How Musicians Make It

Adam talks about why you should have an email list, how to build an email list, and what sorts of things to do with your email list. Fund your next project, sell tickets to the next show, and do it without the need for social media. ----------------- Stuff I talked about MailChimp: https://mailchimp.com/ How Musicians Make it on Youtube: How Musicians Make in on Insta: https://www.instagram.com/howmusiciansmakeit/?hl=en How Musicians Make It Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/gigboss/ ------------------ Download Gig Boss app: https://linktr.ee/gigboss Join the Gig Boss Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/gigboss ----------------------------- Interested in hearing music made by our awesome guests? Check out this Spotify playlist, which includes music by all our music-making guests! https://open.spotify.com/playlist/63kUrVwtV5tYFsyqLJHO3a?si=7853ba778dff4654 ------------------------------ Intro/Outro music "Far Away From here" : https://adammeckler.hearnow.com/

Adam sits with Billboard-charting Blues and Roots artist Joyann Parker for a talk on setting boundaries and knowing your worth as an artist. Joyann discusses what it is like breaking through the Blues and Roots scene, paying dues, and smartly leveraging original music. In particular, she explains how she leveraged social media to get the attention of the Green Bay Packers, and the Wisconsin Badgers over her song "Sconnie Girl". Adam and Joyann also discuss Joyann's Patsy Cline tribute show and how Joyann is able to convert fans of Patsy Cline into fans of Joyann Parker. -------------- Joyann on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC81twf9J052SGHz2TOtKdtQ= Joyann's Website: https://www.joyannparker.com/ Joyann on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/joyannparker/?hl=en Joyann on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/7MJtg4hkHkYR60qZC97UOQ?si=Qq07kuJxR3KqPzEw9AJJmw ----------------- Download Gig Boss app: https://linktr.ee/gigboss Join the How Musicians Make It Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/gigboss/ ----------------------------- Interested in hearing music made by our awesome guests? Check out this Spotify playlist, which includes music by all our music-making guests: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/63kUrVwtV5tYFsyqLJHO3a?si=7853ba778dff4654 ------------------------------ Intro/Outro music "Far Away From here": https://open.spotify.com/track/13zafzswHeME0TtkZpAoZn?si=284d9fd871f34cf1

Adam responds to Geoffrey Keezer's (Julliard music professor and accomplished pianist) viral Facebook post asserting that today's music students can't be bothered with attending early morning classes, and often use lame excuses for missing things or being unprepared. "How will they be able to make a 6am lobby call on tour?" he asks - Meckler breaks down things that resonate with him as a university professor, and things that seem to be missing the mark, or missing completely from Keezer's rant. Read the original post here: https://www.facebook.com/OfficialGeoffreyKeezer Adam also discusses the Mechanical Licensing Collective's recent announcement that they will be suing Pandora for underpaying artist royalties. ------- Download Gig Boss app: https://linktr.ee/gigboss Join the Gig Boss Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/gigboss ----------------------------- Interested in hearing music made by our awesome guests? Check out this Spotify playlist, which includes music by all our music-making guests! https://open.spotify.com/playlist/63kUrVwtV5tYFsyqLJHO3a?si=7853ba778dff4654 ------------------------------ Intro/Outro music "Far Away From here" : https://adammeckler.hearnow.com/

Adam sat down with drummer Jay Epstein, who has been a full time drummer since the late 1960s when he toured with the band Gypsy and rubbed shoulders with people in the Southern California Rock scene like Jimmy Hendricks while going out to see bands with players like Chick Corea, Freddie Hubbard and Miles Davis on his off nights. Adam and Jay talk about the economics of being a full time, life-long musician. Jay gives us three things young musicians should be thinking about as they start their careers, and his three "desert island" albums. Jay also tells a beautiful story of the impact of hearing John Coltrane as a 17 year old kid that is not to be missed. ----------------------- Watch on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@HowMusiciansMakeIt/videos ----------------------- Gypsy band: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-vK3TTHWpM Jay's Desert Island Albums: 1. Now He Sings, Now He Sobs, Chick Corea 2. Smokin at the Half Note, Wes Montgomery and Wynton Kelly Trio 3. Ballads, John Coltrane ------------------------- Download Gig Boss app: https://linktr.ee/gigboss Join the Gig Boss Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/gigboss ----------------------------- Interested in hearing music made by our awesome guests? Check out this Spotify playlist, which includes music by all our music-making guests! https://open.spotify.com/playlist/63kUrVwtV5tYFsyqLJHO3a?si=7853ba778dff4654 ------------------------------ Intro/Outro music "Far Away From here" : https://adammeckler.hearnow.com/

