Successful Musicians

By Jason Tonioli

How do musicians define success?

Achieving success and finding fulfillment with music is different for everyone. This podcast features stories of musicians who have found their own personal version ... more

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How many episodes does Successful Musicians have?

The podcast currently has 61 episodes available.

Successful Musicians episodes:

October 05, 2022 Episode 10: Matt Johnson’s Epiphany About Tuning Pianos and What He Considers As The Holy Grail of Pianos
Our special guest today is a Registered Piano Technician with the Piano Technicians Guild. He is a Bechstein Factory Trained Concert Technician. Suffice it to say, he has the knowledge and experience to best help customers fall in love with their piano again.
He has worked alongside and learned so much from some of the best piano technicians in the world. Among whom are Rick Baldassin, Keith Kopp and Torben Garlin.

What You’ll Learn
In this episode, we would learn how Matt Johnson started with music and how he ended up tuning pianos and owning MJ Pianos - his own piano store.
He also talked about different kinds of piano such as Steinway, Yamaha or Kawai and he mentioned his favorite one which he describes as having a very colorful, orchestral, and full sound.

Things We Discussed
MJ Pianos - Matt Johnson’s piano store
C Bechstein - a German manufacturer of pianos, established in 1853 by Carl Bechstein.
Rachmaninoff - a Russian composer, virtuoso pianist, and conductor. Rachmaninoff is widely considered one of the finest pianists of his day and, as a composer, one of the last great representatives of Romanticism in Russian classical music.
How Firmer Foundation - Jason Tonioli’s piece which is Matt’s favorite

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25min
September 28, 2022 Episode 9: Katie Zaccardi’s Holistic Approach to Strategy and Mindset
Joining us in our podcast today is a musician, business coach, and a MINDSET STRATEGY coach. She's done tons of expertise in branding, helping monetize your music online, wellness, time management coaching, building a fan base online, nurturing those fans and introducing an offer that you can sell so you can make money online.
She has a podcast called “The Out to Be Podcast”. It is a podcast for musicians, music entrepreneurs, music industry coaches, and music teachers, that discusses all things music biz strategy.
So far, she has helped hundreds of women in music grow their careers, release music, launch Patreons, start coaching businesses, and double their incomes!

What You’ll Learn
One important golden nugget in this podcast is “create for you.” In the creation process, take everything out. Don't worry about making money. Don't worry about going viral. Don't worry about any of those things. Just say what you wanted to say. And then when you go to that next stage of marketing, that's when you want to bring in the business strategies.
She also emphasized on applying what you learn. There are many free courses out there, but if you do not have that accountability to put everything into action then it is all in vain.

Things We Discussed
The Out to Be Podcast - a podcast for musicians, music entrepreneurs, music industry coaches, and music teachers, that discusses all things music biz strategy.

Connect with Katie Zaccardi
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Instagram
Apple Music

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24min
September 21, 2022 Episode 8: Michael Walker’s Idea of Success and Finding Life’s Fulfillment Part 2 of 2
Joining us in our podcast today is Michael Walker. He is the founder of Modern Musician, a successful and highly renowned musician and entrepreneur. He is a husband, father, and keyboardist for the band Paradise Fears, who made headlines years ago for a technique he started called “tour hacking.”
He spent around 10 years touring full time and during those years, their band released an album that hit number 2 on iTunes as an Alternative Rock Album. They got about 24 million streams on Spotify and toured around the world, playing music full-time, independently without a record label. He also coached thousands of independent musicians and paved the way for them to be successful musicians.

What You’ll Learn
In this episode, Michael emphasizes the importance of being intentional with who you choose to surround yourself with. He believes that we become the 5 people we spend most of our time with so we better choose our circle carefully.
He also talked about the importance of believing in oneself. If you have anything worthwhile that's worth achieving, it comes with first allowing yourself to believe it's possible and then taking action and becoming the person that deserves to achieve the goal.

Things We Discussed
Modern Musician - a team made up of highly-talented musicians who understand what it takes to be an independent artist in today’s industry.
Paradise Fears - his old band
Gold Artist Academy™
Modern Musician Podcast
Modern Musician Masterclass

Connect with Michael Walker
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20min
September 14, 2022 Episode 8: Michael Walker's Tour Hacking Technique and Advice on How Having the Right Producer can Make or Break your Music Career Part 1 of 2
Joining us in our podcast today is Michael Walker, founder of Modern Musician, a successful and highly renowned musician and entrepreneur. He is a husband, father, and keyboardist for the band Paradise Fears, who made headlines years ago for a technique he started called “tour hacking.”
He spent around 10 years touring full time and during those years, their band released an album that hit number 2 on iTunes as an Alternative Rock Album. They got about 24 million streams on Spotify and toured around the world, playing music full-time, independently without a record label. He also coached thousands of independent musicians and paved the way for them to be successful musicians.

