How to Build a Sustainable Music Career and Collect All Revenue Streams

Before you hit the studio it's crucial that you have all of your songwriting, producer, player and recording agreements in place. Which can feel overwhelming. This episode streamlines that process for you to protect you and your work for the long-term. To do so, Emily chats with deeply successful indie artist Sam Heaton of EYRE LLEW, who is also books Rough Trade in Nottingham, England and has...

Episode two of our live UK podcast tour brings us to the gorgeous Music Recital Hall at Anglia Ruskin University in Cambridge, England. What better way to open an episode in a Recital Hall than with a live performance? Guests Jonathan Czerwick and Emily Frazer do that with a beautifully performed song. Host Emily White then lays out what artists should have place prior to releasing music to set th...

Welcome to SEASON FOUR of the How to Build a Sustainable Music Career & Collect All Revenue Streams! This is our first ever international tour where Host & Author Emily White travels around nine cities throughout the United Kingdom to explore various music scenes and ecosystems. To kick things off Emily discusses how to "Get One's Art Together" with the force that is musician...

We were originally scheduled to have Haitian-American artist Melly Sings on our Season 3 premiere, but she unfortunately had a family emergency and needed to re-schedule for our live taping. Instead, Host Emily White caught up with Melly recently to cover the entire previous season, taking the audience through Melly's growing career from recording to release while ensuring Melly (and you!) are...

Welcome to the SEASON 3 FINALE of the How to Build a Sustainable Music Career & Collect All Revenue Streams podcast! We've covered everything you need to know to do just that throughout this season's episodes. But what happens when it all becomes too much? In this episode, host Emily White digs in with Duckworth manager Xtina Prince getting real on all things artist management & mo...

You did it! We've now taken you through each step of building a sustainable music career, while ensuring you're not missing a single revenue stream along the way. But how does one know when it's time to wind down a release and begin the creative process anew? To explore this topic Host Emily White chats with Lucas Silveira, the first openly transgender man to sign with a major record l...

Today we bring the “revenue stream checklist to life,” ensuring you’re not missing a single revenue stream owes to you if you write, record / release music and play live. We’ll also cover bonus revenue streams that aren’t necessarily owed to you for writing and releasing music, but that you’ll need to proactively work on to generate. To do so, Host Emily White is chatting with the powerhouse and v...

We're back to talk all things merch! There are a slew of new "on-demand" merch companies out there but Host Emily White feels Fourthwall is taking care of artists & fans with quality gear, along with hybrid options for traditional merchandise! Learn more about this Mr. Serena Williams / Alexis Ohanian backed company in this episode and what sets Fourthwall apart in the merch worl...

Peter Shapiro is the best known and most influential concert promoter of his generation. He owned the legendary Wetlands in New York City and has gone on to much bigger things, including Brooklyn Bowl (NYC, Las Vegas, Philadelphia, and Nashville), the Capitol Theatre in Port Chester, producing U2 3D, and promoting the Grateful Dead’s fiftieth-anniversary tour (“Fare Thee Well”) featuring the Core...

We're back for Part 2 of this epic episode! Now that your music is out worldwide, it's time to spread the word as far and wide as possible. To do so, Host Emily White chats with Junae Brown, known as The Beyoncé of Marketing, on how to do just that. This episode covers how market with or without a budget. Happy listening & learning! This season was recorded at Tower Records' new Tower Labs spa...

Welcome back! Now that your music is out worldwide, it's time to spread the word as far and wide as possible. To do so, Host Emily White chats with Junae Brown, known as The Beyoncé of Marketing, on how to do just that. This was another EPIC episode so we've split it into two parts! To begin, we'll dig into Junae's extraordinary career & how she became a deeply respected music marketing expert...

This episode closes w/ an epic ending in which the audience erupted in applause after a lengthy session and we received some of the best and most thought provoking audience questions from musicians to-date. We hope you learn as much as we did from Juel Concepts' Kristin Juel and her incredible work in the ever evolving space of web3 not limited to NFT's, the metaverse, smart contracts and what's n...

