Musicians Can Thrive

Musicians Can Thrive

By Gabrielle PitmanSociety & CultureDocumentary
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Musicians Can Thrive episodes

  • Planning Strategic Tours with Anchor Shows - SZN 2

    A self-described ‘keyboard wizard,' I found Daniel Pingrey while he was on tour as a guitar player in the US band for an artist named Donovan Woods. As a musician who plays several instruments, produces music, writes soundtrack music for things like content videos that businesses may publish, and co-owns a record label… Daniel is a prime example of a musician who’s found a balance in juggling multiple streams of income, all while doing interesting things that revolve around music!

    1 hr
  • Bringing Joy and Excitement Into Teaching Music - SZN 2
    Dan Fox is a jazz musician who worked to find a way to bring more of what he loved most - playing with other talented musicians, into teaching music.
    Inspired by a professor at Berklee College of Music, Dan created Morningside Music Studio - a place for young and old musicians to build their skillset and join ensembles where they could just jam and enjoy playing music, without having to focus on starting a band in the first place.
    54 min
  • Using Your Creativity to Step Outside the Traditional Model - SZN 2

    In the music world and pop culture, it’s easy to find stories about the dream of becoming a star - often in either the rock or pop music scenes. What doesn’t get talked about as much, is the classical music world. How musicians find themselves drawn to that path, rather than more popular kinds of music. How musicians can be creative about making money, and shaping a new kind of career in the classical music world.

    54 min
  • The World is Your Oyster - SZN 2
    Arison Cain is a prime example of a musician who’s created a life where they can thrive. In today’s episode, we discuss how getting creative with your merch can help you reframe the way you approach selling and making money from your music.
    We also discuss things like the “hopes and dreams” phase, and the way that learning skills not directly related to music can make your art more successful.
    1 hr 42 min
  • Lifting Up Musicians & Facilitating Dreams - SZN 2

    Nate West is an incredibly talented musician, and the kind of person that building a community comes easily to. Whether producing, playing in bands, co-writing songs, or any number of things a musician might need help with, he’s a powerful facilitator who can help you level up. In this episode we discuss the different ways you can build a community of musicians and other creative artists to support one another so that you can do the work you need to move your music forward, and you can help them in return. We talk about booking shows, and getting paid for them, and a little bit about what it’s like making a record.

    1 hr 5 min
  • Facilitating a Successful Music Career - SZN 2
    Geoffrey Schulman once dreamed of being a great jazz saxophonist. To the delight of many musicians around the world, he ended up building a career around supporting musicians and their art.
    In this episode we talk about ways you can make money within the music industry, both on stage and behind the scenes. Geoffrey shares some perspective on the options for DIY musicians seeking the support of a label as well.
    There’s even a little something for anyone who might not be a musician, but who’s an avid music lover.
    If you like what you hear in the episode, do you know someone that you think would like it as well? Pass it on and spread the knowledge!
    Thank you for being a part of the Musicians Can Thrive community.
    1 hr 1 min
  • Surprising Lessons Learned from Street Musicians - SZN 2
    What does busking have to do with thriving as a musician? It could help you more than you might think… Take a listen, and hear recordings of some of my favorite street musicians in London while you're at it.
    If you liked this episode, please leave a quick review on Apple Podcasts. It helps other musicians who might need some encouragement find this podcast.
    11 min
  • Good Gig Scenes Are Not What You Expect - SZN 1

    Aaron Howard is a singer-songwriter, who’s learned the art of producing and audio engineering out of sheer necessity. A full-time musician who balances coordinating his own tours with a full schedule of restaurant gigs. He’s built an impressive audience for himself. We discuss things like what makes a good gig scene (hint: it’s not the same thing as a good music scene), touring to listening rooms, treating creativity as a limited resource, and how he became a full-time musician. If you liked this episode, please leave a quick review/ rating. It helps other musicians who might need some encouragement find this podcast.

    1 hr 18 min
  • Grammys & Persistence - SZN 1
    As one of my mentors likes to say, “go make a ruckus.” Greg Barnhill shares why you don’t have to leave exactly where you are to make a noise big enough to make people come find you.
    Want to make money making music? Well get ready to learn a whole host of ways you can do it, either on stage or off.
    Learn the story behind the Grammy award-winning song that changed his life, and how persistence helps you come out on top despite any number of challenges.
    58 min

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I’m a musician. Every time someone said to me, “you’ll never make money doing what you do,” I loved nothing more than saying “watch me.” Making it in the music business has never been more attainable,…