The Entrepreneurial Musician with Andrew Hitz

TEM202: Bandsintown CEO Fabrice Sergent on connecting artists to fans and the value of learning from others

Fabrice Sergent is the CEO and cofounder of Bandsintown.

On Today's Episode of The Entrepreneurial Musician:

• The rebranding of Bandsintown for Artists and the features available to artists for free
• Bandsintown as a discovery engine and why that's so important for both artists and fans
• The importance of network effect in a platform when looking to scale something
• The value of learning from others and being curious
• Utilizing tools that help artists automate things like updating tour dates across multiple platforms

Links:

• Bandsintown for Artists
• Bandsintown

Want to help the show? Here's a couple of ways you can do that!

1. Hear extra TEM episodes including bonus episodes with every guest while helping me get to my next goal of $100 per episode on Patreon by becoming a patron today: https://www.patreon.com/tempodcast

2. My next Apple Podcasts goal is 150 ratings and 75 reviews. Take just a minute to leave a rating and review on Apple Podcasts to help me get there. Thank you!

And finally, a huge thank you to Parker Mouthpieces for providing the hosting for TEM.

Produced by Andrew Hitz

Show notes for all episodes of TEM including topics discussed, links to all books and websites referenced can be found at:

http://www.tem.fm/shownotes

TEM201: Simply get going (TEM Short)

This TEM Short is a call to action for 2020 inspired by a quote from Angela Beeching.

On Today's Episode of The Entrepreneurial Musician:

• A quote from Angela Beeching that has me fired up
• A call to action for 2020

Links:

• TEM200: Angela Beeching

Want to help the show? Here's a couple of ways you can do that!

1. Hear extra TEM episodes including bonus episodes with every guest while helping me get to my next goal of $100 per episode on Patreon by becoming a patron today: https://www.patreon.com/tempodcast

2. My next Apple Podcasts goal is 150 ratings and 75 reviews. Take just a minute to leave a rating and review on Apple Podcasts to help me get there. Thank you!

And finally, a huge thank you to Parker Mouthpieces for providing the hosting for TEM.

Produced by Andrew Hitz

Show notes for all episodes of TEM including topics discussed, links to all books and websites referenced can be found at:

http://www.tem.fm/shownotes

TEM200: Angela Beeching on claiming your artistry and getting over the fear of asking for help

Angela Beeching is the author of Beyond Talent and a music business coach and consultant.

On Today's Episode of The Entrepreneurial Musician:

• Scarcity thinking and the constant urge to prove ourselves
• The value in spending money to get a music business coach
• A specific process that enables you to write a bio that truly resonates with people
• Why sharing your art is actually caring about the people meant to encounter that art
• You're never ready - just take the first step
• Productivity Planner journal that Angela is now addicted to
• The fear of asking for help
• Remembering that you are part of a much larger community

Links:

• Angela's book Beyond Talent (Brand new third edition)
• Simon Sinek: How great leaders start with why
• Angela's amazing blog
• Her blog post about not opening her Productivity Planner for 200 days
• Basecamp

Want to help the show? Here's a couple of ways you can do that!

1. Hear extra TEM episodes including bonus episodes with every guest while helping me get to my next goal of $100 per episode on Patreon by becoming a patron today: https://www.patreon.com/tempodcast

2. My next Apple Podcasts goal is 150 ratings and 75 reviews. Take just a minute to leave a rating and review on Apple Podcasts to help me get there. Thank you!

And finally, a huge thank you to Parker Mouthpieces for providing the hosting for TEM.

Produced by Andrew Hitz

Show notes for all episodes of TEM including topics discussed, links to all books and websites referenced can be found at:

http://www.tem.fm/shownotes

TEM199: Thank you

A heartfelt thank you and a look back on the last 100 episodes of TEM.

On Today's Episode of The Entrepreneurial Musician:

• A huge thank you to everyone who has supported the show in any way and enabled me to get to 200 episodes
• Lessons learned from a handful of conversations that have occurred since TEM100
• The cost of not being yourself
• Using thoroughly researched methods
• Finding your own personal creative rhythm
• Giving yourself permission to pursue the passions in your life that you've been putting off
• The importance of getting the right message to the right audience in as clean and concise manner as possible
• Should you pivot, persevere, or punt?