Adam sits down with his old friend and frequent collaborator Scott Agster. Scott talks release strategy for his upcoming record that features many folks from Prince's bands, discusses what it's like to book events for Blue Water Kings while being an active performer, and even dives in deep on what it's been like for him to learn animation to create content for his next release. Scott and Adam meet in person at University of Mary's yearly Jazz festival, where both Scott and Adam are guest artists for the festival. Given their surroundings, they discuss how they would reimagine the University jazz fest format, and music education more generally. --------------- Scott's Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/2QfNuhlvM4hD0FuQrbm4uu?si=-BWCZBSXTBeNJedMxI-hDg Scott's Website: https://www.agstered.com/ --------------- Watch on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@HowMusiciansMakeIt/videos --------------- Download Gig Boss app: https://linktr.ee/gigboss Join the Gig Boss Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/gigboss ----------------------------- Interested in hearing music made by our awesome guests? Check out this Spotify playlist, which includes music by all our music-making guests! https://open.spotify.com/playlist/63kUrVwtV5tYFsyqLJHO3a?si=7853ba778dff4654 ------------------------------ Intro/Outro music "Far Away From here" : https://adammeckler.hearnow.com/

Adam discusses his recent trip to New Orleans, going viral for not-the-best reason, and all things Waterfall Release strategy. What is it? Why is it? Should you do it? What are the pro's and cons? Meckler specifically touches on using Distrokid for the Waterfall release, but this can be applied to any DSP. ----------------------------- Download Gig Boss app: https://linktr.ee/gigboss Join the Gig Boss Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/gigboss ----------------------------- Interested in hearing music made by our awesome guests? Check out this Spotify playlist, which includes music by all our music-making guests! https://open.spotify.com/playlist/63kUrVwtV5tYFsyqLJHO3a?si=7853ba778dff4654 ------------------------------ Intro/Outro music "Far Away From here" : https://adammeckler.hearnow.com/

Host Adam discusses how the major labels are able to manipulate the CEO of Spotify to keep the golden goose laying them golden eggs while they point the finger at Spotify when artists express their anger in the small bits of change they are paid via streaming services. Adam discusses ideas how to fix the streaming problem. How companies like Ticketmaster are industry parallels to Spotify and the major labels, and why your hate towards Spotify, while understandable, is misdirected. Hop on for this spicy episode! Links below... --------------------------------- Stuff I talked about: The reddit article: https://www.reddit.com/r/musicindustry/comments/18bsicn/spotify_unwrapped/?share_id=9FT9gnphrBdEl2Wf0zQGr&utm_content=2&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=ioscss&utm_source=share&utm_term=1 ----------------------------- Download Gig Boss app: https://linktr.ee/gigboss Join the Gig Boss Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/gigboss ----------------------------- Interested in hearing music made by our awesome guests? Check out this Spotify playlist, which includes music by all our music-making guests! https://open.spotify.com/playlist/63kUrVwtV5tYFsyqLJHO3a?si=7853ba778dff4654 ------------------------------ Intro/Outro music "Far Away From here" : https://adammeckler.hearnow.com/

There are all kinds of different royalties for your music. Original compositions, arrangements, music for the club, and music for the concert hall...ASCAP has a way for you to collect royalties when your music is performed in music venues and traditional concert halls. Adam walks you through how to register your music with ASCAP, how to get publishing royalties through ASCAP, and how to use ASCAP's On Stage to submit set lists of your original music and get paid a second time when you perform your original music. ----------------------------- Stuff I talked about: ASCAP: https://www.ascap.com/ ONstage: https://www.ascap.com/member-access#login Concert Performance Notification: https://www.ascap.com/help/registering-your-music/performancenotification ----------------------------- Download Gig Boss app: https://linktr.ee/gigboss Join the Gig Boss Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/gigboss ----------------------------- Interested in hearing music made by our awesome guests? Check out this Spotify playlist, which includes music by all our music-making guests! https://open.spotify.com/playlist/63kUrVwtV5tYFsyqLJHO3a?si=7853ba778dff4654 ------------------------------ Intro/Outro music "Far Away From here" : https://adammeckler.hearnow.com/

