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Goodpods has curated a list of the 10 best Music Business Hacks episodes, ranked by the number of listens and likes each episode have garnered from our listeners. If you are listening to Music Business Hacks for the first time, there's no better place to start than with one of these standout episodes. If you are a fan of the show, vote for your favorite Music Business Hacks episode by adding your comments to the episode page.
#331 - Getting More People to Shows: What Kind of Problem Do You Have?
Music Business Hacks
07/22/19 • 5 min
When it comes to music business books, articles, and podcasts about selling more tickets to your shows, most only focus on one piece of the puzzle: awareness. However, no amount of letting people know about your performance will solve the problem if they don't actually care. In today's episode, I cover a more healthy framework to consider when overcoming problems: by solving the ones you actually have.
#319 - Creative Ways of Using Postcards
Music Business Hacks
07/08/19 • 6 min
It's often a good idea to try new tactics to stand out in the crowd. In this episode, we talk about using postcards to help drive fan engagement, increase turnout at shows, and to help sell albums.
#274 - Interview: Julian David Stone on Photographing the Ramones, Bruce Springsteen, and more
Music Business Hacks
12/09/18 • 36 min
In today's episode, we interview Julian David Stone.
While experiencing the adventures that make-up his latest book, No Cameras Allowed - My Career as an Outlaw Rock and Roll Photographer, Julian David Stone grew-up in the San Francisco bay area. Eventually he relocated to Los Angeles after spending his college years at the California Institute of the Arts. He has since written screenplays for Disney, Paramount, Sony and MGM, the full-length play, The Elvis Test, as well as making several short-form documentaries on Frank Sinatra, for the Warner Brothers. He is also the writer and director of the hit cult comedy feature film, Follow the Bitch, which has played to packed houses all around the country and received numerous awards. Recently he began writing books with his debut novel, The Strange Birth, Short life, and Sudden Death of Justice Girl, about the world of the 1950’s live television, currently being turned into a TV series.
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For more information on Julian's work, see his website.
Favorite Books: Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury Howl and Other Poems by Alan Ginsburg At Work by Annie Lebowitz
Favorite Podcast: WTF with Mark Maron
#257 - How to Repurpose Social Media Content
Music Business Hacks
11/14/18 • 7 min
Today, I'm going to focus on specific tactics that you can use in order to repurpose some of your social media content. Some of this will be dealing specifically with optimization, while other areas of focus will be on efficiency.
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#242 - Music Business Cram School Recap
Music Business Hacks
10/23/18 • 6 min
Today's episode is a highlight reel of some of the most important topics covered over the past 16 episodes (at least in my opinion and based on listenership). If you've missed some, now is a good time to get a review for a mini-music business cram school.
By the way, be sure to check out We Are the Northern Light's new single out today! Here's the link on Spotify
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Episode #225 - Interview: We Are the Northern Lights
Episode #226 - How to Feel More Fulfillment as an Artist
Episode #227 - How to Provide a Legitimate Excuse and Balance Responsibilities
Episode #228 - How Tim Ferris and Malcolm Gladwell Conquer Fears
Episode #229 - How to Create a Facebook In-Stream Video Ad -
Episode #230 - 5 Things That Prevent Musicians From Growing
Episode #231 - Unique Songwriting Advice from Tom Waits
Episode #232 - How Successful Artists Spend Their Free Time
Episode #233 - The 2 Reasons Why Artists Aren’t Seeing Results on Social Media
Episode #234 - How to Make the Most Out of Small Shows
Episode #235 - There's More Than One Way Into SXSW
Episode #236 - How Important is Image in Music?
Episode #237 - The Best Non-Music Business Books for Music Business
Episode #238 - How to Use FOMO to Get More Fans to Your Shows
Episode #239 - Who Owns Your Name and Your Music?
Episode #240 - Free Speech and Music: My Speech at Duquesne University
Episode #241 - Self-Care for Introverts Who Tour
#225 - How We Are The Northern Lights Successfully Embodies the D.I.Y Spirit
Music Business Hacks
10/02/18 • 86 min
Today's interview is with We Are The Northern Lights.
“They say lightning never strikes the same place twice...” unless, of course, you are We Are The Northern Lights, the self-proclaimed “accidental passion project” of indie popfolk duo Hadar Orshalimy and Sheldon Low. With tight harmonies, melodic hooks and personal lyrics that draw comparisons to The Lumineers and The Civil Wars, as well as two of their four placements in film and television less than a year after WATNL’s creation, it’s hard to imagine anything about the project being “accidental.”
Check out We Are The Northern Lights: Website: http://www.wearethenorthernlights.com On Facebook On Instagram On YouTube
Resources: Book: No Booker, No Bouncer, No Bartender: How I Made $25K On A 2-Month House Concert Tour by Shannon Curtis Book: Hope in the Dark by Rebecca Solnit Book: How to Make it in the Music Business by Ari Hearstand Book: What Happened by Hillary Clinton Book: The 4-Hour Work Week by Tim Ferris Book: Awaken the Giant Within by Tony Robbins ZT Amplifiers (loud, portable amps)
#190 - How to Find Your Niche
Music Business Hacks
08/28/18 • 7 min
#156 - How to Scale Your Music Business
Music Business Hacks
07/12/18 • 7 min
In the world of entrepreneurship, you'll hear the term "scaling a business" quite often It means quick growth to level up and reach new markets like never before. If often means getting outside investors interested. So how can you apply the same techniques and ideas into a music career? Resources: Episode 8: SMARTER Goals Episode 140: How to Create an Advisory Board for Your Band
#148 - 5 Ways to Promote Your Music on Independence Day
Music Business Hacks
07/04/18 • 6 min
#357 - Interview: How to be an Unstarving Musician with Robonzo
Music Business Hacks
08/15/19 • 49 min
About Robonzo:
Roberto R. Hernandez (aka Robonzo) is a part-time professional drummer and vocalist, who performs with multiple bands throughout the course of any given year. While he’s most at home performing on a drum kit, Robonzo also regularly gigs with a Cajon, Djembe and other accoutrements of percussion. He’s worked with original artists and cover bands in and around San Jose, California since 2001. Although he’s a predominately self-taught drummer, Robonzo has in recent years become a student of the acclaimed online educator Mike Johnston at MikesLessons.com. Robonzo played his first gig at a college bar in Arlington, Texas. Within months of that first gig, he was performing throughout the greater Dallas-Fort Worth and the neighboring states of Oklahoma, Arkansas and Louisiana. Thanks to two older siblings, Robonzo’s earliest music influences included The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Jimi Hendrix and Cream. In addition to his love of the 60s, Robonzo has always maintained a healthy interest in new music and emerging genres. On the business of doing business as a musician and an artist, Robonzo has also maintained an interest in the changing music industry. He recognizes a growing need to educate and help the next generation do more of what they love—make music. In July of 2016, Robonzo and his wife relocated to El Valle de Anton, Panama. Similar to his move from DFW to San Jose in ’99, Robonzo is poised to start over. He’s planning to foster and grow the live music scene in El Valle while researching ways to help other musicians around the world.
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Music Business Hacks currently has 408 episodes available.
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The podcast is about Marketing, Art, Entrepreneur, Entrepreneurship, Music, Podcasts, Arts, Business and Performing Arts.
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The first episode of Music Business Hacks was released on Jan 31, 2018.
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