Selling Sheet Music

Isaac Brooks is the manager of J.W. Pepper's MyScore, a platform that lets composers sell their original compositions as both digital and print-on-demand products through the J.W. Pepper website.  He's an extremely hands-on manager, working with thousands of composers to help promote their music and he's got a lot of great insight that I'm excited to share with you today.   Start s...

Today I’m talking to Philip Rothman , founder of NYC Music Services , and one of the world’s foremost experts in music preparation and music notation.  He is also co-host of the podcast Scoring Notes , which covers news and developments of all things related to music notation software.  Be sure to check out Notation Central , where Philip offers a treasure trove of free and paid resources for user...

Today I’m going to share the most comprehensive list of ways to market, advertise, and promote sheet music that’s ever been assembled - 100 ideas that will help you get your music in front of more people. If you have an idea that's not on this list, head over to garrettbreeze.com and send me a message.  If I get enough submissions I'll do a special bonus episode and update the list.  --- V...

In this episode I'm joined by Scott Harris, the program director for Hal Leonard's ArrangeMe.com , a self-publishing platform used by more than 40,000 independent music publishers, including myself.  Our conversation covers a lot of ground, including how to get the most out of the platform, ideas for establishing yourself as an independent publishing company, setting expectations and evalu...

Today we’re going to take a deep dive into the non-musical content you need to effectively market your music. Things like product descriptions, cover pages, videos, and more. I’m not going to sugar coat it, this is the boring part of self-publishing, but what’s not going to be boring is this podcast episode, because we’re going to talk about some really great systems you can set up to make this pr...

This week I'm interviewing Jacob Tingen: a lawyer and business consultant who is also the designer and webmaster I use for all of my sites.  It's a wide-ranging conversation that includes the basics of how to set up and maintain a website, how to get your content to rank highly on google search, how to effectively market yourself through social media, the number one trombone website in the...

Today's episode is all about how to develop a strategy.  Self-publishing isn't easy, nor is it a "get-rich-quick" scheme.  If you don't have a plan you can end up wasting a lot of time spinning your wheels without getting anywhere.  On the other hand, selling sheet music is a great way to generate passive income while promoting your business and building an audience all at th...