Selling Sheet Music

Your weekly Quick Tip from Selling Sheet Music: Your Website is Not Enough.

For part two of my interview with Kyle Pederson we take a step back and look at the state of the industry as a whole, what goes into publishing, and what composers need to do to gain traction. --- Visit ⁠⁠⁠⁠sellingsheetmusic.com⁠⁠⁠⁠ for episode transcripts and additional resources for publishers and composers. Subscribe to Garrett Breeze on ⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠ for video versions of the podcast. --- Gi...

Award winning choral composer Kyle Pederson is on the podcast this week in the first of a two-part interview! This week's episode focuses on the compositional process, how to get started, and the most challenging part of being a composer: writing authentically outside your own experiences. In this episode, Kyle references three amazing blog posts by Kurt Knecht which you can read in the links...

With 3.35 MILLION subscribers and over 1.4 BILLION views, they are the most successful sheet music channel on YouTube where they post a new arrangement every single day. We go behind the scenes and talk about their compositional process, how to navigate YouTube, what working as a team is like, publishing through musicnotes.com and much more. --- Visit ⁠⁠⁠⁠sellingsheetmusic.com⁠⁠⁠⁠ for episode tran...

Australian composer and founder of songlibrary.net , Glyn Lehmann , comes on the podcast to talk about his experiences in the industry, how to write for children's voices, and the extraordinary challenging of getting people interested in original songs. --- Visit ⁠⁠⁠⁠sellingsheetmusic.com⁠⁠⁠⁠ for episode transcripts and additional resources for publishers and composers. Subscribe to Garrett Br...

Your weekly Quick Tip from Selling Sheet Music: The best way to network is to hire people.

Yesterday saw a major update to J.W. Pepper's "MyScore" system with the unveiling of their new uploader and Isaac Brooks is back on the podcast to walk us through it. --- Visit ⁠⁠⁠sellingsheetmusic.com⁠⁠⁠ for episode transcripts and additional resources for publishers and composers. Subscribe to Garrett Breeze on ⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠ for video versions of the podcast. --- Give your choir th...

Your weekly Quick Tip from Selling Sheet Music: Learn to write faster.

This week, we venture into the world of show choir with composer and arranger, Garrett Breeze. We track his musical journey from Indianapolis to Nashville and how he got into the show choir scene. Learn also about his podcast, Selling Sheet Music, where he gives tips and tricks to self published composers. Pieces featured on this episode: "There is a Green Hill Far Away," "The Place...

The first in a new weekly series from Selling Sheet Music, shorter episodes featuring a single topic that will help composers and arrangers market their music. This week's tip: how to use YouTube videos to make sharing your music easy. --- Support the podcast on  Patreon . Give your choir the gift of new music this Christmas from  holidaychoirmusic.com !

I'm excited to let you know about a new podcast I’m hosting called Show Choir Sessions.  The first three episodes dropped this morning and if you are a choral musician or involved in music education in any way, I’d really encourage you to go check it out. Look for new episodes each week during the summer and then monthly during the school year.

Today marks the one year anniversary of the podcast and we’re celebrating with a special episode featuring success stories and music submitted by seven of our listeners: Anthony Susi, Dan Bennett, Eric Copeland, Marc Paquette, Stepehen DeCesare, Connie Boss, and Steve Danielson. Music Featured in this episode: A Joyous Sleigh Ride Mingulay Boat Song Hope For Planet Sea Jesu, Joy of Man's Desir...

I often see composers just spamming their music on social media without any plan, spinning their wheels and getting frustrated. So today we're going to be talking about how to build an audience and how to communicate with them effectively. --- Visit ⁠⁠⁠sellingsheetmusic.com⁠⁠⁠ for episode transcripts and additional resources for publishers and composers. Subscribe to Garrett Breeze on ⁠⁠⁠YouTu...