Links:

• TEM100: A thought about each interview from the first 100 episodes of TEM
• TEM122: Chrysanthe Tan
• TEM126: Cathy Heller
• TEM101: Noa Kageyama
• TEM144: Dale Trumbore
• TEM118: Rob Knopper
• TEM171: John Mlynczak
• TEM147: Lance LaDuke

Want to help the show? Here's a couple of ways you can do that!

1. Hear an extra TEM episode every single week while helping me get to my next goal of $100 per episode on Patreon by becoming a patron today: https://www.patreon.com/tempodcast

2. My next Apple Podcasts goal is 150 ratings and 75 reviews. Take just a minute to leave a rating and review on Apple Podcasts to help me get there. Thank you!

And finally, a huge thank you to Parker Mouthpieces for providing the hosting for TEM.

Produced by Andrew Hitz

Show notes for all episodes of TEM including topics discussed, links to all books and websites referenced can be found at:

http://www.andrewhitz.com/shownotes

TEM198: 40,000 songs a day (TEM Short)

Some quick thoughts on a stunning statistic.

On Today's Episode of The Entrepreneurial Musician:

• The insane statistic that Ari Herstand shared in TEM197
• What this statistic means for all of us
• Once we make amazing the work is not done
• A quote from the future!

Links:

• TEM197: Ari Herstand

Want to help the show? Here's a couple of ways you can do that!

1. Hear an extra TEM episode every single week while helping me get to my next goal of $100 per episode on Patreon by becoming a patron today: https://www.patreon.com/tempodcast

2. My next Apple Podcasts goal is 150 ratings and 75 reviews. Take just a minute to leave a rating and review on Apple Podcasts to help me get there. Thank you!

And finally, a huge thank you to Parker Mouthpieces for providing the hosting for TEM.

Produced by Andrew Hitz

Show notes for all episodes of TEM including topics discussed, links to all books and websites referenced can be found at:

http://www.andrewhitz.com/shownotes

TEM197: The democratization of the new music business and polite persistence - A conversation with Ari Herstand

Ari Herstand is a musician in Los Angeles and the author of How to Make It in the New Music Business.

On Today's Episode of The Entrepreneurial Musician:

• The swell of "middle class" musicians in the new music business
• Vulfpeck has no label and no manager and yet just sold out Madison Square Garden
• The old music business had one way to succeed - the new music business has 100 ways you can make a career happen
• The most important thing any musician can do according to Ari
• Why you can't have a Plan B
• The democratization of the music business and the ability of any artist to reach an audience without being granted permission first by a gatekeeper
• Polite persistence
• Ari's very specific advice on writing a great pitch email

Links:

• Ari's book How to Make It in the New Music Business
• Ari's Take

Want to help the show? Here's a couple of ways you can do that!

1. Hear an extra TEM episode every single week while helping me get to my next goal of $100 per episode on Patreon by becoming a patron today: https://www.patreon.com/tempodcast

2. My next Apple Podcasts goal is 150 ratings and 75 reviews. Take just a minute to leave a rating and review on Apple Podcasts to help me get there. Thank you!

And finally, a huge thank you to Parker Mouthpieces for providing the hosting for TEM.

Produced by Andrew Hitz

Show notes for all episodes of TEM including topics discussed, links to all books and websites referenced can be found at:

http://www.andrewhitz.com/shownotes

TEM196: Why Starbucks isn't overpriced

Why I don't think Starbucks is overpriced even though I'm not a fan of their coffee.

On Today's Episode of The Entrepreneurial Musician:

• How Starbucks sells more than just coffee
• Why artists must think about the entire experience we are offering rather than just the art in a vacuum
• A reminder that not everyone will sign up for the experience you are offering
• What we as artists can learn from a world-class restaurant

Links:

• TEM Extra: Episode 10 - A bonus episode with Mark G. Meadows discussing the vital need to outsource aspects of your business, the advice he would give to his college-aged self if he could go back in time, and the importance of creating a network early because you will need people along the way

Want to help the show? Here's a couple of ways you can do that!

1. Hear an extra TEM episode every single week while helping me get to my next goal of $100 per episode on Patreon by becoming a patron today: https://www.patreon.com/tempodcast

2. My next Apple Podcasts goal is 150 ratings and 75 reviews. Take just a minute to leave a rating and review on Apple Podcasts to help me get there. Thank you!

And finally, a huge thank you to Parker Mouthpieces for providing the hosting for TEM.

