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

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)

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...

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/ Please sign up on the email list at: https://musicbizmentors.com/contact-us/ ...

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 &...

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

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: Musician page: https://djworksmusic.com/ Education/Coaching page:...

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....