Selling Sheet Music

It's Day Four of JW Pepper Week on Selling Sheet Music! Jennifer Moorhatch and Kelsey Hendler are two of the choral and classroom editors for JW Pepper, responsible for evaluating new music from publishers and deciding how and where that music gets promoted. New composers can use the code "PUBLISH20" to get 20% off when they sign up for a ⁠MyScore⁠ account today! --- Visit  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠sellingsheetmu...

It's Day Three of JW Pepper Week on Selling Sheet Music! Kathy Fernandes, Chief Sales and Marketing Officer for the world's largest sheet music retailer, JW Pepper, comes on the podcast to talk about what it's like marketing at such a large scale and what composers can learn from it. We also talk about recent developments in copyright law and the work of the Music Publishers Association. New compo...

It's Day Two of JW Pepper Week on Selling Sheet Music! Today I'm talking to Liam Thomas, MyScore Lead, about the new MyScore website and composer interface that is in the process of being rolled out and what composers can do to take advantage of it, including making better recordings. New composers can use the code "PUBLISH20" to get 20% off when they sign up for a ⁠MyScore⁠ account today! --- Vis...

It's Day One of JW Pepper Week on Selling Sheet Music! Today we are on location at Pepper HQ in Pennsylvania with Liam Thomas, Kyra McEntee, and Isaac Brooks, otherwise know as Team MyScore . They are the awesome folks working behind the scenes answering e-mails, editing products, and doing everything else that needs to happen to keep the program running! New composers can use the code "PUBLISH20"...

Dr. Rob Deemer is head of composition at the State University of New York at Fredonia and the creator of the Institute for Composer Diversity .  We had a great conversation about learning to compose, presenting your music in an effective way, and many of the trends happening in composition today, including the relationship between composers and ensembles, as well as issues of diversity and inclusi...

A podcast-sized reading session of three new works by Garrett Breeze featured in the 2024 JW Pepper Editor's Choice Catalog. ⁠Aloha⁠ ⁠Call of a Warrior⁠ ⁠Tiny Voice⁠

Today’s guest is Philedelphia based composer Melissa Dunphy .  She is an award winning composer of vocal, chamber, and choral music, and is involved in many different initiatives advancing and advocating for the needs of composers and artists, as well as, believe it or not, arcaheology.  Our conversation was a little bit all over the map but kept coming back to this idea of things composers don’t...

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**This update was recorded Aug 27, and includes important new information announced after the original episode aired.** The music world was rocked yesterday by the shock announcement that Finale Notation Software had been officially discontinued. This special episode addresses what happened and the steps composers need to take to safeguard their Finale files. Recommended Reading: ⁠A Letter From th...

The music world was rocked yesterday by the shock announcement that Finale Notation Software had been officially discontinued. This special episode addresses what happened and the steps composers need to take to safeguard their Finale files. Recommended Reading: A Letter From the President of MakeMusic After Sunset: Your Path From Finale to Dorico Finale Sunset FAQ Dorico Finale FAQ Analysis by Sc...

Today’s guest is Brittain Ashford, executive director of the Music Publishers Association, a trade organization focused on education and advocacy of issues pertaining to music publishing and print music.  Their website, mpa.org has a wealth of free information and resources pertaining to copyright as well as information about their partnerships with other music organizations.  We had a great conve...

Known as the Father of Contemporary Acappella, Deke Sharon is the man responsible for bringing contemporary a cappella music into the mainstream.  Perhaps best known as the music producer for the Pitch Perfect Trilogy and NBC’s The Sing Off, which launched the career of the now multi-platinum Grammy winning group Pentatonix. He has also written more than 2,000 a cappella arrangements and created m...

Quick Tip #18: Separate Your B2B Marketing and Your B2C Marketing

The past two years have seen enormous growth and development at ArrangeMe, and today on the show Scott Harris is here to break it all down and talk about the future of the program. We hit all the big topics: the acquisition of Hal Leonard by Muse Group, the expanded distribution of ArrangeMe titles through the Pass Program, the redesign of the Sheet Music Plus website, Artificial Intelligence, and...

Scott Harris, program director of Hal Leonard's ArrangeMe is back on the show to introduce ArrangeMe PRO, a new subscription which unlocks new features for users including a higher royalty rate, expanded distribution on the InStore network, publisher profile pages, and more! Join the world's largest self-publishing community at ⁠⁠ArrangeMe.com⁠⁠ today. --- Visit ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠sellingsheetmusic....

Today I’m talking with Nikki Loney, the founder and CEO of Full Voice Music whose mission is to challenge teachers to redefine what a singing lesson looks like for a child.  She shares her story of what it was like starting the company and how she overcame obstacles to become a leading figure in young children’s vocal music education.  She is also the host of the Full Voice Podcast , available on...

This week's Quick Tip from Selling Sheet Music: Give As Much Credit As You Can.

My guest today is Oriol Lopez Calle, the founder and CEO of My Sheet Music Transcriptions . He tells the story about how he turned his side job of transcribing music into a remarkable company that has since delivered more than 30,000 transcriptions to clients. This conversation is full of important lessons for anyone starting a business, transcribing music, or using notation software. --- Visit ⁠⁠...

This week's Quick Tip from Selling Sheet Music: Have a Better Backup Plan

Dirkjan van Groningen is a professional, drummer, percussionist, composer and arranger from The Netherlands. He's the owner of Percussion Books , Show & Marching Music and Band Music Center .  We had a really great discussion about the differences in band music between Europe and the United States, as well as what he’s learned as someone working on both sides of the ocean. --- Visit ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠...

This week's Quick Tip from Selling Sheet Music: Plan For Long-Term Growth

This week I am *on location* in the Nashville office of Musicnotes.com to talk with the hosts of their brand new podcast " Behind the Notes ," Lucas Koehler and Jillian Shively! In addition to their podcasting duties, Lucas works for Musicnotes as a Product Management Specialist and Jillian as a Content & Production Assistant. They had a lot of great insights to share from their year...

This week's Quick Tip from Selling Sheet Music: Make Your Website Dummy Proof.

One of the best things you can do to help this show get discovered is RATE and REVIEW it on Apple Podcasts or Spotify Podcasts. So I’ll make you a deal. Send a screenshot of your review to garrett@breezetunes.com along with the score pdf and mp3 audio of a piece you would like me to look at and I will be happy to share my thoughts and provide some feedback.

This week's episode is a refresher on how to self-publish sheet music for those wanting to learn how to do it on their own! If you're a student or new to the podcast this is a great place to start!