Curious about what will happen to BMI now that they've transitioned to a for profit model, and been bought by a private equity firm? Look no further. Adam talks what to expect, what to look out for, and what you can do about it. ----------------- Download Gig Boss app: https://linktr.ee/gigboss Join the Gig Boss Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/gigboss ----------------------------- Interested in hearing music made by our awesome guests? Check out this Spotify playlist, which includes music by all our music-making guests! https://open.spotify.com/playlist/63kUrVwtV5tYFsyqLJHO3a?si=7853ba778dff4654 ------------------------------ Intro/Outro music "Far Away From here" : https://adammeckler.hearnow.com/

Did you hear that Spotify will be paying artists differently in 2024? In this episode, Adam discusses the 3 things Spotify says is "Draining the royalty pool", how Spotify is going to deal with these three types of users, and what the impact of those decisions will be on artists. Spotify WILL NOT be paying for certain songs. Spotify will require certain songs to be longer than the previous allotment. Spotify is BANNING certain kinds of activity and will be issuing fines to labels/distributors/artists alike. LOTS of important stuff on Spotify's new 2024 Pay Model. ----------------------------- Stuff I talked about: Andrew Southworth's Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@AndrewSouthworth ----------------------------- Download Gig Boss app: https://linktr.ee/gigboss Join the Gig Boss Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/gigboss ----------------------------- Interested in hearing music made by our awesome guests? Check out this Spotify playlist, which includes music by all our music-making guests! https://open.spotify.com/playlist/63kUrVwtV5tYFsyqLJHO3a?si=7853ba778dff4654 ------------------------------ Intro/Outro music "Far Away From here" : https://adammeckler.hearnow.com/

Funky Spud, AKA Shane Cox, went straight from high school in Boise, Idaho to living out of his car and busking across the West Coast until arriving in New Orleans. He's since gone on to become a successful Twitch streamer where he loops layers of Tuba, Trumpet, and Trombone for excited fans, and a full-time brass player doing a variety of gigs on all three of the brass instruments on which he is able to wail. Some great insights on building a career in music from one of the busiest musicians around. Shane on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thefunkyspud?lang=en Shane on Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/thefunkyspud Shane on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/funkyspuds/?hl=en ----------------- Download Gig Boss app: https://linktr.ee/gigboss Join the Gig Boss Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/gigboss ----------------------------- Interested in hearing music made by our awesome guests? Check out this Spotify playlist, which includes music by all our music-making guests! https://open.spotify.com/playlist/63kUrVwtV5tYFsyqLJHO3a?si=7853ba778dff4654 ------------------------------ Intro/Outro music "Far Away From here" : https://adammeckler.hearnow.com/

Adam goes "under the hood" and does a full breakdown on the Adam Meckler Orchestra's August 4th show at Crooners Lounge in Minneapolis. Meckler goes over: How he booked the gig What the money deal was with the venue what he told his band leading up to the show how he promoted the show the final numbers his takeaways (spoiler, they're not all positive) Booking a large-scale group like an 18 piece orchestra can be a real challenge. Learn the ins and outs of money deals with venues, and the internal communication among the musicians so you can apply that to your own projects. --------------- Download Gig Boss app: https://linktr.ee/gigboss Join the Gig Boss Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/gigboss ----------------------------- Interested in hearing music made by our awesome guests? Check out this Spotify playlist, which includes music by all our music-making guests! https://open.spotify.com/playlist/63kUrVwtV5tYFsyqLJHO3a?si=7853ba778dff4654 ------------------------------ Intro/Outro music "Far Away From here" : https://adammeckler.hearnow.com/

