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SEASON ONE SEASON TWO
EPISODE 60
Highlights & Showstoppers
It has been another amazing season here at musicians tip jar and we are so pumped to gather some highlights as we bring this season to a close. We will be giving you the most powerful moments, ideas and nuggets. Well, here we are on the final episode of season 2 and wow has it been fun to look back at the amazing journey it has been. When we started this season our goal was to shed light on the areas musicians make money aside from gigging and selling their albums to their fan base. We explored not only how to create new revenue streams but also how to do more with the money you make.
EPISODE 59
Using the Financial Scale
It’s one thing to know how to play a scale, it is another thing entirely to actually use that scale in a way that sounds musical. Today we show you the most effective way we have found to actually apply the Financial scale to your life and music business. Quote: “Your business should serve your life not the other way around” - Graham Cochrane After all the talk we have had this season about each of the notes that make up the Financial Scale, it’s time for us to discuss the best way to apply it. Just as how you play any scale, it is the way you play those notes that is instrumental in creating beautiful music.
EPISODE 58
G is for Growth
As musicians we are always searching for that tempo and groove that makes our music feel it’s best. We know that it makes the difference between our tracks reaching their full power or failing to grow to full potential. With our note today, G is for Growth, we explore how to dream, plan and create your future and how to get you into the right rhythm, on your way everything you want for your future
EPISODE 57
F is for Forecasting
It’s true that knowing where you are going, and that you are going in the right direction, will get you to your destination faster every time. Today we discuss the easiest way to do that with your business with F-ing Forecasting Simply put, Forecasting is the action of projecting your monthly income and keeping track of what money is coming in from and where.
EPISODE 56
Musicians Emergency Fund
Today we discuss the value and power an emergency fund gives your art and business. This single note of the financial scale could easily make the difference of making this career a failed attempt or a lifetime of success. We outline how much you should have and how you can make it happen.
EPISODE 55
Exploring MusiciansTipJar.com
When we started Musicians Tip Jar our mission was to create a single resource that could help our community of artists create strong financial foundations around their talents to insure long successful careers. Today we are doing something long overdue in those efforts; shedding light on the ever growing resource that is www.musicianstipjar.com
EPISODE 54
D is for Debt
We often focus on how much we make but just as important to pay attention to is not living in a way that you owe more than you make. This “is” (slash) “has been” the exact downfall of many very “successful” artists. It’s very important that we have the freedom to do what we want to do with what we earn. This is the biggest danger of debt. It sucks the life and power out of your income and can keep you from ever growing great wealth. If you don’t truly build this understanding of debt it won’t ever matter how much you make as you will still end up broke.
EPISODE 53
Packaging all your Pieces with Fabiana Claure Part 2
Over the course of this show we have spent a lot of time talking about both the need to diversify and the idea that doing non-music things is often just a part of the journey. Our guest today, Fabiana Claure, explains that what we have been missing is that all the things you do need to be put together as one thing. In the second half of our interview with Fabiana we discuss the steps she has created to help musicians offer their best to the world. The idea is that you have to package all the pieces of you that you might often keep separated, allowing your business to showcase ALL of your talents that make you, you will draw your best audience to you.
EPISODE 52
Packaging all your Pieces with Fabiana Claure
Today is part one of our excellent interview with Fabiana Claure and it is so packed full of eye opening knowledge about how you should be rethinking yourself as a brand to best capitalize on today's music business. We discuss the process of structuring your music business so that it puts you into the top tier of potential earnings. Our guest Fabiana Claure, creates financial and artistic prosperity for musicians so they can win back their time and build a legacy – without sacrificing their quality of life. As a concert pianist, University educator, entrepreneur, and a business coach for musicians, Fabiana has helped thousands of musicians create new income. She is about to do that for you too as we dive into our interview with Music business coach Fabiana Claure
EPISODE 51
Musicians Money Mindset
What Is Money Mindset? Your money mindset is your unique set of beliefs and your attitude about money. It drives the decisions you make about saving, spending and handling money. People who have a healthy money mindset believe things like: I have the freedom to spend, but I can also tell myself “no” to a purchase. As predictable as a Hollywood movie ending, when someone thinks “musician” as a career choice they think; hard life, temporary, dreamer, low-income...As artists we think; all or nothing, complete sacrifice, poor until rich, make or break and often end up accepting a low-income career mindset. Well, we are here to change that, the shift must start with the way we think as musicians and money. Money doesn’t think. What gives money meaning and emotion is humanity, it’s us. So whatever type of money movie you have been watching, grab some popcorn as we discuss the plot holes.
EPISODE 50
Come Together with Jim Attebery (Part 2)
In The second half of our interview with Jim Attebery, we get to hear the amazing story of how he helped Meghan Trainor go from young attendee at the Durango expo to superstar. This is definitely a man who has seen a lot of changes in a business that is ever growing at a rapid pace. We were so grateful to sit down with Jim Attebery and hear the journey he has taken in the music business and how he found his own path.
EPISODE 49
Come Together with Jim Attebery
f you’re interested in getting into the film and TV portion of the music business, this episode is for you. It’s always been fascinating to us to find out an idea has grown so large in its impact from the origins of where they got started. Today we get to do just that with the origin story of how the Durango Expo started with Jim Attebery.
EPISODE 48
Do ALL the Things with Andy Rok (Part 2)
“Experiment and find the thing that feels genuine to you and then find the audience to connect with it…that’s really all it is.” - Andy Rok. I feel like this second half of our conversation with Andy and his story demonstrates so many of the topics and strategies we try to cover here at musicians tip jar. What his story does so well for us is show real life examples of how these topics are so intrigue in creating your success and building on each success to climb to the next opportunity.
