TEM211: Trust your gut... then jump

A quote from Amanda Gookin inspired this episode about trusting your gut, jumping and then learning how to swim.

On Today's Episode of The Entrepreneurial Musician:

• A wonderful quote from Amanda Gookin
• How we at Pedal Note Media used her wisdom to jump in head first when launching the Brass Junkies Academy
• Why we all must remember that if there was a clear map forward the thing we're thinking about doing would have already been done many times before

Links:

• TEM206: Amanda Gookin
• Brass Junkies Academy Summer Workshop

Want to help the show? Here's a couple of ways you can do that!

1. Want to access exclusive bonus coverage while helping me get to my next goal of $100 per episode on Patreon by becoming a patron today: https://www.patreon.com/tempodcast

2. My next Apple Podcasts goal is 150 ratings and 75 reviews. Take just a minute to leave a rating and review on Apple Podcasts to help me get there. Thank you!

And finally, a huge thank you to Parker Mouthpieces for providing the hosting for TEM.

Produced by Andrew Hitz

Show notes for all episodes of TEM including topics discussed, links to all books and websites referenced can be found at:

http://www.tem.fm/shownotes

TEM210: Dana Fonteneau on the power of perception and fair exchange for your art in these remarkable times

Dana Fonteneau is the founder and creator of the WholeHearted Musician, a licensed psychotherapist, business consultant and former concert cellist.

TEM has a brand new website! Drop by tem.fm and say hello!

On Today's Episode of The Entrepreneurial Musician:

• The power of perception
• Why anyone who has avoided looking inward is facing even more fear and upset during these uncertain times
• Why being of value to others is at the core of her business
• Steps you can take to improve your perception
• The impact of taking small steps and not being a perfectionist
• Dana's "Foundational Basics"
• The gift of having a meltdown
• Why some people are being so creative during this pandemic and others are not (and why that's okay!)
• The dangers of comparison
• Why creativity right now is like a baton being passed around the industry
• Fair exchange for your art in these times
• Our culture belief system defines our worth through our productivity and we don't have that right now so how do we define our self-worth
• Why this is the most extraordinary time for our artform
• What role do the arts play in a pandemic and how do we get back to the reasons why we became artists in the first place
• The potential dangers of signaling that during times of crisis that the arts are free
• A process Dana takes clients through to help them figure out their worth as artists
• How we can help others through these extraordinary times and what the first question should be before we try
• Why now is definitely not the time to be sending "cold call" emails that aren't offering any value to the recipient
• Why now is a vital time to be building meaningful and lasting relations with customers in order to earn the right to serve them into the future
• Gary Vaynerchuk's 51/49 Rule
• The power of your brand
• How Dana's book was born out of a dare from Noa Kageyama

Links:

• TEM85: Dana Fonteneau
• WholeHearted Musician
• danafonteneau.com
• The Money Tree by Chris Guillebeau
• Dana on why freelancing is not a dirty word
• TEM101: Noa Kageyama
• It's Not (JUST) About the Gig: A Musician's Guide to Creating the Mindset Which Leads to Career Success and Fulfillment by Dana Fonteneau

Want to help the show? Here's a couple of ways you can do that!

1. Want to access exclusive bonus coverage while helping me get to my next goal of $100 per episode on Patreon by becoming a patron today: https://www.patreon.com/tempodcast

2. My next Apple Podcasts goal is 150 ratings and 75 reviews. Take just a minute to leave a rating and review on Apple Podcasts to help me get there. Thank you!

And finally, a huge thank you to Parker Mouthpieces for providing the hosting for TEM.

Produced by Andrew Hitz

Show notes for all episodes of TEM including topics discussed, links to all books and websites referenced can be found at:

http://www.tem.fm/shownotes

TEM209: If you had to charge 10 times as much

This episode is all about what you would offer if you had to charge 10x as much for your art.

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On Today's Episode of The Entrepreneurial Musician:

• Seth Godin on the thought exercise of charging 10x as much for your product or services
• The two main lessons I take away from this exercise

Want to help the show? Here's a couple of ways you can do that!

1. Want to access exclusive bonus coverage while helping me get to my next goal of $100 per episode on Patreon by becoming a patron today: https://www.patreon.com/tempodcast

2. My next Apple Podcasts goal is 150 ratings and 75 reviews. Take just a minute to leave a rating and review on Apple Podcasts to help me get there. Thank you!

