Every serious musician is an entrepreneur. We are simply doing one of two things: Creating a Product (the song or album), or Providing a Service.  If you want to make a living as a musician, you have to generate an income from it, and that means that treating this like a business.  

There is one essential mindset every successful entrepreneur has: Instead of saying, “I don’t have,” they ask the question, “How can I?”

When it comes to  'landing the gig,' one friend is worth of a hundred acquaintances.  In this episode you're going to meet guitarist Matt Reviere whose credits include Carrie Underwood, The Band Perry, Scotty McCreery, and more.  

He shares why his secret to having consistent success as a musician, is BEING consistent AS a musician.  He also shares why developing real relationships are what will ultimately get you the gig.  

In this episode you're going to meet Michelle Sabolchick, and learn the steps she took to become one of the premier live sound mixers in the world.

With a career as a professional live sound engineer for nearly 30 years, Michelle as worked with some of the most recognizable names in music including: Styx, Gwen Stefani, Goo Goo Dolls, Melissa Etheridge, Indigo Girls, Mr. Big, Big Time Rush, Ke$ha, Jewel, Adam Lambert, and more.

In 2013 she co-founded soundgirls.org to create a supportive community for women working in professional audio. In 2015 she was inducted into Full Sail University's Hall of Fame.

After having played drums on over 25 #1 Hit Singles, Rich Redmond offers his advice on what it takes to succeed as a musician.

You're going to hear how Rich took the rejection after 3 auditions and spun it into a career as an award-winning recording and touring drummer who has recorded, toured, and/or performed with: Jason Aldean, Ludacris, Kelly Clarkson, Bryan Adams, Bob Seger, Joe Perry, and Garth Brooks. 

If you choose the right thing to be passionate about, it allows you to work harder.  As Rich says, "Passion is your engine, and hard work is the fuel."

Change is inevitable. Not only has the industry changed, but our consumers have changed as well.  People absorb music now in a completely different way than they did just 20 years ago.  But we have to adapt to those changes

Deciding to leverage these changes to our advantage is the difference between being starving musician, or choosing to be a thriving musician.

Producer/Songwriter David Browning has crafted a new business model that benefits both artists AND fans, without giving all their money away to the big labels!

It's wrong to call yourself a 'professional musician' if you're not going to value yourself like one.  But when you treat your music career like a business, it will pay you like one.

In this episode drummer Jeff Bowders discusses how he leveraged a unique strategy that allowed him to get his first book published quickly.

Time is so precious that we don't have the luxury to waste it on someone else's indecisiveness. You have to push them to the point where they either say yes or no.  If they say no, then this gives us the green light to move on to someone else who could actually benefit from our talent, time and energy.

In this episode you're going to meet Ed Eason, a guitarist that has played with artists who've sold over 25,000,000 albums!  Growing up in a small town in Texas, he's been able to implement strategies that have allowed him to play events ranging from Dick Clark's Rockin Eve at Times Square to The Grammys. 

You can't let your insecurities stop you from moving forward. You have to position yourself in the path of opportunity. This is one of the key factors that differentiates who thrive in their careers from those who continue to struggle and starve.

There's a big distinction between the mindset of a starving musician and a successful musician.  But the truth is... Real Musicians DON'T Starve! 

It's essential to understand how the words we use to speak to ourselves will either empower us to succeed, or set us up for failure.