Indie Music Money

Catching Up w/ Kareem Guy aka @keyztothegame about what he's been up to and how he can be a resource for you!

You can link your Paypal, Cash App, or GoFundMe on your Spotify profile. 

Why not try to incentivize your audience to click that button and put some money in your pocket?

Welcome Back to the Indie Music Money Podcast! 

On this episode, I have Kade of Alex Kade here to talk about their unique release strategy. We discuss the importance of consistency, building a family with your fans, and never giving up. 

Be aware of situations like this!!! I can't believe this actually happened to me TWICE in 2021. 

Listen to my conversation with DeShaun Jones aka JONESY from BandPushMusic where we talk about Artist Development, learning from Major Labels, and how to push your music as an Independent Artist. Hint: it might not be what you think!

Jordan Telgenhoff is my best friend, bandmate, songwriting partner, as well as an Artist himself. Jordan is a Music Royalties Coordinator at Position Music. He helps break down copyrights, the different types of royalties, we talk about master recording income, composition income, sync licensing, and where to register your music to be able to collect all of your royalties. 

For Women's History Month, I have BB Feenix who uses her music to promote mental health and help people get through their hardships. We also talk about Clubhouse and how it has helped amplify both of our networks! 

Listen to Robbin Marx's inspirational story of growing up in New York just wanting to be a part of the Wu-Tang Clan, to touring internationally as a rapper, to the custom beat maker he is today. 

Artists! Did you know you can make money by selling your Multitrack? Check out my conversation with CinderTrack CEO Ben Turner where he breaks down what his company is, and how you can start making $20 a Multitrack today! 

On this episode, I talk with Ryan "Koshiz" Freer about why it's important to save money and how to safely do so. Ryan helps musicians save money while empowering financial literacy. 

My conversation with Kareem Guy where we talk about the common struggles faced by Artists, the foundation of a successful Artist, when to seek coaching, and more! 

This is a less structured episode where I talk to Eric DiGiovanni about the alternative to all the beat stores out there- check out bopmop.com for yourself. I truly believe BopMop is the future!

Special Guest Star Leezythegifted joins us partway thru to give his perspective as a self-producing artist.

This is a longer conversational episode, I really wanted to include both these guys' perspectives as two different ends of the Production spectrum. Hope you enjoy it!

Check out my conversation with my Artist friend, Teneia. We cover Patreon, her experience in the industry, and some tips for Up and Coming Artists!

Welcome to a very special BONUS edition of the Indie Music Money Podcast where I break down what Bandcamp Friday is and why you should do it.   

Before discussing any further revenue streams I really wanted to talk to someone about the importance of marketing. This is my deep dive into marketing with Anthony Pacheco, where we talk about the difference between organic marketing and paid marketing, branding, and more.

Seven Topics Discussed:

1. How to Build Your Brand Elements

2. How to Write a Compelling Music Description

3. Three Forms of Your Bio You Should Have Ready

4. What is Patronage?

5. Choosing a Patronage Partner

6. Choosing the Right Rewards

7. Patreon Profile Examples

Topics Discussed:

1. What is a Persona?

2. 10 Qualities a Persona Should Have

3. How to Define Your Persona

4. What is Crowdfunding?

5. How to Run a Crowdfunding Campaign

6. How to Set Crowdfunding Rewards

8 Topics Are Discussed:

1. Build Your Music Business for $0

2. The single success formula for a profitable music business

3. Thirteen qualities to build into your business to create valuable experiences, live events, shows, products, and merch fans will value and pay for 

4. Seven strategies you can implement to maximize the amount of money you make

5. Three parts of ever business transaction that affect how much money you can make

6. Segment your audience into three tiers of customers to maximize fan-based revenue in everything you do

7. How to strategically use middlemen to minimize costs + maximize your cut

8. How and why to form a business for your music so you can limit your liability, create ground rules for your business, and manage the money you make

Who am I and what can I do for you? 

Both these questions answered in this episode. I am so excited to get started with this Podcast!

Indie Music Money is all about how to make money as an Artist. I'll start breaking it all down next week.