The Musician Mastery Podcast

Ticket scalping has been the Bane of live music fans and artists for decades now. There are some people that are out there trying to make a difference, and that's why I wanted to talk to Jacob Duquette about Ticketmaster, Concert Ticket NFTs, being a professional, and more!

Is there any difference between the music business and the music industry? Well in today's boiling hot episode, I go after the biggest myths that have artists cynical about the business and therefore stunting their progress. Time to break some big myths!

This myth has caused a lot of musicians and artists to miss opportunities and feel unable to keep up.

In this episode, I will break down everything wrong with this myth and how you can get more done for your music business than anyone around you.

Some people feel things have never been more difficult, while others say it's never been easier!

Who's right? And what is the best/worst times to be a professional musician.

I recently hosted a private summit for some of my private coaching clients, and it made think of some very important lessons that can help you. In this episode, I share my top lessons from the 2-day summit and how it's never been more possible to have a career as a musician.

I recently had a friend reach out to me and share with me an amazing story of how he has utilized his skills to build a side hustle that can generate potentially 6-figures of income. 

In this episode, I share this incredible story and how you can model this process to get similar opportunities.

As artists, sometimes we struggle with being charismatic or our belief in our ability to survive in this crazy and unpredictable industry...

In this episode, I sit down with Licensed NLP & High Performance Coach, Peter Schwartz, and we talk about this different ways to have more charisma while engaging an audience, getting into a creative state easier, and plenty more!

I recently came across an old book called "Cool Careers Without College for Music Lovers" and I thought I would share this moment with you. I talk about maintaining your relationship with music and how to actually do that as opposed to what the book had to offer!

I'm always talking about musicians and artists being entrepreneurs, but what are the actual implications of that reality and what should you do about it?

In this video, I stay up till 2:00am and share some late night facts about being a music entrepreneur (right after a fresh bowl of cereal lol).

How do you build a connection with your fans that actually builds a bond that will bring them to shows and support you?

In this video, I'm going to show you the core principles I learned from a show that help me create a bond with my fans.

Have you ever been told by a local venue or promoter that you need to personally sell the tickets for you next local show? Are you thinking about hitting up your family and friends just to get the tickets sold? STOP!

In this video, I'm going to be sharing my favorite way to get people to come to a show when you have to sell tickets that hardly ANY band knows about.

Voltaire said "perfect is the enemy of the good", yet a lot of musicians and artists spend their time trying to make things perfect BEFORE they act. 

In this video, I'm going to be showing you exactly how my band made over $800 from just 18 people at a gig, and why pursuing perfection would have made that impossible.

A lot of people struggle with "having enough time" to work on their dreams. 

In this episode, I'm going to show you how to re-shift your focus and get some of your time back to work on your future.

Most musicians struggle with doing the necessary things they need to do because they haven't fully accepted their true identity as a musician.  In this episode, I'm going to show you what you need to do to embrace your identity as a professional musician and how to maintain your confidence and certainty.

Few musicians actually understand the value of what they do, and what it does for people.

In this episode, I'm going to break down what I feel makes musicians so valuable to society.

It's important to make sure that as a professional musician, you know how to have show and venue etiquette.

I'm going to dive into a few concepts that you may have never heard before on how to improve your venue/show etiquette.

Sorry if I sound a little nasally, I was a little road sick at that time.

The music industry is a very difficult industry to have success in, and because of that, sometimes things can feel very tough...

Today I'm going to be talking about the key principles you'll need in order to stay the course in this business.

Have you ever wondered about how to set up your merch the most efficiently before you go play your next show or go on your next tour?

In this episode, I'm going to show you how my band prepares for a national tour so that our merch table is a well-oiled machine.

If you're trying to become a professional musician, you are going to take on roles of both being an artist as well as an entrepreneur. Which of these two hats that you have to wear are you going to be doing more of in your time in the music business?

In this episode of the #musicianmasterypodcast I'm going to answer this question so you know exactly what is expected of you to become a professional musician.

Are you graduating high school or college and considering becoming a professional musician? 

In this episode, I'm going to break down 4 things you need to know once you graduate so you can have clarity on how to take action on your dreams.

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In this special "Talk Mastery" episode, I'll be talking with my good friend, Miles Schuman, who is a Broadcaster employed part time at Cumulus Media (New London, CT) since age 16, freelance voice actor on UpWork, and Emerson College student majoring in Journalism and minoring in Podcasting, Radio & Streaming Media. Miles started an online radio show at age 11, and have interviewed over one hundred rockstars ranging from members of Earth, Wind & Fire to KISS and Aerosmith. His interviews have been the subject of nearly 30 headlines on Blabbermouth.net, resulting in widespread rock media coverage. To date, his work has been featured in online publications such as Yahoo! News, Classic Rock Magazine, and Rolling Stone Germany. Since 2016, He's hosted a number of Q/A sessions at Rock and Roll Fantasy Camp, with names such as Joe Perry, Vince Neil, Don Felder, Paul Stanley, Judas Priest, and more. His voice work has accumulated views of 10 million+ on YouTube.

There is one question, that if musicians answer improperly, could ruin their musical futures.   

That question is: are you a professional or a hobbyist?  

I'm going to dive into the trenches with you about what the important distinctions are, and they aren't what you would usually think.

In the music business, it's important to understand from an economic perspective the value that is exchanged that make the wheels of the industry keep turning.

In this particular breakdown of what I call the "Value Exchange", we will see exactly how artists provide value to fans and vise-versa.

I'm going to show you how listeners differ from fans, and why you want to convert as many listeners as you can into loyal fans as possible.  

I'll also go over the different types of traffic you can get your material in front of and how to make sure it's the best people.

A lot of bands starting out have built up labels in their head to be something they are not, and that expectation can actually get them into a lot of trouble.

In today's episode, I'm going to break down just how labels will use radio (among other things) to give you the illusion of progress and charge you all along the way for it.

Are you in junior high, high school, or even college and want to start your own band? Then you need to learn these 3 HUGE lessons I've learned being a touring a gigging musicians since I was about 15 years old. Don't get caught making these rookie mistakes!