Shannon Curtis is an independent songwriter, singer, performer, recording artist, and author, based in Los Angeles. Curtis is currently on a 70-show nationwide house concert tour in support of Connections. Curtis’s groundbreaking use of the house concert touring format has taken her on extensive nationwide house concert tours, and she has become a popular speaker on the topic at music industry conferences. Curtis's how-to book on house concert touring was published in February 2014, debuted at #1 on Amazon’s Music Business Best Sellers list, and has been featured in major national publications like The Huffington Post and American Songwriter Magazine. Curtis’s music has been featured prominently in independent film & in TV shows such as ABC Family’s Pretty Little Liars, ABC’s Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, and MTV’s The Hills.

Key Take Aways:

• There's not set path for how you can become a "successful" musician - everyone has to figure it out for themselves
• It is an important mindset shift to start to realize that your music has real, monetary value
• When you give people an opportunity to show the value that they place on the musical work that you do, they, in turn, value your music more
• House concerts give you a "captive audience" - and leads to a far better connection between you and your audience
• You want your house concerts to be "community-driven," which means that a real community of friends comes together (invited by the host) to listen to you perform
• House concerts foster far better genuine connections with your fans than really any other model
• This house-concert can be used for musicians at any level, whether you're just getting going, or your well-established
• The biggest opportunity that comes with house concerts is that every night you have at least 20 new potential fans who are primed and ready to get interested in what you have to offer

 

Mentioned: 1,000 True Fans

 

Learn more about Shannon Curtis:

ShannonCurtis.net

FaceBook.com/ShannonCurtisMusic

Twitter: @ShannonCurtis

Instagram: @ShannonCurtisMusic

YouTube.com/ShannonCurtisMusic

Shannon's Book: No Booker, No Bouncer, No Bartender: How I Made $25K on a 2-Month House Concert Tour (And How You Can Too) 

 

 

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