New Musician Mindset

April and LI-STA
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How do musicians like us - who've spent years mastering an instrument, hours upon hours of practicing and writing, spending our money on music gear, rehearsal spaces and recording studios - stay in flow and survive as full-time musicians? How do we engage the fullness of our knowledge, skills and experiences to get more students, more performance opportunities, connect with our fans and build our audience? Welcome to the New Musician Mindset...

  1. 06/19/2022

    Episode 11: Live Energy vs Perfection.

    What's more important: nailing all the notes, or embodying the raw energy of your performance? Does the audience care/remember if you miss the notes? We debate.

    41 min

  2. 06/19/2022

    Episode 10: Putting Yourself Out There and Knowing Your Worth.

    If you take a free gig, what are the percs? If it's a paying gig, how do you know either what to charge, or what rate someone offers you is acceptable? Knowing your worth beforehand can be helpful with decisions like these.

    43 min

  3. 06/19/2022

    Episode 9: It's Good Medicines.

    It's always nice when you can hang with other musical like-minds...Whether for a jam, pizza or just creative synergy.

    41 min

  4. 06/19/2022

    Episode 7: Navigating Musical Identity.

    As musicians, our musical identity is constantly evolving as we move through our musical lives. Here we talk about some ideas, experiences and maybe possible solutions on how to navigate said identity as it evolves with time.

    36 min

  5. 06/19/2022

    Episode 6: New Co-host, LI-STA

    This is the intro to NMM's new co-host LI-STA.

    31 min

  6. 05/15/2021

    My Accountability Podcast

    Hey there everybody! This is my podcast of my accountability and discussing what I'm doing verses what I should be doing. Aside from this little bit that I'm writing, there will note be other notes. There's no point to doing this podcast if I'm not sharing what is happening...it's part of the point. Honestly, this is exciting! I'm so glad and super grateful to be doing this and sharing it with you, warts and all. Hopefully, you will be able to pull some kind of value from it. Thanks for listening. Peace!

    15 min

  7. 04/26/2021

    3 Steps to Marketing Yourself Online

    There are 3 simple yet complex to marketing yourself online. I'm sure there are other thoughts on this but for my purposes this works in a nutshell. Stop by and say hello on our Facebook Page: The DotCom Musician Stay in the loop on DCM announcements and events: The List

    8 min

  8. 04/16/2021

    How To Give Yourself A Raise

    Stop by, say hey and give me some love on the DCM Facebook Page! One of the reason I started DCM is to share ideas and strategies to build your fan base and put a few more dollars in your pocket.  This podcast is all about that. I share 3 ideas to help put you on that track: a concept by Kevin Kelly, interaction and engagement and giving music lessons (but it's probably not what you think!). Here are the two links I mention in regard to Kelly: The article The Video

    15 min
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How do musicians like us - who've spent years mastering an instrument, hours upon hours of practicing and writing, spending our money on music gear, rehearsal spaces and recording studios - stay in flow and survive as full-time musicians? How do we engage the fullness of our knowledge, skills and experiences to get more students, more performance opportunities, connect with our fans and build our audience? Welcome to the New Musician Mindset...

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  • Creator
    April and LI-STA
  • Years Active
    2020 - 2022
  • Episodes
    80
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © April and LI-STA
  • Show Website
    New Musician Mindset