Adam sits down with Teghan Devon, the winner of the Mid-Atlantic Song Writing contest, and they talk about Teghan's recent songwriting workshop in Norway, what makes a good song, songwriting process, sync licensing, and a bunch more. Teghan on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/teghandevon/?hl=en Teghan on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/0wQKdeg6E2T3hggyYlDBmA?si=XVwQqSA0T1uVGJ5Df53uUA --------- Download Gig Boss app: https://linktr.ee/gigboss Join the Gig Boss Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/gigboss ----------------------------- Interested in hearing music made by our awesome guests? Check out this Spotify playlist, which includes music by all our music-making guests! https://open.spotify.com/playlist/63kUrVwtV5tYFsyqLJHO3a?si=7853ba778dff4654 ------------------------------ Intro/Outro music "Far Away From here" : https://adammeckler.hearnow.com/

Host Adam Meckler talks with Hippo Campus drummer and singer/songwriter Whistler Isaiah. Whistler gives a rare look into his early life in the circus. He discusses his struggles with performance anxiety, and what steps he takes to combat it. He breaks down the making of his song Baseball Cap off of his 2021 EP "Small Yard", digging deep on his writing style, the song's production, and the making of the music video. Whistler on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/7B37iPqnkhncqqqqHGKuek?si=Vy47eZceTiOJ7VDeNrsDDw Hippo Campus on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/1btWGBz4Uu1HozTwb2Lm8A?si=J4p7_AWyTX2bpkdYQ2dgrA Baseball Cap Music Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9dMp-ZE4f_k --------------- Download Gig Boss app: https://linktr.ee/gigboss Join the Gig Boss Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/gigboss ----------------------------- Interested in hearing music made by our awesome guests? Check out this Spotify playlist, which includes music by all our music-making guests! https://open.spotify.com/playlist/63kUrVwtV5tYFsyqLJHO3a?si=7853ba778dff4654 ------------------------------ Intro/Outro music "Far Away From here" : https://adammeckler.hearnow.com/

Host Adam Meckler met up with trumpet virtuoso and founder/owner of Lotus Trumpets to talk about how Rapa built his career as an artist while also building a company based on his trumpet designs. Lotus Trumpets is a growing brand making waves in the trumpet community, and Adam Rapa has long been making waves as a player with his virtuosic trumpet playing with orchestras and bands around the world. Rapa reveals how he pulled himself from living paycheck to paycheck to being a successful artist and business owner. Rapa's unique approach to business allows him to chase the dream as an artist, while also building a company. The two goals are symbiotic, and Rapa talks about how he was able to carve out such a career. Lotus Trumpets on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lotus_trumpets_insta/?hl=en Adam Rapa Website: https://www.adamrapa.com/ Adam Rapa on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/3h8IpIG1DflPphCFj8bsOY?si=VmLTP-GaT3mWJqbtA7v66g --------------- Tickets to Adam Meckler Orchestra @ Crooners Aug 4th, 2023 (Minneapolis): https://www.eventbrite.com/e/adam-meckler-orchestra-tickets-658148559057 --------------- Download Gig Boss app: https://linktr.ee/gigboss Join the Gig Boss Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/gigboss ----------------------------- Interested in hearing music made by our awesome guests? Check out this Spotify playlist, which includes music by all our music-making guests! https://open.spotify.com/playlist/63kUrVwtV5tYFsyqLJHO3a?si=7853ba778dff4654 ------------------------------ Intro/Outro music "Far Away From here" : https://adammeckler.hearnow.com/