And finally, a huge thank you to Parker Mouthpieces for providing the hosting for TEM.

Produced by Andrew Hitz

Show notes for all episodes of TEM including topics discussed, links to all books and websites referenced can be found at:

http://www.tem.fm/shownotes

TEM208: Own your own timeline

This episode is about working at your own pace and being okay with that.

TEM has a brand new website! Drop by tem.fm and say hello!

On Today's Episode of The Entrepreneurial Musician:

• Owning your own timeline and specifically what that means in this pandemic
• Being okay with not producing too much art if that's not where your head is at right now
• Patreon bonus material is going to be recorded live for the time being as a chance for my patrons to hang with me and each other

Want to help the show? Here's a couple of ways you can do that!

1. Want to access exclusive bonus coverage while helping me get to my next goal of $100 per episode on Patreon by becoming a patron today: https://www.patreon.com/tempodcast

2. My next Apple Podcasts goal is 150 ratings and 75 reviews. Take just a minute to leave a rating and review on Apple Podcasts to help me get there. Thank you!

And finally, a huge thank you to Parker Mouthpieces for providing the hosting for TEM.

Produced by Andrew Hitz

Show notes for all episodes of TEM including topics discussed, links to all books and websites referenced can be found at:

http://www.tem.fm/shownotes

TEM207: Finding balance in these confusing times

This episode of TEM is all about giving ourselves the space to find balance in this new and ever-shifting reality.

TEM has a brand new website! Drop by tem.fm and say hello!

On Today's Episode of The Entrepreneurial Musician:

• Allowing myself the space to find my personal creative rhythm during this international crisis
• Being patient and kind to myself under stress
• Putting the needs of my family in front of my desire to get things done
• Having to make space for things like TEM since my usual life rhythms are gone

Links:

• TEM144: Dale Trumbore
• TEM145: Finding your creative personal rhythm (TEM Short)
• TBJ133: Christopher Bill

Want to help the show? Here's a couple of ways you can do that!

1. Want to access exclusive bonus coverage while helping me get to my next goal of $100 per episode on Patreon by becoming a patron today: https://www.patreon.com/tempodcast

2. My next Apple Podcasts goal is 150 ratings and 75 reviews. Take just a minute to leave a rating and review on Apple Podcasts to help me get there. Thank you!

And finally, a huge thank you to Parker Mouthpieces for providing the hosting for TEM.

Produced by Andrew Hitz

Show notes for all episodes of TEM including topics discussed, links to all books and websites referenced can be found at:

http://www.tem.fm/shownotes

TEM206: Amanda Gookin on jumping first and making art that is unabashedly outspoken

Amanda Gookin is a New York City-based cellist, entrepreneur and activist.

On Today's Episode of The Entrepreneurial Musician:

• Amanda's motto: "Jump first and learn to swim later"
• The value of considering things carefully but when the time comes taking action quickly and decisively
• Why being blissfully naive as a young person was beneficial to her creativity
• How the idea for another project that didn't quite happen as originally planned led to the creation of PUBLIQuartet
• The balancing act of having a successful chamber ensemble
• How listening to a political interview with a strong and unapologetic woman during a commute inspired her to create the Forward Music Project
• The difficulties of getting a new project with no track record off the ground financially and how she navigated that with the Forward Music Project
•  How she responds to people telling her to "stay in her lane" and to leave politics out of her art

Links:

• amandagookin.com
• PUBLIQuartet
• Forward Music Project
• National Sawdust
• The Mockingbird Foundation
• Amanda's TEDx Talk

Want to help the show? Here's a couple of ways you can do that!

1. Want to access exclusive bonus coverage while helping me get to my next goal of $100 per episode on Patreon by becoming a patron today: https://www.patreon.com/tempodcast

2. My next Apple Podcasts goal is 150 ratings and 75 reviews. Take just a minute to leave a rating and review on Apple Podcasts to help me get there. Thank you!

And finally, a huge thank you to Parker Mouthpieces for providing the hosting for TEM.

Produced by Andrew Hitz

Show notes for all episodes of TEM including topics discussed, links to all books and websites referenced can be found at:

http://www.tem.fm/shownotes

TEM205: Recalibrating your defintion of success (TEM Short)

The importance of regularly making time to recalibrate your own personal definition of success for yourself.

