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239 6 Strategies For Rebounding from Creative Burnout Video Description As you know, we are always looking to add to our list of actionable strategies to keep rebound from creative burnout. That’s where this episode comes in. Inspired by: The Accidental Creative podcast “Check out 6 Strategies For Dealing With Creative Burnout (from 2021)” https://accidentalcreative.com/tac/6-strategies-for-dealin...

238 3 More strategies to get creatively unstuck Video Description As you know, we are always looking to add to our list of actionable strategies to keep the creativity flowing. That’s where this episode comes in. It was inspired by Creative Pep Talk: Check out 370 - 5 Pieces of Incredible Creative Advice that Lit Me On Fire with Zak Rosen of the Best Advice Show https://creative-pep-talk.simplecas...

237 10 ways to nurture your fans Video Description As D.I.Y. Rock Stars, folks who have decided that we’re “their folks” are some of our most valuable assets. This episode piggybacks on our 3 Summer Music Promo Tips (https://bit.ly/232summerpromoblog ) with some additional ways to nurture those folks who’ve already shown interest in you and your music. This episode was Inspired by the Other Record...

236 How to give better interviews (for D.I.Y. Rock Stars) Video Description As D.I.Y. Rock Stars, we may need to give an interview or two from time to time. I ran across this episode that shared some ways to do that better. We incorporated the essence of their tips along with some of what we have figured out. This episode was Inspired by the You Are the Brand podcast, episode 330: https://podcasts...

235. How NOT to let the news discourage you (for the D.I.Y. Rock Star) Video Description Not that we haven’t talked about this one before—see our https://bit.ly/blogmas2021blog , but this particular post was inspired by Ruth Soukup (of the Do It Scared podcast ) email newsletter. Her big idea is that, with all the bad news that’s going on in the world today, it’s important for an entrepreneur to m...

234. Should you buy ads for your music? Video Description We KNOW that this is a contentious topic, but give us a minute to explain why we are emphatic about it. #ads #music #fanfinder #diyrockstar #prejippie #bloomingprejippie While this idea was piqued my interest from the Creative Juice podcast episode, episode 221 (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/creative-juice/id1216865479?i=10005647613...

233. 5 Ways to tell if a song is a hit Video Description You KNOW that we like to explore those age-old questions that face D.I.Y. Rock Stars, so this one is no different. Today’s topic answers the question, “How can I tell if my song is a hit?” Over the years, these are the 5 ways that we’ve identified. Check out the episode to hear the full discussion and check out our blog post: https://bit.ly/...

232. 3 Summer Music Promo Tips Video Description Hey, you KNOW how we do—we get inspired by our fellow music promotion folks—so, this post is not much different. This one is inspired by Ariel Hyatt’s post: https://www.cyberprmusic.com/10-tips-music-promotion-summer/ We like it, because it helps show you some actions that you can take to move your creative empire forward, which is our regular JAM a...

231. How to turn your critic into your coach Video Description I KNOW I seem to say this a lot, but this very slight mindset shift BLEW my mind. That’s why we had to share it with you all, fellow D.I.Y. Rock Stars! As is often the case, the topic was inspired by listening to Online Marketing Made Easy podcast, #457: Embracing Radical Confidence With Lisa Bilyeu https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcas...

230. 10k YouTube Subs: How’d we get here? Video Description Don’t know, but these are the things we THINK contributed: 1. Consistency (we have been at it for a little over 5 years now; we post weekly, pretty much without fail) 2. Shorts (addition this past 3 months; our son approached us about adding shorts to our YouTube, more clips to TikTok, and Reels on Instagram; if you are interested in cont...

229 File Management for the D.I.Y. Rock Star Video Description As D.I.Y. Rock Stars, we’ve got quite a lot to think about besides JUST writing songs. That’s why I was inspired by the Market Your Message podcast episode, How to Create Systems in Your Online Business (The easy way). First, we’ll share works for us in this area and the accompanying blog post will give their tips. Hey, check out the f...

228 Nine Tips to Write Quicker, But Better Video Description Inspired by Smart Passive Income 431: Is Writing Still a Viable Content Platform? Medium, Copywriting Tips, and More, with Dr. Benjamin Hardy https://www.smartpassiveincome.com/podcasts/writing-still-viable-content-platform-medium-copywriting-tips-benjamin-hardy/ There are so many things to get right when you’re writing that it’s importa...

227 Musical Discoveries #5 Video description It’s been a while since we shared musical discoveries with you, so welcome to number five! Here’s some folks we think you should check out: 1. Roachford “Gonna Be The One” 2. Fink “We Watch The Stars” 3. Mike Posner “Live Before I Die” 4. Animals as Leaders (“Private Visions of the World” on “The Madness of Many” album) 5. Tasmin Archer “On” (2006 album...

