TEM228: The McCain Duo
The McCain Duo is comprised of pianist Dr. Artina McCain and bass trombonist Dr. Martin McCain.
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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.
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
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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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:
TEM179: Eunbi Kim
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TEM179: Discovering your own space and finding collaborators who are deeply commited - A conversation with Eunbi Kim
Eunbi Kim is a pianist, teacher and entrepreneur based in New York City.
On Today's Episode of The Entrepreneurial Musician:
How Angela Beeching changed her life by teaching her how to find her own space within the music business and the world
Eunbi's project Murakami Music and all that went into making it a reality
The importance of communication and contracts with people you collaborate with (and why the best time to discuss things like exit strategies is when everyone is getting along)
Her textbook email asking me about appearing on TEM
Bespoken, a music mentoring organization founded by Eunbi and Gina Izzo
The dangers of comparing your real self to someone else's social media self
The teacher she had in college who was so abusive that she became overcome with crippling self-doubt and how she came through the performance even stronger
Why ego-based fear is so damaging to artists
The power of affirming your own good intentions
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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 iTunes goal is 150 ratings and 75 reviews. Take just a minute to leave a rating and review on iTunes to help me get there. Thank you!
And finally, a huge thank you to Parker Mouthpieces for providing the hosting for TEM.
Produced by Drake Domingue
Show notes for all episodes of TEM including topics discussed, links to all books and websites referenced can be found at:
TEM160: Music vs. the music business and the seismic shift coming in the industry - A conversation with Matt Oestreicher
TEM160: Music vs. the music business and the seismic shift coming in the industry - A conversation with Matt Oestreicher
Matt Oestreicher is a multi-instrumentalist who is one of the top performers, composers and arrangers in New York City.
What You'll Learn:
How 2018 is such an empowering time for artists
Why Matt doing so many musical things so well is actually a marketing challenge for him
Why how we deal with the human error that occurs in live music applies to being an entrepreneur
How the people not on the very front of the stage are frequently the best people to reach out to when trying to build your network
Intentional networking and why that's not just waiting to run into people
The value of having the audacity to think that you might make it big
The fantasies about the music business you have to cut through in order to succeed
The difference between music and the music business
The proper balance of short-term strategies and long-term strategies and how the proportion of the two should change according to your age and where you are in life
Why he decided to release his first album of songs after he turned 40
How the barriers to creation and distribution being drastically lowered means that much more competition
The seismic shift that the music business has recently experienced and why there is another one coming
What it's like working with the likes of Stevie Wonder, Snoop Dogg, Anita Baker and Weird Al Yankovic
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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 iTunes goal is 150 ratings and 75 reviews. Take just a minute to leave a rating and review on iTunes to help me get there. Thank you!
And finally, a huge thank you to Parker Mouthpieces for providing the hosting for TEM.
Produced by Drake Domingue
Executive Producer is Andrew Hitz
Show notes for all episodes of TEM including topics discussed, links to all books and websites referenced can be found at:
TEM96: Build a community first (TEM Short)
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TEM96: Build a community first (TEM Short)
This TEM Short is in response to my interview with Tim Topham in Episode 95.
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TEM 95: Tim Topham on Building a Community of True Fans in an Already Crowded Space, Launching a Successful Membership Site and Minimum Viable Products
timtopham.com
You can help me reach two specific goals I've set for TEM:
1. Help me get to $50 per episode on Patreon by pledging as little as $1 per episode to support the show: https://www.patreon.com/tempodcast
2. Help me get to my goal of 50 ratings at iTunes by leaving a rating and review.
And finally, a huge thank you to Parker Mouthpieces for providing the hosting for TEM.
Produced by Joey Santillo
TEM95: Tim Topham on building a community of true fans in an already crowded space, launching a successful membership site and minimum viable products
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TEM95: Tim Topham on building a community of true fans in an already crowded space, launching a successful membership site and minimum viable products
Australian piano teacher and performer Tim Topham shares how, through the use of a membership site, newsletter, podcast, blog and webinars, he was able to build a wildly successful piano teaching community in an already crowded space.
Topics Covered:
7:14 - How Tim ended up getting burned out after college, leaving music altogether for 10 years and how his first piano teacher inspired him upon coming back to music
12:20 - The depressing statistics of how many musicians today make a full-time living performing and why it's important to look at a career in music diversely
14:42 - How he found a niche for himself within the piano teaching world which tends to be very traditional
17:56 - How he organizes his content by theme on a monthly basis based on things teachers are asking him to cover
20:08 - Details about The Inner Circle, the online community of piano teachers he has created on his website, and how it was a concerted effort to scale what he was already regularly doing on a one-on-one basis
25:09 - When he initially launched, how he got his first members to join a paid membership site before there was any kind of community already there
28:34 - The number of hours a week he spends per week on his website and all of his digital services
32:09 - The aspects of his business that he outsources since they aren't his strengths
35:33 - How he went about starting to build his website without a huge amount of technical knowledge
37:59 - The importance of shipping a Minimum Viable Product
40:32 - The "crippling perfection" that classical musicians in particular are used to and how it doesn't help anyone be a successful entrepreneur
44:21 - How he has built a team around him to help with various tasks for his business
49:04 - The advice he has for any musical entrepreneur who is trying to get started (or reach the next level) in the business
57:54 - Resources he recommends to musical entrepreneurs
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Favorite Quotes:
"I've got to stop doing things that one, I'm not good at, and two, isn't bringing value to my members."
"It doesn't really matter where you start. Just start something."
If you are a fan of the show you can help me reach some specific goals I've set for TEM:
Help me get to 50 ratings and 50 reviews on iTunes. It takes just a minute and really helps people to find the podcast. Thanks to everyone who has already left a rating!
You can also help me get to 20 patrons on Patreons (and I'm really close!)
Thanks for all the help spreading and supporting TEM. It means the world to me.
Produced by Joey Santillo
TEM55: 10x faster than you think (TEM Short)
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TEM55: 10x faster than you think (TEM Short)
This TEM Short features thoughts about my conversation with pianist, teacher and entrepreneur Hugh Sung in TEM54.
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Produced by Austin Boyer of FredBrass
TEM54: Hugh Sung of the A Musical Life Podcast on aggressive timetables, avoiding the trap of trying to be perfect and taking the initiative
Hugh Sung is the host of the incredibly popular A Musical Life Podcast. He has had a tremendous amount of success not only as a podcast host but as a performer, teacher and as an entrepreneur. He shares a ton of what he has learned along the way in this episode.
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