On Today's Episode of The Entrepreneurial Musician:

• A reminder that we shouldn't outsource our own definition of success
• The importance of making the time to recalibrate that definition from time to time
• The value of getting an outside voice to help us get the "30,000 foot view" of ourselves and our career

Want to help the show? Here's a couple of ways you can do that!

1. Want to access exclusive bonus coverage while helping me get to my next goal of $100 per episode on Patreon by becoming a patron today: https://www.patreon.com/tempodcast

2. My next Apple Podcasts goal is 150 ratings and 75 reviews. Take just a minute to leave a rating and review on Apple Podcasts to help me get there. Thank you!

And finally, a huge thank you to Parker Mouthpieces for providing the hosting for TEM.

Produced by Andrew Hitz

Show notes for all episodes of TEM including topics discussed, links to all books and websites referenced can be found at:

http://www.tem.fm/shownotes

TEM204: Why you're probably not charging enough

The two reasons why you're probably not charging enough.

On Today's Episode of The Entrepreneurial Musician:

• Valuing your own time enough when considering pricing
• The story that pricing tells our customers and potential customers
• If no one thinks you are too expensive, you aren't charging enough

Want to help the show? Here's a couple of ways you can do that!

1. Hear extra TEM episodes including bonus episodes with every guest while helping me get to my next goal of $100 per episode on Patreon by becoming a patron today: https://www.patreon.com/tempodcast

2. My next Apple Podcasts goal is 150 ratings and 75 reviews. Take just a minute to leave a rating and review on Apple Podcasts to help me get there. Thank you!

And finally, a huge thank you to Parker Mouthpieces for providing the hosting for TEM.

Produced by Andrew Hitz

Show notes for all episodes of TEM including topics discussed, links to all books and websites referenced can be found at:

http://www.tem.fm/shownotes

TEM203: The old ceiling is the new floor

What used to be good enough to succeed in music in now simply the cost of admission.

On Today's Episode of The Entrepreneurial Musician:

• Why incredible technique doesn't equate to success nearly as much as it used to
• Insights from a concert presenter
• Why we need to recalibrate our efforts to improve at our craft in order to maximize our traction in today's music business

Want to help the show? Here's a couple of ways you can do that!

1. Hear extra TEM episodes including bonus episodes with every guest while helping me get to my next goal of $100 per episode on Patreon by becoming a patron today: https://www.patreon.com/tempodcast

2. My next Apple Podcasts goal is 150 ratings and 75 reviews. Take just a minute to leave a rating and review on Apple Podcasts to help me get there. Thank you!

And finally, a huge thank you to Parker Mouthpieces for providing the hosting for TEM.

Produced by Andrew Hitz

Show notes for all episodes of TEM including topics discussed, links to all books and websites referenced can be found at:

http://www.tem.fm/shownotes

TEM202: Bandsintown CEO Fabrice Sergent on connecting artists to fans and the value of learning from others

Fabrice Sergent is the CEO and cofounder of Bandsintown.

On Today's Episode of The Entrepreneurial Musician:

• The rebranding of Bandsintown for Artists and the features available to artists for free
• Bandsintown as a discovery engine and why that's so important for both artists and fans
• The importance of network effect in a platform when looking to scale something
•  The value of learning from others and being curious
• Utilizing tools that help artists automate things like updating tour dates across multiple platforms

Links:

• Bandsintown for Artists
• Bandsintown

Want to help the show? Here's a couple of ways you can do that!

1. Hear extra TEM episodes including bonus episodes with every guest while helping me get to my next goal of $100 per episode on Patreon by becoming a patron today: https://www.patreon.com/tempodcast

2. My next Apple Podcasts goal is 150 ratings and 75 reviews. Take just a minute to leave a rating and review on Apple Podcasts to help me get there. Thank you!

And finally, a huge thank you to Parker Mouthpieces for providing the hosting for TEM.

Produced by Andrew Hitz

Show notes for all episodes of TEM including topics discussed, links to all books and websites referenced can be found at:

http://www.tem.fm/shownotes

TEM201: Simply get going (TEM Short)

This TEM Short is a call to action for 2020 inspired by a quote from Angela Beeching.

On Today's Episode of The Entrepreneurial Musician:

• A quote from Angela Beeching that has me fired up
• A call to action for 2020

Links:

• TEM200: Angela Beeching

Want to help the show? Here's a couple of ways you can do that!