Produced by Andrew Hitz

Show notes for all episodes of TEM including topics discussed, links to all books and websites referenced can be found at:

http://www.andrewhitz.com/shownotes

TEM195: I've never heard of you (and that's not a problem)

Why we shouldn't sweat it when someone who is our ideal potential customer has never heard of us.

***Let me help you connect with more fans and make more money in the music business. Get a free consultation from TEM Coaching today***

On Today's Episode of The Entrepreneurial Musician:

• The reminder I received last week that you no one has heard of everything
• Why we can't spend a lot of energy worrying about people having heard of us or our art rather than making art the world can't live without
• The YouTube channel I'd never heard of that has over 10 million subscribers (and that makes content I love!)

Links:

• TEM126: Cathy Heller
• Crash Course

Want to help the show? Here's a couple of ways you can do that!

1. Hear an extra TEM episode every single week while helping me get to my next goal of $100 per episode on Patreon by becoming a patron today: https://www.patreon.com/tempodcast

2. My next Apple Podcasts goal is 150 ratings and 75 reviews. Take just a minute to leave a rating and review on Apple Podcasts to help me get there. Thank you!

And finally, a huge thank you to Parker Mouthpieces for providing the hosting for TEM.

Produced by Andrew Hitz

Show notes for all episodes of TEM including topics discussed, links to all books and websites referenced can be found at:

http://www.andrewhitz.com/shownotes

TEM194: It's all about engagement

Whether it's prospective clients or already converted true fans, it's all about engagement.

***Let me help you connect with more fans and make more money in the music business. Get a free consultation from TEM Coaching today***

On Today's Episode of The Entrepreneurial Musician:

• Why engagement is more important in today's music business than ever before
• Remarkable examples of audience engagement from Time for Three, Travelin' Light and Phish
• True fan engagement at its best courtesy of Taylor Swift and Umphrey's McGee
• How to engage with prospective clients in a remarkable way

Links:

• TEM183 Joel Cummins

Want to help the show? Here's a couple of ways you can do that!

1. Help me get to my next goal of $100 per episode on Patreon by pledging as little as $1 per episode to support the show: https://www.patreon.com/tempodcast.

2. My next Apple Podcasts goal is 150 ratings and 75 reviews. Take just a minute to leave a rating and review on Apple Podcasts to help me get there. Thank you!

And finally, a huge thank you to Parker Mouthpieces for providing the hosting for TEM.

Produced by Andrew Hitz

Show notes for all episodes of TEM including topics discussed, links to all books and websites referenced can be found at:

http://www.andrewhitz.com/shownotes

TEM193: Finding your five adjectives and the power of outsourcing - A conversation with acclaimed artist Mark G. Meadows

Mark G. Meadows is a musician, actor and teacher based in the Washington DC area and my colleague at Shenandoah Conservatory.

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Did you know there are two episodes of TEM every single week? TEM Extra is a weekly episode available exclusively to patrons of the show.

On Last Week's TEM Extra:

• Why most people will be against you whenever you try to change the culture somewhere
• One hell of a quote from Les Brown about aiming high and dreaming big
• The importance of consistently shipping your art when it comes to converting people into true fans (and serving the true fans you already have!)

Listen to last week's TEM Extra here.

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On Today's Episode of The Entrepreneurial Musician:

• Why being a good person comes out in your music and in your relationships
• The universe will tell you what your passion is if you listen to it
• The crazy story about Mark landing a lead role in a musical when he wasn't an actor!
• Mark's remarkable bio (it includes a mission statement!) and how being an outsider growing up informs that mission statement and his art to this day
• Finding your five adjectives
• Why the best feedback can sometimes come from people you don't know
• Outsourcing and why anything you can teach someone else to do is something you shouldn't be doing yourself
• A reminder that everything (from delegating tasks to making your art) is a practice

Links:

• Mark's website
• Mark's latest album on Bandcamp

Want to help the show? Here's a couple of ways you can do that!

1. Help me get to my next goal of $100 per episode on Patreon by pledging as little as $1 per episode to support the show: https://www.patreon.com/tempodcast.

2. My next Apple Podcasts goal is 150 ratings and 75 reviews. Take just a minute to leave a rating and review on Apple Podcasts to help me get there. Thank you!

And finally, a huge thank you to Parker Mouthpieces for providing the hosting for TEM.

Produced by Andrew Hitz

Show notes for all episodes of TEM including topics discussed, links to all books and websites referenced can be found at:

http://www.andrewhitz.com/shownotes