The Profitable Musician Show

People may love your music, but it’s simply not enough to gain the attention that you need, especially nowadays. You need to work on the public relations side of your career. What you need are a story and social media activity. Bree Noble’s guest today is  Diane Foy,  a PR, and marketing coach. Diane explains the importance of figuring out what you want. Wha...

Bree Noble’s guest in this episode is Mike Meiers , founder of Songwriting for Guitar . Mike shares his journey on how he came to love playing the guitar and teaching others to play it. Teaching others helped Mike grow exponentially in music, eventually becoming a skilled songwriter. Through the years, he realized that people don’t buy tickets and merchandise because the band makes clever music. R...

Being a musician is not just about learning how to play and perform, especially if you want to succeed. You also need to learn about the business side of it, from marketing to networking, basically all the things that make the music industry what it is. Helping musicians find their footing and thrive, Bree Noble interviews  Monica Strut , a musician, marketing and strategy coach for bands, an...

Just when we start to lose hope in this current pandemic situation, we’re now seeing some events slowly coming back up. For artists and musicians, this means finally getting booked and doing gigs. However, as we move into the post-pandemic period, it helps not to deny that some things are not the way they were. Tara Brueske , a recording artist and founder of The Engaging Voice podcast, joins Bree...

The pandemic is a hard hit on all business industries, but especially with the creative entertainment industry. In this episode, Leo Saunders  explains why he founded TuneRiver  and how it opens up a new income stream for musicians like yourself. TuneRiver allows customers to order personalized songs from their favorite artists. The artists can personalize as much as 40% of their song's...

Behind every social media platform is one important account that is typically overlooked: email. If you can put together a comprehensive email list to regularly send messages and engage with, one can reap a huge following and a handsome monetization. Bree Noble brings back Cheryl B. Engelhardt , this time to share her secrets on connecting with fans in a more intimate way through email. Cheryl exp...

A lot of musicians don’t know what to do when it comes to promoting themselves. Sometimes, they don’t even want to promote themselves. They believe that promoting yourself is narcissistic and that it has to be phony or inauthentic for it to work. Joining Bree Noble to dispel this misconception is  Megan Kuhar , a professor of Music Technology, creative brand and tech coach, audio engineer, vi...

From releasing an album to holding a concert, planning and hosting a music event is a tedious and challenging undertaking, especially today when almost everything is done virtually. But with proper planning and adequate help, the rewards it can yield are more than just exciting. Joining Bree Noble is singer and vocal coach  Danielle Tucker . Danielle shares the most effective strategies in ho...

Building your Instagram following is never an overnight task. For you to connect with people online in the most profound ways, the right engagement strategy and value are needed. Classical flutist and marketing strategist  Nicole Riccardo  joins Bree Noble in a discussion about utilizing genuine human connection when engaging with your Instagram followers and avoiding resorting to spammy...

Now that we're forced into our homes, making music alone has become even more felt. However, not many of us are quite versed when it comes to mixing, and with all the information on the Internet, it can get overwhelming to find the best resource to learn from. Joining the show to share some EQ and audio mixing techniques that will have us on par with the pros is concert sound engineer  Michel...

Being a full-time artist even if there’s still no way for you to make what you need solely out of your art is the perfect formula to becoming the stereotypical starving artist.  Rory Gardiner  joins Bree Noble on the show to explain why there is no shame in being a “balanced artist” – someone who has a day job, perhaps a family, and their art in the mix. In fact, he makes the case for it...

Patreon has become this buzzword in the artistic and creative community that everyone thinks they should have one, but they don’t really understand what’s involved with it. On today’s podcast, Bree Noble brings on music career coach and podcast host Katie Zaccardi  to show us how to launch Patreon the right way. Katie has helped tons of musicians, music teachers, and music coaches grow their...