1. Hear extra TEM episodes including bonus episodes with every guest while helping me get to my next goal of $100 per episode on Patreon by becoming a patron today: https://www.patreon.com/tempodcast

2. My next Apple Podcasts goal is 150 ratings and 75 reviews. Take just a minute to leave a rating and review on Apple Podcasts to help me get there. Thank you!

And finally, a huge thank you to Parker Mouthpieces for providing the hosting for TEM.

Produced by Andrew Hitz

Show notes for all episodes of TEM including topics discussed, links to all books and websites referenced can be found at:

http://www.tem.fm/shownotes

TEM200: Angela Beeching on claiming your artistry and getting over the fear of asking for help

Angela Beeching is the author of Beyond Talent and a music business coach and consultant.

On Today's Episode of The Entrepreneurial Musician:

• Scarcity thinking and the constant urge to prove ourselves
• The value in spending money to get a music business coach
• A specific process that enables you to write a bio that truly resonates with people
• Why sharing your art is actually caring about the people meant to encounter that art
• You're never ready - just take the first step
• Productivity Planner journal that Angela is now addicted to
• The fear of asking for help
• Remembering that you are part of a much larger community

Links:

• Angela's book Beyond Talent (Brand new third edition)
• Simon Sinek: How great leaders start with why
• Angela's amazing blog
• Her blog post about not opening her Productivity Planner for 200 days
• Basecamp

Want to help the show? Here's a couple of ways you can do that!

1. Hear extra TEM episodes including bonus episodes with every guest while helping me get to my next goal of $100 per episode on Patreon by becoming a patron today: https://www.patreon.com/tempodcast

2. My next Apple Podcasts goal is 150 ratings and 75 reviews. Take just a minute to leave a rating and review on Apple Podcasts to help me get there. Thank you!

And finally, a huge thank you to Parker Mouthpieces for providing the hosting for TEM.

Produced by Andrew Hitz

Show notes for all episodes of TEM including topics discussed, links to all books and websites referenced can be found at:

http://www.tem.fm/shownotes

TEM199: Thank you

A heartfelt thank you and a look back on the last 100 episodes of TEM.

On Today's Episode of The Entrepreneurial Musician:

• A huge thank you to everyone who has supported the show in any way and enabled me to get to 200 episodes
• Lessons learned from a handful of conversations that have occurred since TEM100
• The cost of not being yourself
• Using thoroughly researched methods
• Finding your own personal creative rhythm
• Giving yourself permission to pursue the passions in your life that you've been putting off
• The importance of getting the right message to the right audience in as clean and concise manner as possible
• Should you pivot, persevere, or punt?

Links:

• TEM100: A thought about each interview from the first 100 episodes of TEM
• TEM122: Chrysanthe Tan
• TEM126: Cathy Heller
• TEM101: Noa Kageyama
• TEM144: Dale Trumbore
• TEM118: Rob Knopper
• TEM171: John Mlynczak
• TEM147: Lance LaDuke

Want to help the show? Here's a couple of ways you can do that!

1. Hear an extra TEM episode every single week while helping me get to my next goal of $100 per episode on Patreon by becoming a patron today: https://www.patreon.com/tempodcast

2. My next Apple Podcasts goal is 150 ratings and 75 reviews. Take just a minute to leave a rating and review on Apple Podcasts to help me get there. Thank you!

And finally, a huge thank you to Parker Mouthpieces for providing the hosting for TEM.

Produced by Andrew Hitz

Show notes for all episodes of TEM including topics discussed, links to all books and websites referenced can be found at:

http://www.andrewhitz.com/shownotes

TEM198: 40,000 songs a day (TEM Short)

Some quick thoughts on a stunning statistic.

On Today's Episode of The Entrepreneurial Musician:

• The insane statistic that Ari Herstand shared in TEM197
• What this statistic means for all of us
• Once we make amazing the work is not done
• A quote from the future!

Links:

• TEM197: Ari Herstand

Want to help the show? Here's a couple of ways you can do that!

1. Hear an extra TEM episode every single week while helping me get to my next goal of $100 per episode on Patreon by becoming a patron today: https://www.patreon.com/tempodcast

2. My next Apple Podcasts goal is 150 ratings and 75 reviews. Take just a minute to leave a rating and review on Apple Podcasts to help me get there. Thank you!