EPISODE 47
Do ALL the Things with Andy Rok
In this business…”you don’t have to be the greatest guitar player if you can outwork them” - Andy Rok. Following your path doesn’t ever really look anything like you think it will when starting with ambition. But in every story we get the privilege to hear that it's always having the drive and focus behind their ambition that guides musicians to their success.
EPISODE 46
The Financial Amen Cadence aka The Art of Closing the Deal
Many times we have said here that we are in this together with all our fellow musicians and that this career should never feel like direct competition. It does you no good. You need to instead focus on how you are doing within your own goals and business plan. You need to focus on finding the right opportunities and closing the deal when you do find them. Today we discuss the art of closing the deal or as we are calling it, The Financial Amen Cadence.
EPISODE 45
The Financial Scale
If you are a musician (which you likely are if you are spending time with us here), at some point in your life you have had to spend time practicing scales. The pentatonic scale, Major scale, Minor scale and those that get less attention like the Harmonic minor. Today we discuss one that was probably never on your practice schedule, the Financial Scale
EPISODE 44
Hey Musicians, You Deserve This!
What we believe we deserve, whether conscious or subconscious, life often seems to support. This is why we have all known that one person that knew what they wanted at a young age and sure enough are doing that thing as an adult. While that may or may not bother you when you see their posts on Facebook. Today we are going to discuss a very important factor in success, your mind.
EPISODE 43
Ask and You Shall Receive with
Tommy Jackson (Part 2)
Today we cover exactly how to make the ask when finding the business partners in your audience, discuss what your songs are for and explain the 80/20 rule. So get out on the right side of the bed. Quote: “Desperation is a very bad business partner” -Tommy Jackson
EPISODE 42
Ask and You Shall Receive with
Tommy Jackson
Ever wondered how things look from the person who owns the record label or the publishing company or how about the owner of a successful investment firm? Well today you will get a chance to hear from all three because that is our guest Tommy Jackson
EPISODE 41
Think Outside the Drum with Brian McRae (Part 2)
We will be completing the second half of our interview with Brian McRae covering studio gear, how solving problems in your music business and find solutions to issues you see in your music community can lead to the best ideas of how to diversify your income. All that and the best coffee Brian has ever found...right after this.
EPISODE 40
Think Outside the Drum with Brian McRae
If you haven’t guessed yet from our offbeat jokes we are excited to have the talented drummer Brian McRae on our podcast. But more than drumming, Brian is an entrepreneur at its finest, an innovator and just a damn nice guy with great stories. Today we dive into his story and how it led to being one of the first to offer creating a remote service to record drums on your projects.
EPISODE 39
Finding your Place in the Sync world with Rick Seibold (Part 2)
There were so many highlights from this interview that we created a list of new episode topics. We finish this great interview with Rick Seibold. He is a Songwriter, recording artist and composer based in LA. who’s had placements on everything from American Idol to SuperBowl commercials.
EPISODE 38
Finding your Place in the Sync world with Rick Seibold
So often when discussing one area of the music business such as Sync licensing the first thing that comes to light is how enormous a beast it is with so many variations and no wrong way to find your place within it. Today we have a phenomenal guest, Rick Seibold and we discuss all things about getting into the business of Sync placements and how he has found so much success.
EPISODE 37
Co-write Your Way into the Music Business with
Daphne Willis (PART 2)
With this second half of our interview with Daphne Willis she will discuss what strategies and tools she feels are important for all of us songwriters to utilize and why it’s important to bug your PROs and push to get all you can out of their services.
EPISODE 36
Co-write Your Way into the Music Business with
Daphne Willis
This episode we were privileged to have the super talented Daphne Willis on to talk about getting the most out of songwriting, co-writing and how to turn those songs into assets with placements and sync licensing.
EPISODE 35
Tax Tips for the Working Musician with Farrell Parker
(PART 2)
We are excited to deliver on our promise of providing some insight into the mysteries of taxes and we are uber excited to have our Guest Farrell Parker with us to demystify some of the most common tax questions we musicians have. Today we discuss everything from the biggest mistakes to how best to protect yourself.
EPISODE 34
Tax Tips for the Working Musician with Farrell Parker
We are excited to deliver on our promise of providing some insight into the mysteries of taxes and we are uber excited to have our Guest Farrell Parker with us to demystify some of the most common tax questions we musicians have. Today we discuss everything from the biggest mistakes to how best to protect yourself.
EPISODE 33
A is for Advance
Today we attempt to nail perfect harmony. Not as singers but as artists, as beings in the universe. attuning ourselves to a frequency that makes everything else we do easier and more doable with less resistance. Positioning our energy so that we are open to pursue the interests and passions that pull us into this calling of being musicians. So pull up Lulu’s and grab some granola.
EPISODE 32
B is for Budgeting
Just in case, for those who don’t know, Kenny G is a Seattle born American adult contemporary and smooth jazz saxophonist who has a net worth of around $200 million. He has had a strong career for over 35yrs, selling over 75million albums. His good habits with money are actually pretty well known too, after his first hit in 1980, he took a large amount of the royalties and invested in a new local coffee company called Starbucks.
EPISODE 31
Clarity is Middle C
Clarity is such a powerful stage to stand on, it gives you confidence, vision and the ability to understand what’s working and what is not. Clarity is what’s needed when you take a solo over a jazz progression so you know what notes will work and what notes to avoid. It affords you headspace to really feel the music in your performance and be present and honest in all your work. Clarity is in the center of your music business. Clarity is middle C.
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