Three weeks from today is the one year anniversary of the podcast and I want to mark the occasion by doing a special episode featuring you, the listener.  I want to hear your success stories in self-publishing (or traditional publishing).  Pick a piece that you’ve composed or arranged and tell me about it.  However you choose to define success is fine, maybe it’s something that sold a lot of copie...

Alison Gillies is an ArrangeMe power-user, cellist with the Welsh National Opera, and founder of quartetpad.com, the premiere sources of wedding music for string quartet. We had a fantastic conversation about adapting pop music, writing for strings, and connecting with your audience. Check out Alison's music at quartpad.com and youtube/quartetpad . --- Visit ⁠⁠sellingsheetmusic.com⁠⁠ for episo...

Today I’m speaking with Johan de Meij, a Dutch composer and conductor who has been self-publishing his music ever since the premiere of his symphony number one, based on the Lord of the Rings, which premiered 35 years ago this month and catapulted him to fame within the world of wind orchestra music.  We had a fantastic conversation about Tolkien, creative orchestration, marketing compositions thr...

In this episode we're taking a deep dive into the various revenue streams associated with publishing sheet music.  Follow these seven steps to make sure you're not leaving money on the table! --- Visit ⁠⁠sellingsheetmusic.com⁠⁠ for episode transcripts and additional resources for publishers and composers. Subscribe to Garrett Breeze on ⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠ for video versions of the podcast. --- Joi...

Recorded live at the Hal Leonard Booth at ACDA Cincinnati, I talk with Luke Talen (Creative Director of Choral Publications for Hal Leonard), Liz Groch (Head of Growth for Sheet Music Plus, and Scott Harris (Program Manager for ArrangeMe) in a wide ranging conversation about choral music and what composers can do to make their music stand out. --- Visit ⁠⁠sellingsheetmusic.com⁠⁠ for episode transc...

In this bonus episode taken from my YouTube channel (@breezetunes) I go through the basics of how to navigate the arrangeme.com website, how to upload and manage products, and other tips and tricks I've picked up along the way. --- Visit ⁠⁠sellingsheetmusic.com⁠⁠ for episode transcripts and additional resources for publishers and composers. Subscribe to Garrett Breeze on ⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠ for video...

I resisted making an episode about AI for as long as I could, but after I started playing around with the technology I just couldn't help it.  There are some really cool tools out there that have the potential to make lives way better for composers and arrangers.  I'm sure this episode will age terribly, but I'm excited to share what I've discovered so far. --- Visit ⁠⁠sellingsheet...

Is sheet music worth more than a cheeseburger?  What's the value of sheet music and how do we combat the devaluation of music in society? --- Visit ⁠⁠sellingsheetmusic.com⁠⁠ for episode transcripts and additional resources for publishers and composers. Subscribe to Garrett Breeze on ⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠ for video versions of the podcast. --- Join the world's largest self-publishing community at Arr...

A conversation between Eric Copeland and Garrett Breeze on the Make Music Income podcast.  In this video we talk about how Garrett makes income, where to sell sheet music, how to make and distribute sheet music, the parallels to stock, sync, and Spotify sales, and much more.

Today's podcast features the legendary Roger Emerson!  With over 30 million copies sold, Roger is the most widely performed composer/arranger of popular choral music in the world.  He has more than 900 titles available in print through Hal Leonard , but is also involved in self publishing music through his website rogeremerson.com which makes him the ideal person to talk through both sides of...

A conversation between Dr. Emily Williams Burch and Garrett Breeze from the Music (ed) Matters Podcast about the need for commercial music education and how teachers with a classical background can incorporate elements from the music industry and popular styles of music into their curriculum. Learn more about Mr. Breeze and his resources: garrettbreeze.com ;  Teaching Arranging in the Choral...

In the US, it’s consistently the biggest shopping day of the year, and yet most sheet music publishers don't take advantage of Black Friday.  In this episode, we’re going to take a look at various strategies you can use to give your music sales an extra boost heading into the holiday season and the end of the year. --- Visit ⁠⁠sellingsheetmusic.com⁠⁠ for episode transcripts and additional reso...