author, Dave Eggers. The most recent was a pair of digital compilations called Good Music to Avert the Collapse of American Democracy, Volumes 1 and 2. The two albums raised over $550,000 in 48 hours for voter's rights organizations, Fair Fight, Color of Change, and Voting Rights Lab. Other initiatives include the Future Dictionary of America (2004), the website 90 Days, 90 Reasons (2012), and 30 Days, 30 Songs (2016).

Lastly, Kurland is an investor in San Francisco restaurants Central Kitchen, Salumeria, and Wise Son's Deli as well as the celebrated bar, Trick Dog.

Cherele - An Independent Hip Hop Artist Using Creativity in Music & Business

Cherele is an Independent Hip Hop artist based in Atlanta, GA. Originally from Ft. Myers, FL she has taken her career into her own hands by using her creativity not just in her music but also in her business. Cherele has been involved in booking and promoting her own shows in very creative ways to being booked for tours and playing festivals such as Rolling Loud. She's a creative content creator that brings fun and unique branding into everything she does.

She recently dropped her newest single "KIKI" which you can hear here:

Katie Zaccardi - Launching Your Patreon Page, Next Album, or Marketing Campaign

You can also listen to this episode on Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Stitcher |

Katie Zaccardi is a singer-songwriter and music business coach that’s focused on helping women in the music industry build sustainable careers and multiply their income without stress and self-doubt. Last time she was on the show was episode #095, where we focused on mental health in the music industry, and especially for creatives. In this episode, we go deep into an artist’s launch strategy for their next project whether that’s a Patreon page, new album, single, or just marketing campaign in general.

Isabella Bedoya - Finding Your True Fans & Building Free Organic Funnels

Isabella Bedoya of Fame Hackers, Podcast Interview

You can also listen to this episode on Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Stitcher |

Isabella Bedoya helps independent artists establish profitable music careers so they can get paid doing what they love. She is the founder of The Fame Hackers, a four-step approach for musicians that want to go from "starving musician" to "superstar."

After working as an A&R for a major label, Isabella uses her industry experience coupled with cutting-edge strategies to help musicians monetize their music careers, attract their loyal fan base, and reach the levels of success they desire.

In this conversation, we discuss building free organic funnels, finding your most ideal fans, having a solid foundation before spending money on paid advertising, and much more. To learn more about Isabella Bedoya visit https://www.thefamehackers.com​.

Get in Touch with Isabella Bedoya
Facebook | LinkedIn |

Dr. Corinne Devin - Becoming a More Confident and Authentic Public Speaker

Dr. Corinne Devin Podcast Interview

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Dr. Corinne Devin: US Navy Commander, Orthodontist, Motivational Speaker, World Traveler, and reigning International Ms. 2020. As a multi-passionate woman, she has learned to not only balance her passions but use them to make her a better officer. In this conversation, we discuss public speaking, and how becoming a better public speaker can help you be more confident, perform better at job interviews, pitching, and much more. 

To learn more about Dr. Corinne Devin visit https://linktr.ee/drcorinnedevin

Get in Touch with Dr. Corinne Devin
Facebook | YouTube Channel | Instagram

Highlights from this Episode
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Times are for audio version

[03:40] Being based in Japan
[06:38] Corinne backstory
[10:40] Navy training for staff officers 
[13:40] First concert and first album
[15:20] Why is it important to become a better public speaker?
[18:50] Overcoming fear to speak in front of an audience   
[21:00] Benefits of public speaking for everyday life  & interviews
[24:20] Initial prep for a speech, presentation, or interview 
[27:55] Opening & closing a presentation 
[30:00] Topic transitions during a presentation
[31:25] Becoming a better storyteller
[37:02] Rehearsing your presentation
[39:35] Getting better at public speaking
[44:55] Being authentic in public speaking
[47:20] Authenticity when starting something new
[51:25] Sharing insecurities with your audience

Links to people, places, and things mentioned

US Navy
American Association of Orthodontists
Kimberlee Weil
Toastmasters
Junior League