Music Coach

DIY Artist

Three Ways To Move From Followers to Listeners to Customers

Michael C Smith, December 31 2022

Having trouble getting your music to make you money? Can't get people to actually support you? Well, let's discuss how you move from follower to listener to customer. The word "customer" may have an awkward sound for those of us who are musically inclined, but whether you call the people purchasing your music (product) that or not, this is how...

Monetizing Music

Three ways DIY artists can find success in the music industry

Michael C Smith, August 14 2018

Talk to many new artists and you hear a lot of the same same things. "I don't need a record label, I don't need a manager, I don't need a publisher, I don't need a booking agent". Wait thirty minutes and you get to the crux of the matter " I don't have money, so I'm forced to find ways on my own to make it but I'm not making an impact." If this is...