And finally, a huge thank you to Parker Mouthpieces for providing the hosting for TEM.

Produced by Andrew Hitz

Show notes for all episodes of TEM including topics discussed, links to all books and websites referenced can be found at:

http://www.andrewhitz.com/shownotes

TEM197: The democratization of the new music business and polite persistence - A conversation with Ari Herstand

Ari Herstand is a musician in Los Angeles and the author of How to Make It in the New Music Business.

On Today's Episode of The Entrepreneurial Musician:

• The swell of "middle class" musicians in the new music business
• Vulfpeck has no label and no manager and yet just sold out Madison Square Garden
• The old music business had one way to succeed - the new music business has 100 ways you can make a career happen
• The most important thing any musician can do according to Ari
• Why you can't have a Plan B
• The democratization of the music business and the ability of any artist to reach an audience without being granted permission first by a gatekeeper
• Polite persistence
• Ari's very specific advice on writing a great pitch email

Links:

• Ari's book How to Make It in the New Music Business
• Ari's Take

Want to help the show? Here's a couple of ways you can do that!

1. Hear an extra TEM episode every single week while helping me get to my next goal of $100 per episode on Patreon by becoming a patron today: https://www.patreon.com/tempodcast

2. My next Apple Podcasts goal is 150 ratings and 75 reviews. Take just a minute to leave a rating and review on Apple Podcasts to help me get there. Thank you!

And finally, a huge thank you to Parker Mouthpieces for providing the hosting for TEM.

Produced by Andrew Hitz

Show notes for all episodes of TEM including topics discussed, links to all books and websites referenced can be found at:

http://www.andrewhitz.com/shownotes

TEM196: Why Starbucks isn't overpriced

Why I don't think Starbucks is overpriced even though I'm not a fan of their coffee.

On Today's Episode of The Entrepreneurial Musician:

• How Starbucks sells more than just coffee
• Why artists must think about the entire experience we are offering rather than just the art in a vacuum
• A reminder that not everyone will sign up for the experience you are offering
• What we as artists can learn from a world-class restaurant

Links:

• TEM Extra: Episode 10 - A bonus episode with Mark G. Meadows discussing the vital need to outsource aspects of your business, the advice he would give to his college-aged self if he could go back in time, and the importance of creating a network early because you will need people along the way

Want to help the show? Here's a couple of ways you can do that!

1. Hear an extra TEM episode every single week while helping me get to my next goal of $100 per episode on Patreon by becoming a patron today: https://www.patreon.com/tempodcast

2. My next Apple Podcasts goal is 150 ratings and 75 reviews. Take just a minute to leave a rating and review on Apple Podcasts to help me get there. Thank you!

And finally, a huge thank you to Parker Mouthpieces for providing the hosting for TEM.

Produced by Andrew Hitz

Show notes for all episodes of TEM including topics discussed, links to all books and websites referenced can be found at:

http://www.andrewhitz.com/shownotes

TEM195: I've never heard of you (and that's not a problem)

Why we shouldn't sweat it when someone who is our ideal potential customer has never heard of us.

***Let me help you connect with more fans and make more money in the music business. Get a free consultation from TEM Coaching today***

On Today's Episode of The Entrepreneurial Musician:

• The reminder I received last week that you no one has heard of everything
• Why we can't spend a lot of energy worrying about people having heard of us or our art rather than making art the world can't live without
• The YouTube channel I'd never heard of that has over 10 million subscribers (and that makes content I love!)

Links:

• TEM126: Cathy Heller
• Crash Course

Want to help the show? Here's a couple of ways you can do that!

1. Hear an extra TEM episode every single week while helping me get to my next goal of $100 per episode on Patreon by becoming a patron today: https://www.patreon.com/tempodcast

2. My next Apple Podcasts goal is 150 ratings and 75 reviews. Take just a minute to leave a rating and review on Apple Podcasts to help me get there. Thank you!

And finally, a huge thank you to Parker Mouthpieces for providing the hosting for TEM.

Produced by Andrew Hitz

Show notes for all episodes of TEM including topics discussed, links to all books and websites referenced can be found at:

http://www.andrewhitz.com/shownotes

TEM194: It's all about engagement

Whether it's prospective clients or already converted true fans, it's all about engagement.

