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The Unstarving Musician334 Musician Podcaster Bree Noble – From Kitchen Recordings to Industry AuthorityAs a musician podcaster who has built multiple successful shows over the past decade, Bree Noble represents what's possible when artists embrace podcasting as both a creative outlet and business tool. In this conversation, she shares her evolution from recording in her kitchen to becoming a recognized industry authority featured in Forbes. Bree reveals the technical and logistical challenges she faced transitioning from Women of Substance streaming radio to becoming the speaking host of a podcast. She discusses why she wishes she'd front-loaded more episodes before launching and shares practical strategies such as having set interview questions...
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The Unstarving Musician121 Rock Star Advocate Suz Paulinski on Musician Mindset In this episode I speak with musician mindset coach and mentor Suz Paulinski of The Rock/Star Advocate. We talk about the DIY Musician Conference, her upcoming MusicPreneur Mindset Summit and the one thing she recommends to musicians who seek a better way. We also talk about her MusicPreneur podcast, on which I'm an upcoming guest. Episode Highlights We begin by chatting about the DIY Musician Conference and go on to discuss: Understanding the music-preneur mindset How the MusicPreneur Summit originated What brings someone to hire a coach Creating sustainable habits and mindset shifts...
2019-09-1351 minThe Unstarving Musician118 Aki Kumar Signs with Sony IndiaOnly a few episodes ago I was joined by Bollywood Blues artist, Aki Kumar. Aki had some exciting news at the time that was under wraps, so I wanted to have him back to announce his signing with Sony Music India and the release of his single Dilruba. Episode Highlights We start by discussing the Sony Music India launch of his music video, and go on to discuss: How this opportunity has opened him up to a new yet familiar market The unusual nature of a Hindi artist in a Blues world How his relationship with...
2019-08-2824 minThe Unstarving Musician117 A New Single and a Horror Film–My Name is ChapelThe artist known as My Name is Chapel releases a new single called Taxi Cab today. Chapel is also in the midst of producing and scoring his first film. We discuss this, his recent full-length album, the origins of his name, and more. Episode Highlights We start by discussing our shared connection of previous guest Chris Avetta and go on to discuss: The process of producing his album Empire State How Amy Schumer inspired him The story behind his new single His love of vinyl The inspiration for his artist name His horror movie project Why...
2019-08-2355 minThe Unstarving Musician116 Music Career Growth, Podcasting and Activism–Simon TamIn this dual interview episode, I speak with Simon Tam about all he's doing for the music community through podcasting, public speaking and writing. We also talk about his activism and support for other artists. Then we switch seats and Simon interviews me for his Music Business Hacks podcast. Episode Highlights We start the conversation by talking about Simon's process for creating 300+ podcast episodes to date, and go on to discuss: His passion for the business side of music Representation of Asian Americans by Simon and The Slants The Supreme Court battle for his band's name...
2019-08-1652 minThe Unstarving Musician103 Finding Mentors and Community in the Music Industry – Glass HamletGlass Hamlet loves the songwriting aspect of music. His big challenge has been finding a community of fellow musicians and music industry mentors. Glass is a native of Moscow, Russia. In the late 90's he moved to New York where be began an education in design and the arts. He's applied his education and creativity to the professional worlds of fashion, acting, modeling, photography, and now songwriting. Episode Highlights The episode begins with Glass discussing how his creative career began, and how he transitioned into music. The conversation continues with his insights and...
2019-05-191h 01The Unstarving Musician98 Profitable Musician Summit 2019–Bree Noble Co-creator of the Profitable Musician Summit Bree Noble makes her third appearance on the podcast. Bree is a singer, songwriter and educator. Her focus as an educator is on empowering musicians to take control of their careers. Now in its 2nd year, Bree's Profitable Musician Summit 2019 is an online conference that's being held from April 22nd through May 1st, 2019. The intent of this virtual event is to provide step-by-step action plans to help musicians earn money, while retaining more of those earnings. This year's Summit features over 30 music space experts presenting on various topics of...
2019-04-1253 minThe Unstarving Musician79 Music Performance Coach Vicki AmbinderVicki Ambinder is a Music Performance Coach and Artistic Consultant. She helps musicians and bands of all ages, experience levels and genres improve and enhance their live and studio performance skills. She also helps musicians and bands work toward their artistic goals. Our conversation touches on details of what she provides for clients as a performance coach. She explains what artist development means in her world and gives insight her compassion based approach. Vicki draws from her personal and professional experience as a musician, producer, session singer, songwriter, and actor. She teaches master classes and workshops in...
2018-11-3036 minThe Unstarving Musician65 Creating Music to Discover Who He Is – Chris TaylorChris Taylor creates music and art like a madman. He's a man of a thousand faces in my eyes. Check out his website to see what I mean. In this episode we talk about why he creates so prolifically, how he's connecting with fans, his latest release, upcoming projects, and much more. His latest album is an acoustic trip through his music catalogue, and a postcard of sorts to his fans. Then there's his artwork, which is as passion filled as his music. When singer songwriter Dean Johanesen recommended I ask Chris to be on...
2018-08-241h 09The Unstarving Musician49 Songwriting with a Deadline–Lynz CrichtonBritish singer songwriter Lynz Crichton has been busy working on a new EP, and the project has two noteworthy facets. One–Lynz gave herself a 90-day deadline for songwriting and recording the demos. Two–She collaborated with her fan base to get feedback on song ideas and input on which songs to feature on the new EP. The 90-day deadline for songwriting I was particularly interested in the 90-day deadline for songwriting and demoing. Deadlines aren't novel by any means, but our conversation reminded me that many songwriters I know appear to struggle with...
2018-05-0452 minThe Unstarving Musician48 A Profitable Musician Summit–Bree NobleBree Noble returned to the podcast this week to talk about The Profitable Musician Summit, a project that's been months in the making. The event will include dozens of speaker interviews with musicians and music marketing professionals. Topics of discussion throughout the event will focus on the many revenue streams available to working musicians. The timing of our conversation was such that I caught Bree just prior to the live portion of the event. We discuss the event inception and the mechanics of how she put it all together. Bree also gives an update on her longtime projects The...
2018-04-2744 min
The Unstarving Musician20 Michelle Lockey on Music Licensing and Songwriting for TV & FilmMichelle Lockey is a performing singer songwriter, composer for film & TV, and creator of Licensing Songs Academy, a community of songwriters & composers that are learning how to write & license music for Film & TV. She's also a three-time Washington Area Music Award Nominee and Grand Prize Winner in the folk category of the 2013 John Lennon Song Contest. My interest in connecting with Michelle was to learn more about her as a music licensing and music business educator. As usual for the podcast, we also get into her music influences, education and musicianship. Michelle devotes much of her craft t...
2017-10-1357 minThe Unstarving Musician17 Bree Noble on Women of Substance Radio, Going Pro and Making MoneyBree Noble and I were introduced to one another by super-connector D Grant Smith of Appetizer Radio Show and episode 5 of this podcast. Man oh man am I thankful for the introduction. The overused phrase "value bombs" comes to mind when I reflect on this episode. Bree is a value bomber. I just made that one up (and it feels so right). Bree is an advocate for female music entrepreneurs. She founded Women of Substance Radio, The Women of Substance Podcast and Female Entrepreneur Musicians. Do I have your attention ladies? Gents... you'll want to...
2017-09-2250 min