226 Basic legal documents for the D.I.Y. Rock Star Video description Once you start understanding that being a D.I.Y. Rock Star means having some business savvy, you will appreciate this episode. If you’re not there yet, bookmark this episode to come back to. In this episode, we share some legal documents to consider having as a D.I.Y. Rock Star. We will try to tailor our message for D.I.Y. Rock S...

225. Three ways to silence imposter syndrome (for the D.I.Y. Rock Star) Video Description What is “imposter syndrome”? Basically, it’s self-doubt on steroids. How can D.I.Y. Rock Stars avoid feeling like frauds? Check out the episode to hear the full discussion or check out the blog post for more: 225imposterblog What about you? What do you do to stop feeling like an imposter? We’ve love to hear a...

224. Three things we learned at South By Southwest 2022 Video Description As you probably know, we have been at the first South By Southwest to be held in-person in 3 years and thought we’d share some of what we learned from the week-long experience. #musicconference #recap #sxsw2022 @sxsw #diyrockstar #prejippie #bloomingprejippie Check out the episode to hear the full discussion. What about you?...

223 Differences between South By Southwest 2019 vs 2022 Video Description This is a different kind of episode. We decided to record one on location during our stay in Austin, Texas, at the South By Southwest 2022 conference. Our goal is to quickly highlight some major differences. Check out the episode to hear the full discussion. @sxsw #sxsw2022 #sxsw #diyrockstar #prejippie #austin #bloomingprej...

222. How to prepare for a music conference Video Description This is a list intended to help you put your priorities in place. It is ALSO the list that we are CURRENTLY using in preparation for our South By Southwest trip (that’s happening right now), so this is kinda a behind the scenes look at what we’re doing. #musicconference #preparing #sxsw #diyrockstar #prejippie #bloomingprejippie Check ou...

221. 15 Ways to say “no” (for the D.I.Y. Rock Star) Video Description This follows up on our JOMO episode ( 195 https://bit.ly/195fomotojomoblog ). What we’ve realized over the years is that now that we are tuned into the things we WANT to do, we have to be careful not to get excited by every opportunity that we are presented with. However, we like to be diplomatic in turning things down, so I hav...

220. Songwriting: Which is better quality or quantity? 💁🏾 Video Description #songwriting #qualityvsquantity #diyrockstar #prejippie #bloomingprejippie This is yet ANOTHER age-old question; as a songwriter, are you trying to write fewer, high-quality songs or are you trying to spit them out as quickly as the Muse downloads them to you? 3 Points for Quantity OVER “quality”: It seems like a non-sta...

219. How to give better live performances 🎸 Video Description #stagefright #performance #publicspeaking #diyrockstar #prejippie #nloomingprejippie Not only is this a topic requested by members of our Facebook community, Be the Next D.I.Y. Rock Star, but it is a common concern for entertainers of ALL kinds, so that’s one reason we decided to talk about it. We hope to offer a slightly different app...

218. 5 Things we love about the Isley Brothers Video Description It’s Valentine’s Day and the perfect time to share a group that we LOVE and whose music helps fuel quite a few lovely encounters, The Isley Brothers. Here’s our special playlist to accompany this episode: https://bit.ly/218isleybroplaylist #isleybrothers #love #valentinesday #prejippie #bloomingprejippie 218. 5 Things we love about t...

217. Artist mentoring program revealed video description This follows up to episode 213 ( https://bit.ly/213goals2022vid ), where we talked about our BIG goals for 2022. We talked about how we’ve spent so much time building an audience for the blog, the podcast, and the YouTube channel and how we wanted to put some concentrated time into drawing fans of our music. We also talked about how we reali...

216. How to Create a Music-related Content Calendar video description This episode is a follow-up to episode 213, Goals for 2022 (https://bit.ly/213goals2022vid ), where we mentioned that we wanted to do more pre-planning of our D.I.Y. Rock Star activities. So, when I saw this Creative Juice episode, How to Plan for the Year Ahead in Your Music Career, that shared this process, I KNEW I had to wei...

215. Learn how to be the Hero of your own story video description “You are the hero/villain of your own story.” —Blooming Prejippie (2022 Motto) This one our favorite ideas around here, so when I turned into this Creative Pep Talk episode (ep. 346 3 Steps for How to Start 2022 Back in Your Creative Sweet Spot we KNEW it was going to be speaking our language. So, we’re going to summarize what Andy...