Launching an online program can be daunting. But the rewards definitely outweigh the difficult stuff, the doubts and fears you may be experiencing. Listen to hear how we overcame some of this during our first launches and how we want to support you to help you move forward with launching that program you've been dreaming about.

Out To Launch students share their progress, personal transformation and challenges that they overcame during the program with me and fellow coach Katie Zaccardi.

Our community managers in the Female Indie Musician Community share how they have been through ups and downs in their career and what they do to constantly renew their passion to keep going with their music career.

Today we answer a question we get all the time. Should I create another social media profile for my other pursuits, including teaching and coaching, or keep it all in one? We go over the pros and cons of each option to help you make the best decision for you.

Katie and I talk about the pros and cons of in-person versus online teaching/coaching, why it makes sense to expand your business online and how to make that pivot.

While Bree & Katie partner for their program "Out To Launch", they also launch programs on their own. This episode talks about how they used their own launching method to create the best, most stress-free launches they've ever had over the past few months. There are some golden nuggets of wisdom that came out of this conversation that you can apply to launching your own online programs.

As I near my 50th birthday...I've made some major shifts in my life and business that have significantly impacted how I show up, am able to make an impact and enjoy my business. I hope these shifts and lessons I've learned inspire you to look at ways you can lean into more of what gives you purpose, freedom and joy!

As musicians, we're balancing a lot in our life and work. Creating healthy habits and routines is key to making progress in your career. But creating habits and routines is only the beginning. The only way they make a true difference is if you stick with them for the long haul and integrate them seamlessly into your life.

How do you turn a listener into a fan and then a supporter of your music? You must have a clear fan discovery journey with several sticky points along the way. Let's talk about why your fans might not be sticking around and what your can do to fix it.

Last week we talked in depth about what my be holding you back from making progress in your career. In this episode I'm giving you the 5 step antidote that will transform you from being reactive in your career to becoming proactive.

REAL TALK ABOUT YOUR MUSIC CAREER PROGRESS

If you've been trying to make progress in your music career and you see other artists getting traction, but your career feels more like one step forward two steps back...let's talk about the one hidden obstacle that might be holding you back.

I talk with Fiona Flyte about how to increase your views, subscribers and engagement on your YouTube Channel. There is a lot of training out there about YouTube, but this is specific to what musicians can do to improve their numbers.

Diane Foy coaches artists how to get PR and actually capitalize on it by having their foundation in place including their branding, story and unique angle so they can attract new listeners and turn them into longtime fans.

I talk with Emily about the difficulties artists have working with producers, how they've been disappointed, overcharged and their opinions disregarded and how she started ItyDity to solve these problems through Producer Matching.

I talk to Katie Zaccardi about how to launch a successful Patreon, how to figure out what perks your audience wants and how to get your fans excited about joining.

Being a musician is not just about learning how to play and perform, especially if you want to succeed. You also need to learn about the business side of it, from marketing to networking, basically all the things that make the music industry what it is. Helping musicians find their footing and thrive, Bree Noble interviews Monica Strut, a musician, marketing and strategy coach for bands, and host of the Being in a Band podcast. Here, Monica takes us deep into band promotion and content creation through social media as key things to put your name out there while also highlighting the importance of team effort. She also discusses work-life balance and everything we need to know as musicians to feel good about what we’re doing and make the kind of impact we want without getting totally burnt out. Join in on this conversation as you learn not only the business side of music but also the personal side, putting self-care at the forefront where musicians are empowered and making money doing what they love.

A lot of musicians don’t know what to do when it comes to promoting themselves, let alone music branding strategies. Sometimes, they don’t even want to promote themselves. They believe that promoting yourself is narcissistic and that it has to be phony or inauthentic for it to work. Joining Bree Noble to dispel this misconception is Megan Kuhar, a professor of Music Technology, creative brand and tech coach, audio engineer, videographer, social media manager, percussionist, and entrepreneur. Megan dives deep into music branding strategies, social media content, and all the things you need to be working on in your marketing to help you profit from music.

To continue filling up the stadiums and selling all those albums, artists need to continually engage with their fans. It’s a missed opportunity for artists not to be using their fans to promote their music or whatever they wanted to promote. Sarah Beth Perry, the Founder and CEO of With the Band, grew up loving boybands. After working with multiple artist teams, she saw that there was an opportunity to improve fan engagement between artists and their fans. In today’s episode, Sarah speaks with Bree Noble about how their platform is helping artists further their career reaching new fans using street teams.

With technology continuously upgrading, people strive to be more efficient in all transactions, meetings, and even music lessons. Join Bree Noble as she interviews Tali Mandelzweig, the Co-founder of MeetFox. Tali explains what MeetFox is all about, from its features to its applicable functions for the service you are looking for. She also shows us how to navigate the platform and how musicians can gain an added value using MeetFox.

Beth & Cayla have a live conversation inside our Facebook groups about how we can feel empowered as artists as we get older and not let outside prejudice erode our confidence and question our talent and value as musicians.

Making money may be the major goal in entrepreneurship, but without getting that satisfaction of serving others or pursuing your true passion, it may all be for naught. Singer and Vocal Coach Tara Simon joins Bree Noble in sharing how her career eventually brought her to the vocal coaching stage, helping others hone their singing talents. Tara reminisces how the doors of coaching opened to her, giving her a bigger life mission than just earning cash. She also explains how her simple source of passive income grew into an established group of vocal coaches, which is now making the most out of the increasing demands of online lessons.

