From Musician To Artist

Somehow Facebook likes, and Instagram follows have become the measure of success for music artists. But what is this actually doing for pushing our music brand forward? Building real fans, or paying for our music expenses. In this episode I break down the numbers a bit, and look at what return on investment likes and follows actually bring. I look at the need for creating an inner circle that woul...

We’re great at growing our online audience, putting up socials posts that drive traffic towards our new single or upcoming show. But how good are we at making sure our live audiences are following us on Instagram? Subscribing to our YouTube channel? Or engaging with us online. My Linktree - https://linktr.ee/Dottedeightstudio Create your own free Link tree - https://linktr.ee I think the best way...

How do I promote my music? Or Whats the best way to promote my music online? These are questions we are trying to find answers to all the time. In this video I break down promoting out music, I look at the Why, The What, and the How. Whether being part of your own marketing department is something you signed up for or not. Its something we have to develop and get better at as an independent assist...

Obviously I need to record my music, but it’s expensive, and my songs are nowhere near being ready to record. What if it wasn’t as far away as you thought it was? What if you could record your music and allow your audience to expand beyond the people in the same room as you? That way you’d appear like a real artist because you are an actual real artist! Recording your music, Lets talk about it For...

It’s our songs that make an artist, it’s that expression that connects an audience through a range of emotions, and gives them something to hold and own. Let’s talk about effective songwriting as a music artist. In this episode I unpack songwriting as stage 3 of the music artist life cycle. We’ve already had a look at branding and vision, and playing our music live, the next stage of our music jou...

Playing music, it’s stage 2 of the artist lifecycle, and it plays a massive role in developing you, and unleashing your inner artist, why? because it grows both your audience, and your ability. So what does this mean for you trying to make music your living? Let’s talk about it. To get anything started, you have take action, you have to get the ball rolling. To be a successful music artist you hav...

Brand is who you are, and it’s presenting that clearly for your audience, so they know what to expect and what they will feel when they engage with your music. You take the guess work out for your audience, and this means you grow, and they expand. In this episode I unpack branding for you or your band as artist’s. Branding seems like a business term, and we like to keep business seperate from art...

There seems to be a big gap between me writing music, and me growing an audience that can hear, and connect with that music. So what do I do to bridge this gap? And make a better go of my music?  This episode looks at the life cycle of a music artist, The 5 essential stages every artists must go through if they want a successful music career with a growing fanbase. I go into detail about what is i...

We want to do music for a living, but we seem to be constantly having this internal battle between ‘Yes! I can do this!’ And ‘you know what? I just need to get a real job’. This episode unpacks the podcast series and what I’ll be discussing.  I share why I’m passionate about helping artists achieve their musical desires, and where it all started for me. The first series I’ll be looking at is the ‘...