Blockchain Music Investment, Ending Artistic Poverty, and the Power of Practice | with Mark Miller of Labelcoin.io Progressions: Success in the Music Industry

Today’s guest is musician and music business entrepreneur Mark Miller. Mark is the co-founder and CEO of Labelcoin, a revolutionary Web 3.0 based song exchange that allows fans to invest in the next big song. Mark and his team are working to usher in a new era for the music industry in which artists’ future revenues are brought forward to the present day with the ultimate goal of stamping out artistic poverty. Prior to his work with Labelcoin, Mark spent a decade as a touring recording artist before starting several businesses designed to help artists build their careers, including a national booking agency and a video and photography production company. We have a great chat about creating a blockchain based music investment platform, the importance of marketing for musicians, the difference between an amateur and a professional, and what one of the biggest things holding artists back is.
In this episode we'll dig in on...
Utilizing blockchain technology to support musiciansHumility is always the best way forwardMaking $120k a year playing college shows and touringWhy most musicians and artists give upHow to value a catalog's future earningsHow blockchain backed song shares could replace producer and mixer pointsThe importance of welcoming people into your creative processThe difference between an amateur and a professionalA fan's money should go to the artists that they listen toBranding and marketing for independent artistsPracticing your stage banterNot living and dying by the numbers"Free to Focus" by Michael Hyatt (here)
Travis' Intro: Excuses, Procrastination, and Avoidance
Learn More About Mark Miller and Labelcoin...
Website: https://labelcoin.io/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/labelcoin/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/musicallymark
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mark-miller-563bb512/
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