Judith Hill talks about her rise as a backup singer for artists like Stevie Wonder and Michael Jackson to her time as a finalist on The Voice to striking out on her own as an Indie Artists and the release of her newest album.

Bree interviews Ariel Hyatt, founder of Cyber PR and writer of the best-selling book Crowdsatr, about her new book that gives musicians a system to get publicity called "The Ultimate Guide To Music Publicity."

Laura Monaco-Martino has been in and around the Industry for a long time. As an artist she had label interest and opened for the likes of lady Gaga. Now as a business owner and champion for artists she is working to make the Industry more inclusive and provide true support and development for aspiring DIY artists.

Maggie Rose has opened for artists such as Martina McBride and promoted several singles to country radio when women were not getting the respect and airplay they deserved. She is now a champion for female artists through her own music as well as her new podcast where she interviews the likes of Nancy Wilson, Martina McBride, Cathy Valentine (The GoGos), and many more.

Katie Zaccardi & I discuss the offers we've made over the years, the pros and cons and what is involved in both launching them and running them. This will be enlightening for you if you've been considering adding a new stream of income to your business around teaching or coaching as a musician.

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Danielle Tucker, Founder of the Pandemic-Proof Summit, breaks down how she plans events, determines her budget and ensures that it's a profitable event. This discussion applies to any musician running an event such as a release party, festival, online concert, etc.

After getting her start on NBC's The Voice, Michelle Brooks-Thompson has taken the momentum she gathered on the show and built it into a thriving music career that she skillfully balances with being a mother of 3 and a day job she loves working at a bank.

As founder of The Expand Online Summit and The Business of Tech, Jaime Slutzky helps creatives and musicians navigate the confusing tech hurdles of marketing and providing online education.

Building relationships with venues and event planners is even more important now in our post-pandemic world. Tara B talks about how she builds relationships with venues through the booing, event and follow-up so she is always top of mind when they need an artist for a gig.

Use these 4 steps to breakthrough your money blocks and start attracting money and charge what you're worth.

Beth & Cayla, my community managers in the Female Indie Musician Community talk about how to get paid what you're worth when booking gigs. They discuss how they stopped performing at places that didn't value them and caused resentment and started feeling confident to ask for what they deserve.

These so-called "rules" I still see online. I give you permission to break them!

I truly believe that all boats can rise with the tide. What does that mean for musicians? It means that if we band together to promote Indie music as a whole, everyone can benefit. If we collaborate and help each other, everyone wins. It means that there is no limit to what we can do together to create more opportunities for Indie Musicians. 

And it means that just because one artist does well, it doesn’t mean another can’t do well too. It’s not either or.

But starving artist syndrome has many musicians believing that their resources are limited. That there’s a fixed pie of fans or venues or income and if others get a piece there will be none left for them. That if one musician succeeds it means another fails. Starving artist mentality has caused so many musicians to believe that fans and venues and income opportunities are scarce and that there’s not enough to go around. It creates division and leads to unhealthy competition. It isolates artists from their community.

But what would happen if the Indie Artist community stopped believing that resources are scarce, and proclaimed starving artist syndrome to be a myth? What if instead of fighting for fans and venues and income, we worked together to better the industry as a whole and make more opportunities for everyone? What if we introduced our fans to other great artists in our genre and they did the same for us? What if we did gig swaps with local artists? What if we shared our wins and failures with each other so we could cut the learning curve for everyone?

That’s what I mean by all boats rise with the tide. My mission behind The Profitable Musician is to create more opportunities for indie musicians and to teach them to work together to CREATE more opportunities for themselves and each other. 

And we WILL create those opportunities through uncovering more streams of income. We’ll create them by coming together as a community of like-minded artists to share what’s working so we all can build our careers. We’ll do it by disrupting the starving artist mentality that is keeping musicians living in fear and isolation, believing that resources and opportunities are limited. And we as Indie artists, and especially female artists, will thrive because of it!

If you want to be part of this movement and rise with us, then join us inside my free Facebook group, the Female Indie Musician Community. We can’t wait to meet you.

Tara and I discuss how to talk about hard subjects with your fans like race and gender issues and how to take a stand for what you believe in while weaving that into your branding and music.

How can you harness the power of persistence in your music career, especially in these trying times? What does it look like and what habits will help you stay the course? My Female Indie Musician Community managers Beth & Cayla talk about persistence in music and life and give some amazing examples and personal stories that will inspire you.

Brianna Ruelas talks about her experience on American Ido, what happened afterward and what should we do differently. She also shares how she revitalized her career after becoming a mom and is really coming into her own now that she is in her 40s. Be inspired from this interview that it's never too late to pursue your music dreams.

How do you know if you're doing the right things to move your career forward? Why do some marketing tactics work and some fall flat? This is a "pre-training to my Musician's Profit Path workshop - "How To Attract Your 1,000 True Fans Without Wasting Valuable Time & Money on Marketing That Doesn't Work". http://musiciansprofitpath.com

Following up on our episode about Stage Fright with Allison Anderson, I talk with Ingela Onstad about strategies for coping with fear and anxiety on and off stage.