Modern Musician Podcast

Latest Episodes:

Growth Mindset, Deliberate Practice, and Accelerated Learning with Christopher Sutton Feb 14, 2022

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Christopher Sutton is the founder of Musical U, a company devoted to helping passionate amateur musicians unlock and enhance their inner musicality, in part through ear training.

Chris shares his wealth of experience on overcoming mindset blocks, and goes deep into how you can accelerate your learning if you know what you should be focusing on.

Here’s what you’ll learn:

The 80/20 principle as it’s related to practicing
Principles for accelerated learning
How you can 5-10x the rate at which you learn new music

If you’re interested in learning more about Christopher’s course Musical Superlearning with a special limited time discount, just visit: https://secure.musical-u.com/msl-jv-offer-modernmusician-1ctl

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MusicMentor™️ Spotlight Series - Finding Your True Artistic Identity with Melissa Mulligan Feb 07, 2022

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Melissa Mulligan is a branding and vocal coach who’s been helping artists to reach their authentic potential for more than two decades now.

She’s mentored major recording artists such as AJR, Chelsea Cutler, Jeremy Zucker, and New Found Glory. And her students have signed to major labels, toured the world, and received gold and platinum records.

We’ve taken this interview from our MusicMentor™️ Spotlight Series, our monthly event where MusicMentor™️ members get to ask their questions live and get feedback from world class music industry professionals.

Here’s what you’ll learn:

How to find creative freedom by embracing “your inner weirdo”
Tools for processing feedback from the outside world
How to identify your best fit fans and your tribe

Check out Melissa’s Music Career Mastermind at:

http://mastermindroad.com

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Rockstar Interview Series - Making Success Inevitable and Finding Your True North with Eli Lev Jan 31, 2022

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Eli Lev is a full-time grassroots folk pop musician from Maryland. He’s raised tens of thousands of dollars through crowd funding and has built a truly authentic and powerful connection to his tribe.

He has also ascended from being one of my first clients to becoming my business partner and one of the most respected figures in the Modern Musician community.

If you could use a healthy dose of inspiration and a grassroots reminder of why we’re in this, this episode is for you!

Here’s what you’ll learn:

Powerful community building tools
How to run a successful crowdfunding campaign
A surefire recipe for success in everything you do

Eli Lev’s website: https://eli-lev.com/

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Planning, Productivity, and the Keys to Building Massive Momentum with Bree Noble Jan 24, 2022

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Bree Noble is an award winning musician, she hosts the Female Entrepreneur Musician podcast, and she’s a music business mentor who specializes in release strategy with her program Rock Your Next Release.

Bree shares some amazing tools to confront your overwhelm and get better results in your music career by mastering the art of planning and productivity.

Here’s what you’ll learn about:

Elite goal setting tools
A simple exercise to help you sleep better and wake up focused and productive
How to identify the most important tasks for your day, for your next 90 days, and for your year

Bree Noble’s links:

https://profitablemusician.com/

https://femusician.com/

https://rockyournextrelease.com/

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How to Creatively Market Your Music and Align with the Causes You Believe In with Simon Tam Jan 17, 2022

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Simon Tam is an author, musician, and activist best known as the founder and bassist of The Slants - the world’s first (and only) all Asian American dance rock band.

He also founded The Slants Foundation which is a nonprofit that supports artists and activism for underrepresented communities. He even won a case that went to the supreme court.

Simon shares how he used his creativity to create relationships with organizations, brands, and align with the causes he believes in, and how you can do the same!

Here’s what you’ll learn about:

The best way to identify the cause that you want to support and how to reach out to organizations
A surefire way to set your goals and reach them
How to identify the right advisors, mentors, and teammates who will help you on your journey

Simon’s links:

www.musicbusinesshacks.com

www.cpocmusic.com

www.simontam.org

www.theslants.org

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Lessons learned from Making $1,000,000 as a Musician with Jason Tonioli Jan 10, 2022

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Jason Tonioli is a New Age pianist, ninja entrepreneur, and Modern Musician Gold Artist alum who’s self published eight albums and eight piano books. He had a 7 figure year last year with his music.

He also owns the travel agency Amazing Vacations Costa Rica which arranged our awesome retreat. We talk about the Costa Rica Retreat and much more on this powerful episode of the podcast.

Here’s what you’ll learn about:

The power of the mastermind groups
Simple mindset tools to remove obstacles from your life
The 2 keys to having all of the success you want in your music career

Website Music Site: https://tonioli.com/

Jason's vacation company: https://amazingvacationscostarica.com/

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Digital Marketing, Entrepreneurship, and the Future of Music Tech with Matej Harangozo Jan 03, 2022

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Matej Harangozo is an award winning entrepreneur, music enthusiast, TEDx Speaker and innovative technologist. He is a driver of disruption with a track record of developing cutting-edge platforms and automation protocols.

Matej is the founder of Digital Science Media where he has pioneered a revolutionary approach to learning the music business. He helps artists with the latest in how to succeed in digital marketing & running ads as well as brand strategy development and much more.

Here’s what you’ll learn about:

How to run your music career as a real business
How to leverage digital marketing to attract your super fans
The potential of NFT’s and the future of music technology

Check out Matej’s Indie Artist Accelerator https://digital-science-media-dfdb.mykajabi.com/indie-artist-accelerator

Website: www.digitalsciencemedia.com

Follow Matej on Instagram: matej_h_entreprenuer

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A Simple 4-Step Process for Sync Licensing Success with Michael Elsner Dec 27, 2021

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Michael Elsner is the Founder of Master Music Licensing with over 2000 placements of original music in TV shows, film trailers, and commercials.

He helps artists create a consistent income stream with their music by showing them how to successfully license their music to TV, films, commercials, video games, and other outlets.

This interview was taken from the 2021 Success With Music Conference hosted by Modern Musician. Michael Elsner is a master at the fundamentals and this was an incredible interview!

Here’s what you’ll learn about:

The difference between the traditional music industry and sync
The super simple 4-step process Michael teaches his students
Finding placements in TV, Film, and more while staying true to your music style

Get Michael Elsner's FREE Master Music Licensing E-Book Here: http://bit.ly/MasterMusicLicensingE-book

Website: https://www.mastermusiclicensing.com/

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Work Hard Playlist Hard with Mike Warner Dec 20, 2021

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Mike Warner has over 20 years of experience as an exec in the music industry. He’s the director of artist, label, and DSP relations at Chartmetric - an awesome music analytics tool.

He’s been featured on CNBC, at SXSW, and at the Electronic Music Conference. And he’s a best-selling author with his book “Work Hard Playlist Hard.”

This week's episode will help you take your playlisting to the next level with a conversation I had with a playlisting expert!

Here’s what you’ll learn about:

When and how to reach out to playlists to ensure the best chance at success
How to research playlisting companies to find the best one for you
Ways to leverage exciting new features on Amazon Music and Apple Music when planning your next release

Linkedin: https://linkedin.com/in/askmikewarner

Website: www.workhardplaylisthard.com

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Increasing Your Brand Recognition and Getting Heard with Adam Ivy Dec 13, 2021

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Adam Ivy is an award-winning music producer, professional YouTuber, and creative marketing specialist.

He’s the founder of sellmusic.com, has been featured on CNBC, MTV, and the E! Network, and has worked with artists like G-Easy, Mod Sun, and Kevin Gates.

If you’re ready to dive into an end of the year masterclass on merging your creativity with your branding and promotion strategy - then you’ll want to tune into this week’s episode of the Modern Musician Podcast!

Here’s what you’ll learn about: