50 - Working with Your Family in Music

On this milestone 50th episode Billy and Bob cover the pros and cons of making music with your family or significant other. What do you need to know to make it work? How do you avoid the pitfalls? What are the unique dynamics of couples? How can you make family music-making a blessing and not a curse? Listen and find out!

49 - The Do-Nothing Guide to Music Success

The typical approach to building a music career is work, work, work. You write, record, perform and promote nonstop. That's great, unless you forget to add another important element. On this episode Billy and Bob explain why sometimes it's best to do nothing to be more productive. That's right, nothing.

48 - Is Your Music a Business, Hobby, or Side Hustle?

This week your co-hosts tackle some important questions. Are you an amateur or a professional? Are you doing music as a hobby or as a serious business? How do you define these labels? Is it based on money or effort or some other measuring stick? Can you be a part-time pro? Listen up. The answers may surprise you.

47 - Are Music CDs Dead?

On this episode, Billy and Bob dress in black and prepare to attend a wake for the troubled CD format. One of them is very pessimistic and thinks you might be better off releasing new music on vinyl. The other is more cautiously optimistic, especially since he just ordered 1,000 copies of a new album. What does the future of CD sales hold? Is it a dying breed, or is it already extinct?

46 - Should You Run Paid Ads to Promote Your Music?

Here's a good question, submitted by a musician listener named Morlok Von Grimorog (visit him at https://www.patreon.com/user?u=399974). As you'll discover on this episode, there's no one right answer. But that didn't stop Bob and Billy from sharing their perspectives, along with some important decisions you need to make BEFORE you start running any paid advertising.

45 - Music Biz Goal Setting Tips for 2015

It's that time of the year. Have you set your music career resolutions for 2015? Heck, maybe you've already given up on them. Most people do.

Regardless, hurry up and listen to this episode, as Billy and Bob dish out their best advice on setting goals and making progress. Both of these guys are pretty damn productive, so you just might learn something.

44 - Should You Play Music for Free?

It's an old story: "Hey, we can't pay you, but the gig would be great exposure." What should an artist do? On this episode Billy and Bob give you their best advice on when to play for free, how to determine the right situations, and where to draw the line. Thanks to Andrew from Room 24 in Austin for getting this conversation started.

43 - Music Predictions and Trends for 2015 and Beyond

On this episode Billy and Bob get out the crystal ball and discuss what's in store for music in the year ahead. You'll get an earful of trends related to the growth of streaming services vs digital downloads, the continued resilience of vinyl, smart homes and cars, wearable technology, catering to individual fans, and going old school with your marketing!

42- What You Can Learn from the Music Biz Highlights of 2014

Before we rush into the new year, Billy and Bob take a look back at 2014. They dissect the music biz highlights of the past year and discuss new album release formulas, examine the growth of podcasting, and reveal the Top 10 most popular episodes of "Music Marketing Monday" to date.

Marketing Lessons from Taylor Swift

Taylor Swift?
You mean that pop star?
Have Billy and Bob lost their indie cred?
No!

Regardless of what you think of her, the young Miss Swift has proven to be a smart and savvy artist.

On this episode, your hosts examine what musicians at all levels can learn from this chart-topping phenom.