***Let me help you connect with more fans and make more money in the music business. Get a free consultation from TEM Coaching today***

On Today's Episode of The Entrepreneurial Musician:

• Why engagement is more important in today's music business than ever before
• Remarkable examples of audience engagement from Time for Three, Travelin' Light and Phish
• True fan engagement at its best courtesy of Taylor Swift and Umphrey's McGee
• How to engage with prospective clients in a remarkable way

Links:

• TEM183 Joel Cummins

Want to help the show? Here's a couple of ways you can do that!

1. Help me get to my next goal of $100 per episode on Patreon by pledging as little as $1 per episode to support the show: https://www.patreon.com/tempodcast.

2. My next Apple Podcasts goal is 150 ratings and 75 reviews. Take just a minute to leave a rating and review on Apple Podcasts to help me get there. Thank you!

And finally, a huge thank you to Parker Mouthpieces for providing the hosting for TEM.

Produced by Andrew Hitz

Show notes for all episodes of TEM including topics discussed, links to all books and websites referenced can be found at:

http://www.andrewhitz.com/shownotes

TEM193: Finding your five adjectives and the power of outsourcing - A conversation with acclaimed artist Mark G. Meadows

Mark G. Meadows is a musician, actor and teacher based in the Washington DC area and my colleague at Shenandoah Conservatory.

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Did you know there are two episodes of TEM every single week? TEM Extra is a weekly episode available exclusively to patrons of the show.

On Last Week's TEM Extra:

• Why most people will be against you whenever you try to change the culture somewhere
• One hell of a quote from Les Brown about aiming high and dreaming big
• The importance of consistently shipping your art when it comes to converting people into true fans (and serving the true fans you already have!)

Listen to last week's TEM Extra here.

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On Today’s Episode of The Entrepreneurial Musician:

• Why being a good person comes out in your music and in your relationships
• The universe will tell you what your passion is if you listen to it
• The crazy story about Mark landing a lead role in a musical when he wasn’t an actor!
• Mark’s remarkable bio (it includes a mission statement!) and how being an outsider growing up informs that mission statement and his art to this day
• Finding your five adjectives
• Why the best feedback can sometimes come from people you don’t know
• Outsourcing and why anything you can teach someone else to do is something you shouldn’t be doing yourself
• A reminder that everything (from delegating tasks to making your art) is a practice

Links:

• Mark’s website
• Mark’s latest album on Bandcamp

Want to help the show? Here's a couple of ways you can do that!

1. Help me get to my next goal of $100 per episode on Patreon by pledging as little as $1 per episode to support the show: https://www.patreon.com/tempodcast.

2. My next Apple Podcasts goal is 150 ratings and 75 reviews. Take just a minute to leave a rating and review on Apple Podcasts to help me get there. Thank you!

And finally, a huge thank you to Parker Mouthpieces for providing the hosting for TEM.

Produced by Andrew Hitz

Show notes for all episodes of TEM including topics discussed, links to all books and websites referenced can be found at:

http://www.andrewhitz.com/shownotes

TEM192: Don't let technology use you - A conversation on productivity with Lance LaDuke

For this week's episode I am joined by my Pedal Note Media partner, Lance LaDuke, for a conversation on technology and productivity.

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Did you know there are two episodes of TEM every single week? TEM Extra is a weekly episode available exclusively to patrons of the show.

On Last Week's TEM Extra:

• A tweet by Dan Hockenmaier that exaggerates a point about how passion isn't everything but still hits on something incredibly important
• Making art that fills a need
• Some wisdom from Yoko Ono via fellow musician Alan Theisen about living on someone else's schedule
• Going against the grain of the many different cultures we are all engrained within (and why that's so hard sometimes)
• The career course corrections I am constantly experiencing by interviewing such brilliant people for TEM

Listen to last week's TEM Extra here.

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On Today's Episode of The Entrepreneurial Musician:

• If you make something for 90 days in a row and then don't on day 91, would anyone notice?
• Thinking of a social media platform as an infinity pool and realizing you are the product
• The entrepreneurial lessons you can learn from a trip to the grocery store
• The spirit behind minimalism and how it can apply to entrepreneurs
• Carving out time to be creative as an individual or as an organization
• Finding your creative rhythm and knowing when in the day to do your creative work and when to do your busy work
• The shifting collaborative schedule this fall for Pedal Note Media and how we finally seemed to have settled on a good rhythm
• Lance's trick to not waste hours a day on social media
• Having the self-awareness to know when it would be best for you to change a behavior or some aspect of your life
• A system that Lance used this summer to leverage a Sudoku game he was playing into regular productivity
• How good we both are at doing busy work done when we have important work to do

Links:

• Free Seth Godin Book
• Creating the Revolutionary Artist by Mark Rabideau
• TEM144: Dale Trumbore
• When: The Scientific Secrets of Perfect Timing by Daniel Pink

Want to help the show? Here's a couple of ways you can do that!