What You’ll Learn
In this episode, Michael recounts how he was transformed from a socially awkward kid in High School to signing autographs and taking pictures for fans and overcoming the fear of rejection.
He also shares how they deferred their full-ride scholarships to college to focus on their music and realizing how huge of an impact working with the right producer can make on the quality of your music. He believes that even if it's a super talented artist, but a horrible production of amateur quality then it's not it's going to sound awful.
He also highlights his “tour hacking” technique and how connecting with real people, and having core relationships with them, helps you build a solid fanbase.

Things We Discussed
Modern Musician - a team made up of highly-talented musicians who understand what it takes to be an independent artist in today’s industry.
Paradise Fears
Gold Artist Academy™
All-Time Low, Mayday Parade, Blink 182 - some bands they looked up to
Mastermind Trips
Tour hacking - a marketing technique where they walk up to people and introduce themselves, share some of their music and just build a relationship, connect with as many people as possible and if they liked it, they would offer a CD
Warped Tour - a festival where there's a ton of pop-punk, pop-rock, kind of emo scene bands who were playing

Connect with Michael Walker
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18min
September 07, 2022 Episode 7: Doug Hammer on Transcending Technological Barriers and How to Be Effective Without A Major Label Record Deal
Joining us in our podcast today is multi-award-winning pianist, composer and producer Doug Hammer. He is educated in contemporary, jazz and classical music styles. After graduating from Berklee College of Music in Boston, he opened his own studio and production company called Dreamworld Productions. He has over 14 albums under his belt. Doug tours regularly and has performed in the prestigious Carnegie Hall. Doug’s 14th release, Night, debuted at number 1 for a week on both Amazon Hot New Releases and Best Seller New Age Charts.

What You’ll Learn
In this episode, Doug recounts how fake books rounded out his musical education and eventually led him to build a recording studio. He would tell us how it became a tipping point where he felt he learned a lot about composing and improvising.
He also shares what success means to him and shares how music should be a source of comfort and solace to your listeners.
He also mentioned YouTube Live, Twitch Live, Tiktok, Facebook Live or Instagram and how musicians should explore these platforms.

Things We Discussed
Solace - first album
Noel - Christmas album
ITZ (in the zone) - A relaxed mind is a creative mind.

Connect with Doug Hammer
Website
Twitter
Youtube
Facebook
Pandora
Apple Music
Amazon Music

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26min
August 31, 2022Episode 6: How a Career Shift Paved the Way to True Happiness - Luke Roberts
Our special guest for today is Luke Roberts "LJR". He is a multi-talented musician with a very unique story. He is very skilled when it comes to doing film and music videos.
Having a Ph.D. in Aerobatics, let's discover how LJR went from programming robotic birds to pursuing his creative process, writing, audio production, video production, business, and marketing.

What You’ll Learn
In this episode, LJR will share about his music journey on how he became a Meyerhof scholar, working on autonomous aerobatics and navigation, flapping wings and miniature air vehicles but gradually becoming more dead and less happy and actually more angry.
He also narrates the story of how he overcome impostor syndrome and living a fulfilled and happy life by running towards his fears.

Things We Discussed
LJR's music journey

LJR's career shift

LJR's advice on a kid thinking about doing something with music as a career

LJR's take on what success look like for him as a musician

Connect with Luke Roberts
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Instagram
Patreon
Tiktok
Linktr.ee

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35min
August 24, 2022Episode 5: Marvin Goldstein’s Advice on How to Find Fulfillment in Music and His Takeaways from Being a Musician for 60 Years
Joining our podcast today is Marvin Goldstein, an internationally acclaimed pianist, piano performer, arranger, music producer, composer and entertainer for over 60 years.
Goldstein has recorded over 50 albums. He also has arranged multiple piano solo arrangement books. Goldstein is listed in “Who’s Who in Music” in European Cambridge, England. He has extensively traveled and performed at places such as the Sydney Opera House, the Jerusalem YMCA, Europe, Egypt, South America, Canada, Mexico and more.