We're back for part two of Setting Up Your Release & Distribution Plan! Today we dig into the incomparable Kristin Juel's incredible career and what led her to become an expert in web3 not limited to the blockchain, the metaverse and NFT's. But for more on that, you'll have to check out part 3, which will be out two days from this episode's release. Happy listening & learning in the meanti...

Welcome back! This season's episode on "Setting Up Your Release & Distribution Plan" was so epic, we split it into 3 parts. To begin, host Emily White breaks down how to distribute your music to maximize monetization. Which is a massive area Emily sees artists leaving a ton of money on the table. Part 2 will drop two days after the release, so stay tuned! This season was recorded at Tower Reco...

One of host & author Emily White's goals in life is for songwriters to be able to clearly define music publishing in a way that they understand and can communicate to others. As well as collect on their music publishing in full. As publishing is the #1 missing revenue stream Emily identifies in her years of conversations with musicians. This episode will simply break down exactly that as w...

Welcome back! Now that you have your art together, your pre-recording marketing platforms and your business affairs in place for your music, it's time to record. In this episode, host and best-selling author Emily White interviews Audio Pictures' Founder Ryan Burvick. Ryan leads Columbia University's Beats, Rhymes & Justice program that teaches digital music creation to young inmat...

Before you hit the studio it's crucial that you have agreements in place for your producer, players, co-writers and anyone who sets foot in said studio. This episode breaks down how to do just that, whether you have a budget or not, by interviewing Cosynd CEO Jessica Sobhraj whose company provides simple legal agreements built for music. Let's do this! This episode is brought to you by ⁠⁠⁠...

How do you build a sustainable music career? You start by making great art, which we covered in the previous episode. The other component is to collect as much direct to fan contact information from your audience as possible, ideally in the form of their mobile phone number. This episode explains how to do just that with Community.com, which is the go-to platform to text your fans about your music...

We're back! I'm SO thrilled to share this season with you, which was recorded live at Tower Records' new Tower Labs in Brooklyn for New York Music Month. Episodes will drop weekly for this season w/ full video available for free on Spotify. To kick things off, we're starting at the beginning by discussing how to "Get Your Art Together" w/ Namel “TapWaterz” Norris who is a...

We're back already! Welcome to a special episode where we're highlighting the great work beatBread is doing to pay artists cash advances for streaming royalties with the artist / rights holder maintaining full control and all rights. Matthew is a major label veteran who, along with beatBread CEO & Co-Founder Peter Sinclair, realized that many artists weren't using labels' services. They needed...

We did it! You now know how to release your music in a sustainable manner for the long-term, while ensuring you're not missing a single revenue stream along the way. But what happens when it all becomes too much? This episode breaks down traditional industry roles while also showing you how to mix & match team members to create a custom team built for your career. To do so we chat with the...

We did it! You've made it to the end of your first sustainable release cycle, while ensuring you're not missing any revenue along the way. Now what? It's time to go back to the beginning to deduce when you're "ripe" & ready to record. However, this should be empowering as you will learn this information in a deeper & more meaningful way each & every time you r...

This episode covers all revenue streams owed to you if you write, record / release music, play live & more. To do so, Host Emily White goes deep w/ Lachi on how she has got to where she is today as well as how she specifically collects on all of her revenue streams. Lachi is an award-winning creative artist, performer, Grammys Board Governor & Founder and President of the U.N. recognized R...

Cruising right along since you've gotten your art together, have released your music & are prepping for live appearances. Merchandise or "merch" can be a lucrative revenue stream - if you're savvy about cost of good sold & more. To go deep on all things merch Host Emily White chats with Ambient Inks' & longtime artist manager Christopher Moon. Happy listening &amp...

Host Emily White used to be a global tour manager. This episode teaches you how to book & promote your shows as effectively as possible as well as how to get booked on festivals. This episode also covers key vocabulary terms from the live industry that you need to know. While also sharing how artists are paid for live performances, how to land support / opening slots in addition & what boo...