1. Help me get to my next goal of $100 per episode on Patreon by pledging as little as $1 per episode to support the show: https://www.patreon.com/tempodcast.

2. My next Apple Podcasts goal is 150 ratings and 75 reviews. Take just a minute to leave a rating and review on Apple Podcasts to help me get there. Thank you!

And finally, a huge thank you to Parker Mouthpieces for providing the hosting for TEM.

Produced by Andrew Hitz

Show notes for all episodes of TEM including topics discussed, links to all books and websites referenced can be found at:

http://www.andrewhitz.com/shownotes

TEM191: Keep asking

Sometimes all you have to do is keep asking. Or do you?

Did you know there are two episodes of TEM every single week? TEM Extra is a weekly episode available exclusively to patrons of the show.

On Last Week's TEM Extra:

• The list of traits Gary Vauynerchuk values more than skills
• The most important things to look for in a business partner
• A reminder from Eunbi Kim on the importance of contracts and planning for worst case scenarios
• Putting my money where my mouth is (in regards to if no one ever thinks you charge too much money then you aren't charging enough)

Head to Patreon to gain access today!

On Today's Episode of The Entrepreneurial Musician:

• The no's will come and you just have to keep asking
• Getting the three yes's takes a lot of rejection
• The limitless number of reasons why someone may say no to you at any given moment
• Keep showing up
• Sometimes you just have to find your people rather than trying to turn others into your people (and this also goes for institutions)

Want to help the show? Here's a couple of ways you can do that!

1. Help me get to my next goal of $100 per episode on Patreon by pledging as little as $1 per episode to support the show: https://www.patreon.com/tempodcast.

2. My next Apple Podcasts goal is 150 ratings and 75 reviews. Take just a minute to leave a rating and review on Apple Podcasts to help me get there. Thank you!

And finally, a huge thank you to Parker Mouthpieces for providing the hosting for TEM.

Produced by Andrew Hitz

Show notes for all episodes of TEM including topics discussed, links to all books and websites referenced can be found at:

http://www.andrewhitz.com/shownotes

TEM190: Dont fit in

A series of questions to ask yourself to make sure your art isn't fitting in.

On Today's Episode of The Entrepreneurial Musician:

• In today's music business, fitting in is the kiss of death
• A series of questions to ask yourself to make sure your art isn't fitting in

Want to help the show? Here's a couple of ways you can do that!

1. Help me get to my next goal of $100 per episode on Patreon by pledging as little as $1 per episode to support the show: https://www.patreon.com/tempodcast.

2. My next Apple Podcasts goal is 150 ratings and 75 reviews. Take just a minute to leave a rating and review on Apple Podcasts to help me get there. Thank you!

And finally, a huge thank you to Parker Mouthpieces for providing the hosting for TEM.

Produced by Andrew Hitz

Show notes for all episodes of TEM including topics discussed, links to all books and websites referenced can be found at:

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TEM189: Dale Trumbore Quotes

This episode of TEM features my favorite quotes from my conversation with composer Dale Trumbore in TEM144.

Quotes:

• “My idea of success as I defined it as I was 18 was ‘I will know I am successful when I am making my living as a composer’ and that’s shifted over the years as I mentioned before. I have eight piano students. I’m happy to have them. I’m happy to have a source of steady income.”

• “I love having the morning to do business things and the afternoon to do creative things. Again, that’s what works for me. I know everyone’s different. But once you find your own personal creative rhythm you should do everything in your power to make that possible and to create and carve out that space for yourself.”

• “That particular essay is also about not getting so attached to particular performers. Like, ‘oh if this one chorus just did my music I would feel like I made it. I’d feel like I was finally successful. I’d get a ton more commissions as a result. That might be true, but looking at my career, and looking at my friends’ careers too, it is very rare that one single performance has that kind of effect.”

• “Feeling like you have any obligation to put anything on your website is a recipe for disaster I think. It’s up to you completely how you structure your website and what you put on it and why.”