What You’ll Learn
In this episode, Goldstein shares how he started learning piano at 9 years old, his experiences in the music school, his favorite performances and what made him decide that piano is the career he wants. He also shares his advice to those who are still starting down the music path and how to start to get people to notice your music.

Things We Discussed
his advice to the younger generation who are still figuring out if they will pursue the music path

his major takeaways from his career

his perspective of what the true beauty of music is

which musician/composer he looks up to

Connect with Marvin Goldstein
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Youtube
Spotify
Apple Music
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Twitter

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19min
August 17, 2022 Episode 4: Bree Noble’s Income Guide to Make Money with Music
Bree Noble is a talented singer/songwriter, speaker, and music business coach who is passionate about sharing her story and helping others. She coached thousands of artists and helped them become successful.
In 2007, she founded an online radio station, Women of Substance Radio, to promote quality female artists in all genres. The station became a highly respected and sought-after source of promotion for female artists before it was transformed into a podcast in 2014 which dominated the #1 spot on iTunes.
Bree has become a pioneer for women’s voices in Podcasting. In fact, she was recently featured in a Forbes article called “The Power Of Podcasting To Fight The Patriarchy.”
Download her Income Guide Mentioned in the Podcast: http://profitablemusician.com/income

What You’ll Learn
In this episode, Bree narrates her inspiring story of how she overcame all obstacles in her life from having a rare recessive genetic disorder called congenital glaucoma since birth to leaving behind her career in business and transitioning into becoming a very successful Music Business Trainer & Mentor.
She shares some insider tips on how to make money from your music career and that all musicians should know a little bit about the business side of music. They will also discuss how important it is to have a mentor and how that will speed up your progress and that other people's perspectives are worth paying for. This episode also highlights how important it is to be part of a community and how this will provide you with the support you need to keep going during hard times.

Things We Discussed

Women of Substance Radio
Female Entrepreneur Musician
Discover 15 Streams of Income to Tap RIGHT NOW To Create Sustainable Revenue From Music (Free Guide)

Connect with Bree Noble
Profitable Musician Website
Female Entrepreneur Musician Website
Female Musician Academy Website
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30min
August 10, 2022 Episode 3: How to Reach 1 Billion Streams on Pandora, Spotify, Apple Music, and other Music Streaming Apps with David Nevue
Our special guest today is David Nevue who is considered “the pioneer in the new age piano recording world”. He is an internationally recognized pianist, composer, and recording artist. David began promoting his music online in 1995 - an "internet age" before iTunes (or even Google) existed.
David's music has surpassed 1.6 Billion spins on Pandora Radio, and hundreds of millions, maybe a billion mark on Spotify and Apple.
He founded Whisperings: Solo Piano Radio in 2003, the very first internet radio station that was solo piano only. After almost twenty years "on the air," Whisperings: Solo Piano Radio is home to over 360 talented piano artists and broadcasts to tens of thousands of piano music fans from all over the world every single day.

What You’ll Learn
In this episode, David narrates how he ended up doing piano as his full-time career. He also features how he came about Whisperings Radio and how he was able to be right at the front edge of the technology as early as the 2000s.
He gives his secret on success and how to find joy and fulfillment in this industry. He also shares valuable tips on what to write to get on Whisperings Radio and explains how music taps into the spiritual world, how music influences all of our emotions and feelings, and how it influences people in the positive and the negative.

Things We Discussed
How to Promote your Music on the Internet (Book)
Whisperings: Solo Piano Radio
David’s Albums
Adoration Solo Piano Hymns
The Revelation Solo Piano for Prayer and Worship

Connect with David Nevue
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Amazon Music
Deezer

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31min
August 02, 2022 Episode 2 - Joe Bongiorno On How to Prepare for Your First Studio Session, His Take on Signature Songs and How to Earn From Your Music
Joining us today is Joe Bongiorno. He is a piano player with a very incredible story. He shares with us his path to success in the music world,
from having a restaurant business to being a renowned concert performer. In this episode, Joe will tell us how he got on top of his career
earning 6-digits, getting out of debt, investing, and living the dream.

In this episode you will learn:
- how to earn from your music
- how to get an artist to give their best performance
- choosing a digital distributor and publisher
- his recommendations on where to learn the business side of music

Connect with Joe Bongiorno
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Youtube Music
Spotify
Apple Music
Deezer

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27min

FAQs about Successful Musicians:

How many episodes does Successful Musicians have?

The podcast currently has 61 episodes available.