Too Many Albums, Music Grants, Brand Stuff | Cory & Will
Jazz Office Hours with Cory Weeds11/09/22 • 83 min
In this episode:
- Cory doesn’t know half the people in the house when he emcees Frankie’s, and interest in live gigs is up! (4:50),
- Is the Cellar Music label releasing too many albums? (9:00),
- Why monthly listeners is a bad statistic for comparing artists (22:35),
- The “keeping the lights on” view of social media (27:25),
- The danger of having multiple names for your projects / bands on streaming platforms (32:55),
- First question: Music grant organizations to follow as a Canadian musician in BC (38:15)
- What’s it like being on a grant jury? (44:05),
- Best-of-2022 highlight: Being in control vs. being picked (48:24),
- When you get rejected, it’s so often circumstantial, and so rarely a judgment on you (49:35),
- Second question: Thoughts on being a brand and branding for musicians (58:42).
Links:
- FACTOR Artist Development grant: how I won it twice - Will's two applications to the program
- Juried Sound Recording program: FACTOR
- Explore and Create: Canada Council - Includes Research and Creation, as well as Concept to Realization, programs
- Amplify BC Career Development grant
- Music BC Travel Grants
- What is the Spotify monthly listener figure? - Will's breakdown of what the often-misunderstood stat means
- Legibility - Will's Rhythm Changes Update on what happens when you have many streaming profiles with slightly different names for your group
11/09/22 • 83 min
Episode Comments
0.0
out of 5
No ratings yet
Join the conversation
Post
Generate a badge
Get a badge for your website that links back to this episode
Select type & size
<a href="https://goodpods.com/podcasts/jazz-office-hours-with-cory-weeds-209112/too-many-albums-music-grants-brand-stuff-cory-and-will-24791396"> <img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/goodpods-images-bucket/badges/generic-badge-1.svg" alt="listen to too many albums, music grants, brand stuff | cory & will on goodpods" style="width: 225px" /> </a>
Copy