Aaron Bethune of PlayItLoudMusic came through Nashville last week. We sat down together in a hotel lobby and he interviewed me for his podcast, Above the Noise.
Image may be NSFW.An un-edited recording of the interview is below. In this interview, I talk about:
- How I got started in the music business
- Why I'm not a musician anymore
- How Music Business Radio started
- What scares the bejesus out of me (and most musicians)
- Canada vs. US music business
- The death of music conferences
- How to break through the noise with your music
- The birth of my new book, Six-Figure Musician (and why it's free)
- What musicians can learn from junk mail
- Dirty marketing secrets to sell more music
- The danger of good marketing
- Why marketing and advertising only go so far
- My $100,000 book guarantee
- Where $100,000 (or more) in the music business comes from
- How to get more people to your gigs
- How to get more people on your mailing list
- Defining your fanbase
- Rich musicians vs. famous musicians
- Justin Bieber
- Embracing the slow burn
- Crazy, new age "woo woo" stuff
- Is talent enough?
- Why musicians die young
- The hungry ghost
- Half-ass music performances
- Being upstaged by Freddie Mercury
- Old women who dig Rick Springfield
- Licensing your music to radio and podcasts
I hope you enjoy it. If you hvae any questions, feel free to reach out to me via Twitter.
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