• "You do all this research and it might take five minutes. You don't have to dig deep into the history of what this ensemble has done. But you get a really good feeling for the kind of music that they do and then you look at your own catalog and you see what music you have that would be a good fit for them. An actual, real good fit. And then you say something like 'I think this piece would be a really good fit for you because I've noticed that you loved doing this piece' or 'you did a really beautiful performance of this piece and so I thought you might enjoy my piece."

• "I've found too that just labeling things when they come up is so helpful. Recognizing that something is a pattern and that it comes up every time and knowing that you can be like 'Oh, this is the day where I hate everything I've written and tomorrow or two days later it's gonna be fine again.' That helps you move through it, again, without attaching any additional stress or anxiety to that moment."

• "It's okay if things take time and they will take time. And if you set a very, very narrow, specific goal for yourself you're not very likely to succeed."

Links:

• TEM144: Evolving career goals and finding your personal creative rhythm - A conversation with composer Dale Trumbore
• TEM126: Cathy Heller of the Don't Keep Your Day Job Podcast on Getting a Major Record Deal Yet Still Failing, Being Analytical About Your Approach to the Music Business and Persevering Until You Close the Gap
• TEM169: Thinking of hiring a PR Firm? Listen to this first!
• Staying Composed: Overcoming Anxiety and Self-Doubt Within a Creative Life by Dale Trumbore

Want to help the show? Here's a couple of ways you can do that!

1. Help me get to my next goal of $100 per episode on Patreon by pledging as little as $1 per episode to support the show: https://www.patreon.com/tempodcast.

2. My next Apple Podcasts goal is 150 ratings and 75 reviews. Take just a minute to leave a rating and review on Apple Podcasts to help me get there. Thank you!

And finally, a huge thank you to Parker Mouthpieces for providing the hosting for TEM.

Produced by Andrew Hitz

Show notes for all episodes of TEM including topics discussed, links to all books and websites referenced can be found at:

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TEM188: Don't go wide (TEM Short)

A TEM Short on resisting the urge to go wide with your art.

On Today's Episode of The Entrepreneurial Musician:

• Resisting the urge to go wide
• Why doing so is a form of hiding

Want to help the show? Here's a couple of ways you can do that!

1. Help me get to my next goal of $100 per episode on Patreon by pledging as little as $1 per episode to support the show: https://www.patreon.com/tempodcast.

2. My next iTunes goal is 150 ratings and 75 reviews. Take just a minute to leave a rating and review on iTunes to help me get there. Thank you!

And finally, a huge thank you to Parker Mouthpieces for providing the hosting for TEM.

Produced by Andrew Hitz

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TEM187: Evolving your organization to increase your impact and being flexible as an entrepreneur - A conversation with David Reynolds, Jr.

David Reynolds Jr. is a music educator in Fairfax County, Virginia and the founder of Vienna Jammers.

On Today's Episode of The Entrepreneurial Musician:

• How the Vienna Jammers got their start
• Why they needed to officially separate from Fairfax County Public Schools in order to grow the project
• The decision to form a nonprofit in 2012 and the reasons behind it
• Acquiring skills to further your mission (whether that is strategic planning for a nonprofit or building your own marimbas!)
• The importance of keeping a growth mindset as an entrepreneur and an educator
• The power of the word "yet"
• The evolution of the Board of Directors and their roll within Vienna Jammers
• "Every year we get really good at something."
• Founder's syndrome
• The future of Vienna Jammers

Links:

• Vienna Jammers
• Louisville Leopards
• TEM177: The only morning routine you will ever need (TEM Short)
• Growth Mindset by Dr. Carol Dweck
• How to Form a Nonprofit Corporation by Anthony Mancuso

Want to help the show? Here's a couple of ways you can do that!

1. Help me get to my next goal of $100 per episode on Patreon by pledging as little as $1 per episode to support the show: https://www.patreon.com/tempodcast.

2. My next iTunes goal is 150 ratings and 75 reviews. Take just a minute to leave a rating and review on iTunes to help me get there. Thank you!

And finally, a huge thank you to Parker Mouthpieces for providing the hosting for TEM.

Produced by Andrew Hitz

Show notes for all episodes of TEM including topics discussed, links to all books and websites referenced can be found at:

http://www.andrewhitz.com/shownotes