One of the great things about Spotify is that you have a massive opportunity on your hands to make yourself heard by the people whom your music is intended for. Spotify for Artists  makes it even sweeter by giving you the tools that you need to build a fan base out of the people who listen to one or two of your songs. But with a lot of other artists competing for listeners’ attention, what ca...

With technology continuously upgrading, people strive to be more efficient in all transactions, meetings, and even music lessons. Join Bree Noble as she interviews  Tali Mandelzweig , the Co-founder of  MeetFox . Tali explains what MeetFox is all about, from its features to its applicable functions for the service you are looking for. She also shows us how to navigate the platform and ho...

Becoming a solo musician doesn't just happen overnight—it takes time, practice, patience, and a solid education in the discipline. On today's show, singer-songwriter  Judith Hill  talks with host Bree Noble about her journey on how she became a solo musician and how her strong foundation for music has led her to step into the spotlight and presently has hundreds of adoring fans. She also...

At this very time when it is badly needed, we still hear of many people who get frustrated with online technology and feel like there is nothing in the world that could possibly make them master it. Musicians are not exempt from this seemingly insurmountable challenge. Bree Noble brings in Jaime Slutzky  in this conversation to talk about how musicians can get over the tech hurdles that are h...

Making money may be the major goal in entrepreneurship, but without getting that satisfaction of serving others or pursuing your true passion, it may all be for naught. Singer Tara Simon  joins Bree Noble in sharing how her career eventually brought her to the vocal coaching stage, helping others hone their singing talents. Tara reminisces how the doors of coaching opened to her, giving her a...

There are many ways to launch a career in singing, but the advent of reality TV has changed this world forever. Almost overnight, an aspiring singer can go from complete obscurity to global fame if they play their cards right. This episode’s guest, however, reminds us that singing for a reality singing show is not an end to itself, but an opportunity to launch a more serious career as an artist or...

To have people listen is one thing, but to move them to take action, specifically to purchase, is another. In this episode, modern musician  Michael Walker  joins host Bree Noble to talk about his proven system that converts listeners into paying fans. Taking us first to the beginning, he shares his music career journey, building his fan base back then and translating it to now, where th...

Clearing up the clutter and defining your music career goals can be achieved much easier through proper planning. For Suz Paulinski , using visuals and going back to physical planners is a great way to start. She sits down with Bree Noble to discuss how having a comprehensive vision board or checklist can help a lot in laying the right path towards musical success, emphasizing how having a clear s...

To continue filling up the stadiums and selling all those albums, artists need to continually engage with their fans. It’s a missed opportunity for artists not to be using their fans to promote their music or whatever they wanted to promote. Sarah Beth Perry , the Founder and CEO of With the Band , grew up loving boybands. After working with multiple artist teams, she saw that there was an opportu...

There is a way to make music a decent living by creating music for big brands. However, you may want to think twice before you get too excited and quit your job and start making music full-time. That’s the mistake that music producer, Tommy Zee  committed when he first burst into the scene. Having had his break doing a piece for a car commercial, Tommy hastily quit his job and quickly found h...

A lot of artists, specifically musicians, think nobody’s earning during the pandemic. The fact of the matter is musicians are just shifting how they’re earning. One such musical-related company called Bandzoogle   managed to make over $5 million. Joining Bree Noble on today’s podcast is its CEO , Stacey Bedford . Stacey shares how she got involved with Bandzoogle and how they’re supporting mu...

If you’re a musical artist, there are a lot of advantages in having your own music production setup at home. For one, you can make demos easily and not have to rely on work tapes to pitch your work. You can also do a sort of beta version of your song and gather feedback from your followers, saving you a lot of money and allowing you to make sure you’re pouring in money for the right song. And it c...

We can only grow and do so much by ourselves. That is why many thrive best when reaching out to others for help. In the music industry, one of the great avenues to grow your audience is by using collaborations. In this episode, Bree Noble is joined by singer-songwriter Cassandra Kubinski  to talk about the opportunities that open up with collaboration and how creating partnerships with other...