Listen along as Adam grows his band's monthly listeners on Spotify from 9 to more than 5,000 in seven weeks. Lulu's Playground has now released 7 singles over 7 weeks as a part of their 17 singles in 17 weeks campaign. In this episode, Adam talks Spotify-specific release strategy and covers how to pitch to editorial playlists, and what strategies you can take to maximize your chances of getting on to Spotify algorithmic playlists. He digs in to the data behind the Lulu's Playground releases, and distills specific lessons we can take away for our own upcoming album and/or single releases. -------- Lulus Playground on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/6iRINNxUHjQ3ZfUGczGGIC?si=PhoEx234Sjq3zMt_l38J3w Spotify for Artists: https://artists.spotify.com (go claim your artist profile!) -------- Tickets to BlueStem Jazz (Audio for the Arts) in Madison, May 19th, 2023: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/bluestem-jazz-featuring-supercell-tickets-616084383977 ---------- Download Gig Boss app: https://linktr.ee/gigboss Join the Gig Boss Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/gigboss ----------------------------- Interested in hearing music made by our awesome guests? Check out this Spotify playlist, which includes music by all our music-making guests! https://open.spotify.com/playlist/63kUrVwtV5tYFsyqLJHO3a?si=7853ba778dff4654 ------------------------------ Intro/Outro music "Far Away From here" : https://adammeckler.hearnow.com/

This episode is a re-run of Adam's inspiring conversation with Bassist, content creator, recording artist, MD Ian Allison. Ian discusses his approach to content creation, the things he's learned on his path of being a studio bass player, and shares insights on how to tap into the best part of you as an artist. Ian on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ianmartinallison/?hl=en Scott's Bass Lessons: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MN7TJl_xN9M --------- Download Gig Boss app: https://linktr.ee/gigboss Join the Gig Boss Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/gigboss ----------------------------- Interested in hearing music made by our awesome guests? Check out this Spotify playlist, which includes music by all our music-making guests! https://open.spotify.com/playlist/63kUrVwtV5tYFsyqLJHO3a?si=7853ba778dff4654 ------------------------------ Intro/Outro music "Far Away From here" : https://adammeckler.hearnow.com/

The numbers are in, and host Adam's plan to take over the world via Spotify is...working? It's pretty wild how much the Lulu's Playground Spotify listenership has grown in just three weeks and a few days. Listen to hear more about the numbers, the trends, the approach, and the plans for the future. A must-listen series for artists getting ready to release new music! Lulu's Playground on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/6iRINNxUHjQ3ZfUGczGGIC?si=9saXomn9R1-mdxEpcke2VA Sideshow Suite album: https://lulusplayground.bandcamp.com/album/sideshow-suite --------- Download Gig Boss app: https://linktr.ee/gigboss Join the Gig Boss Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/gigboss ----------------------------- Interested in hearing music made by our awesome guests? Check out this Spotify playlist, which includes music by all our music-making guests! https://open.spotify.com/playlist/63kUrVwtV5tYFsyqLJHO3a?si=7853ba778dff4654 ------------------------------ Intro/Outro music "Far Away From here" : https://adammeckler.hearnow.com/

In this episode, host Adam Meckler talks 5 mistakes musicians commonly make in 2023. Discussing release strategy, balancing social media output versus building a live show, merch, creating a scene vs waiting for the phone to ring, and repetition. This is a big one. Lots of advice on how to overcome these obstacles and make the best of 2023. ------------ Download Gig Boss app: https://linktr.ee/gigboss Join the Gig Boss Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/gigboss ----------------------------- Interested in hearing music made by our awesome guests? Check out this Spotify playlist, which includes music by all our music-making guests! https://open.spotify.com/playlist/63kUrVwtV5tYFsyqLJHO3a?si=7853ba778dff4654 ------------------------------ Intro/Outro music "Far Away From here" : https://adammeckler.hearnow.com/

Adam discusses his newest experiment in learning the best way to release music on Spotify: 17 singles in 17 weeks is an effort to release music the way Spotify wants. Two weeks in, and the results are already interesting. Follow the progress as the Lulu's Playground account releases 17 singles in 17 weeks. Lulu's Playground on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/6iRINNxUHjQ3ZfUGczGGIC?si=9saXomn9R1-mdxEpcke2VA Sideshow Suite album: https://lulusplayground.bandcamp.com/album/sideshow-suite --------- Download Gig Boss app: https://linktr.ee/gigboss Join the Gig Boss Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/gigboss ----------------------------- Interested in hearing music made by our awesome guests? Check out this Spotify playlist, which includes music by all our music-making guests! https://open.spotify.com/playlist/63kUrVwtV5tYFsyqLJHO3a?si=7853ba778dff4654 ------------------------------ Intro/Outro music "Far Away From here" : https://adammeckler.hearnow.com/