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Jesse Gillenwalters sells hundreds of CD's per month for his project Basic Printer and works at Indepreneur doing coaching and Facebook ad management for music artists. In this video we talk about how he got started at Indepreneur, what the most common pitfalls are for students working through their ‘Buddy System', and what are some...
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A lot of artists and producers want to know how to make a living with music, and Benn Jordan (AKA The Flashbulb) has done exactly that. He has 145,000 monthly listeners on Spotify, 70,000 subscribers on YouTube, has been signed, toured, made music for TV & Film and also made music for commercials. In this...
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Battz grew to 287k TikTok followers, 1,100 YouTube subscribers, 6,100 Instagram followers and 1,400 Spotify followers 100% DIY in the past year (and only really taking it seriously for half that). On top of that he's cranking out 1 single per week going forward along with a music video, and for a while he was...
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Why do so many of us wait until we retire to pursue our dreams and passions?
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In this episode I talk to Patrick Cc about how he got 1 million Spotify streams in 2 months, how he grew his YouTube channel, which music marketing strategies have worked and more! Patrick runs a YouTube channel where he talks about music, music marketing, music entertainment and does music review live streams – also...
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In this video I talk to Tommy Zee about how to make a living from music by making music for brands in advertisements. Tommy runs a company called Tommy Zee & Co where he's made music for brands like Nike, Google, Visa and more. He also teaches musicians how to get into this industry with...
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Thanks so much for checking out my song Fire! Below you can find links to listen to the song on streaming and stores, the music video on my YouTube music channel, and the lyrics as well. Listen here: https://hd.andrewonspotify.com/link/04ayn6 Fire Lyrics: I wouldn’t give a care if I were you No I wouldn’t give a...
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In this episode Jesse Cannon (Musformation) and I talk about how record labels market music, Facebook ads vs other music marketing methods, and how indie artists can grow their fanbase. Jesse has experience from working at major record labels, producing artists are major and indie labels, working with artists 1-on-1 and wrote the top rated...
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In this podcast episode I talk to Adriel Rivera (Show Your Genius) about how to grow your music YouTube channel, since he's grown his to about 13,000 subscribers! We talk about content type, how long it takes, and how to stand out. We also talk about music marketing topics, and general life stuff as well....
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In this episode I talk to Courtney Hawkins about how to be a musician on YouTube. Courtney has an AWESOME YouTube channel doing music production and making beats, and has been featured by Native Instruments several times over the years. We talk about her path on YouTube, and what artists thinking about getting into YouTube...
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Is TikTok for musicians? Well, music creator Daniel Wall managed to grow his music TikTok channel to 400,000 followers, so i'd say the answer is yes. We talk about how how many videos it took, what types of content worked, how he promotes his music on TikTok, and his plans if TikTok gets banned. Listen...
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In this episode I chat with Mike Sarge about social media for music artists, branding for music artists, why music blogs are still important, and other music marketing tactics. Mike Sarge is an artist, but he also has an awesome YouTube channel sharing his knowledge of music marketing – if you like my channel you'll...
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In this episode Ashley K. Stoyanov from #WomenCrushMusic gives music promotion tips and advice for how artists can build a community around their music. She's worked at PR agencies, record labels, helps businesses with community building, and founded #WomenCrushMusic. Her approach to music promotion is entirely organic, without advertisements, focusing on making connections, engaging fans organically on...
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In this episode Adameant and I talk largely about how to start a music business, how to monetize the skillset you have with your music, how to invest in music gear and a home studio, and many other related topics. While Adameant is relatively new to the music scene, he's setting himself up for longterm...
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In this episode we'll study the Good Mythical Morning brand, and draw some parallels to things you could implement in your music brand. GMM has an INCREDIBLY powerful brand, and I consider them to be geniuses at branding and content creation, which is why I chose them for this brand analysis. From their name, to...
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In this episode of Modern Music Marketing I discuss music promotion strategies with Matt Pelosi from Cyber PR. Matt is a music producer, but he does music marketing for a living, specializing in ad strategies and social media management for artists. The book I talk about late in the episode is Traffic Secrets by Russell...
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Young L3X is an independent hip-hop artist that makes a full time living with Spotify and Apple Music streaming revenue! He doesn't play shows, and makes minimal income from merch – so its essentially all just streaming which is incredible. Facebook ads were a core part of his success, and he's managed to build up...
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In this episode I talk about the most important metrics and features on YouTube to grow your channel. Believe it or not, it's not all about keywords (it hasn't been since like 2012). The most important thing is the thumbnail, followed by the title. You want people to click your video, and watch the whole...
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A lot of artists want to know how to make a living with music, so in this episode I talked with BigJerr (Scarlit), who makes a full time living teaching music production. He's an Ableton Certified Trainer, teaches at Icon Collective, has courses with Evenant, Warp Academy, and Academy FM, does one-on-one coaching and also...
Read articleHow concerned should you be about bots when running ads? Do bots come from certain countries? Are there ways to make your ads invincible to bots? In this episode I explore this complex subject. Listen on your favorite Podcast platform Important Points: Even though it adds an extra step for audiences, Andrew has learned that...
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If you've been wondering how to book shows as a rapper, how to grow on TikTok as a music artist, or how to develop a music marketing growth strategy this episode will be invaluable for you. In this episode of the Modern Music Marketing podcast I got to talk to Outlook The Rapper, who managed...
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A lot of artists and producers want to know how to make a living with music, and Tom Dupree III has done exactly that. Tom has been signed to a label, played live arena's to over 30,000 people, but found his niche making a living playing drums on SoundBetter. Listen on your favorite Podcast platform...
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I'm a SubmitHub curator, and Jason Grishkoff is the founder of SubmitHub. In this chat we talk about how SubmitHub was started, how it works behind the scenes, and how artists can improve their chances when using the platform. If you aren't familiar with SubmitHub, basically its a tool for artists to market their music,...
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Lyrics: I will watch as you’re dreamingI will wait as you’re sleepingI will watch as you’re dreamingI will wait as you’re sleeping Coming out as a dreamerComing out as oneHere we find we are doneOpen mind, we are one I will watch as you’re dreamingI will wait as you’re sleepingI will watch as you’re dreamingI...
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