Selling Sheet Music

Today's show takes a look at the modern band movement, an increasingly popular force in music education that brings modern styles of music like pop, rock, and hip-hop into the classroom. My guest is Dr. Tom Zlabinger, associate professor of music at New York College, a board member of the Association for Popular Music Education, and the creator of Dr. Tom's Charts, his unique method of not...

Katie O'Hara LaBrie is a cellist, music educator, and a prolific composer for educational string orchestra, having published with Alfred Music and Randall Standridge Music , where she also serves as the orchestral division editor. She's also the author of a new warmup method " Getting in Gear. " We had a great conversation about the basics of writing for strings as well as how to...

Brian Balmages is a world-renowned composer and conductor, as well as the director of Make Music Publications and Digital Education for Alfred Music . Today we are taking a deep dive into his compositional process as well as the world of Concert Band Music. His approach to the role of a composer and his philosophy of music is very refreshing and I think composers and music educators especially wil...

Today's guest has been on my interview "wish list" since day one! He's racked over 100 BILLION streams of his cinematic music, as well as 17 platinum and 26 gold certifications as a producer for artists such as Migos, Avril Lavigne, Josh Groban, and NF. His Christmas Album " Birth of a King ," plays nonstop in my house from Thanksgiving to New Year's and the live co...

It seemed the perfect time to revisit this interview from last year with Boian Videnoff, the co-CEO and co-founder of Enote, a music technology startup in Berlin developing powerful AI-technology capable of digitizing sheet music into fully interactive musical scores.

Today's episode highlights another company working on developing AI sheet music capabilities. My guest is Johan Ronström, the project manager of ScoreCloud, which has been described as "Google Translate for Sheet Music."

Sebastian Murgul is the co-founder and CEO of Klang.io , a music software company based in Germany that has developed a suite of tools including Transcription Studio , Piano2Notes , and MelodyScanner that use A.I. to transcribe audio recordings into PDF, MIDI, and MusicXML. We had a fantastic conversation about the underlying technology and swell as an honest conversation about what the future of...

Andrew Carlins is the CEO and Co-Founder of Songscription , a company that uses AI models to automate music transcription from audio recordings.  The company is still in the early stages, having launched only a few months ago at the time of this interview, but they’ve got big ideas about how to use technology to revolutionize music education.

Adrian Holovaty is the founder and CEO of Soundslice , a web-based application for learning music that combines audio, video, and music notation. We recorded this conversation in July of 2025, a few weeks after Soundslice was in the news because Chat GPT was directing its users to Soundslice promising a feature that did not exist. What makes the story even more insane is that in response Adrian de...

Today's episode is part two of my visit to Musicnotes Headquarters in Madison, Wisconsin and it features Michael Sinshack, a publications administrator, and Joe Harris, a music specialist for Musicnotes.com. Both are experienced editors and engravers who've been working in digital sheet music since the very beginning and they have a lot of really great insight about music notation, quality...

For today's episode I'm sharing an interview I recorded on location at Musicnotes Headquarters in Madison, Wisconsin with Dan Heiliger, the CFO and Vice President, and Tom Nauman, Chief Publications Officer. We had a great conversation about the history of Musicnotes, digital music in general, how to react to trends online and a host of other things. I learned a lot from this conversation...

I'm very excited for today's episode! Joining me is composer Dan Forrest to talk about everything that goes into composing and marketing a major or multi-movement work a.k.a. one that's much longer than a typical composition or arrangement. We tend to focus on those shorter pieces of music on this show, because that's normally the place for aspiring composers to start. But, as you&...

Today is the final episode of our coverage of the American Choral Director's Association Conference (ACDA) in Dallas. My guest is Jake Runestad , the featured composer of the Finale Concert, who conducted his Earth Symphony for choir and orchestra. Afterwards he came on the show to talk about the performance, share about the piece, and discuss his compositional process. There's a lot of great advi...

Earlier this year, the US Copyright Office issued the second part of its long anticipated report on copyright and artificial intelligence, which was focused on issues of copyrightability. Today I'm very excited to share my conversation with one of the authors of that report, Jalyce Mangum, who serves as AttorneyAdviser to the Office of General Counsel at the U.S. Copyright Office. Resources from t...

Dive into the world of choral music publishing with this episode featuring Jack Zaino from Alfred Music! Gain insights into Alfred's focus on serving public schools, teachers, students, and community choirs. Aspiring composers will discover essential advice on submitting music and building industry connections. Choral directors will find valuable tips for selecting the perfect repertoire. Explore...

Joining me live at the American Choral Director's Association National Conference in Dallas is Scott Harris, Stacey Nordmeyer, and Luke Talen for a wide ranging discussion about the state of the choral industry and how composers can find their place in it!

Popping in to your feed today with two quick announcements! First, this Friday we are officially launching "Sheet Music Insider," a new weekly newsletter compiling the biggest stories in our industry each week. Sign up at sellingsheetmusic.com today! Second, we are adding video to the podcast! Follow our new YouTube channel, @sellingsheetmusic as well as our Facebook and Instagram accoun...

Today we are taking a behind the scenes look at the publishing process with Greg Gilpin, composer and editor for Shawnee Press. We've talked a lot on the show about submitting to publishers and what publishers are looking for. But today we're going to focus on what happens when they actually say "YES!" You might be surprised at how many steps there are in this process.

Today's episode celebrates the ten year anniversary of Music Engraving Tips, an online community that includes one of the largest music related facebook groups on the internet. It's founder, Justin Tokke, is an expert composer and engraver based out of New York, and we had a fantastic conversation about the history of the group, the need for quality engraving, and how self-publishing composers can...

For today's episode I'm on site in Musicnotes' Nashville office, speaking with their senior marketer Jaleesa Garland. This episode is full of great concepts and principles that will help composers market their music better.

Quick Tip #20: Keep Your Audience on the Platform

Music Theatre International, or MTI, is one of the world's leading theatrical licensing agencies, working with composers and lyricists to make their shows available to professional, community, and educational theaters all over the world. In this episode, Jody Edwards, Director of Music and Materials and Jason Cocovinis, Director of Marketing take us behind the scenes and walk us through everything...

Quick Tip #19: Follow the Money

Miriam Lord is the Associate Register of Copyrights and Director of Public Information and Education for the United States Copyright Office. In that role, she is an expert copyright attorney and one of four primary legal advisors to the Register of Copyrights. She oversees the Office’s work to make the copyright system as accessible and understandable to as many people as possible.   Before joinin...

It's Day Five of JW Pepper Week on Selling Sheet Music! It's also the 50th episode of Selling Sheet Music! To mark both occasions, JW Pepper's Isaac Brooks takes over the reigns as our first guest host, interviewing Garrett about his experiences as a composer and podcaster. New composers can use the code "PUBLISH20" to get 20% off when they sign up for a ⁠⁠MyScore⁠⁠ account today! --- Visit  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠...