

Female Entrepreneur Musician with Bree Noble
Bree Noble
Host Bree Noble shares insights on how to create a sustainable career as a woman in the music business. This show includes two different episode formats, solo shows where Bree provides tips and tricks from her own knowledge and experience, and interviews with female musicians and industry pros. These interviews are inspirational and informational and help our audience get a different perspective on the business of music.
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Oct 17, 2018 • 47min
179. How To Build Long-Term Relationships With Music Venues with Tara B & Bree Noble
Tara B shares the tips and tricks she has learned in over 25 years of booking music venues. Her successful strategy focuses on building relationships that lead to bookings and re-bookings.
Booking music venues since the age of 15, Tara B made the realization that as long as she wanted to perform live, booking would be a big part of her business. Booking is a long term process with lots of waiting involved but a strategy that encourages relationship building will lead to booking and rebooking. In addition to her teaching voice and piano lessons, she has been gigging full time for 9 years and now books an average of 170 gigs per year. In her free 4 Days to Book Like A Boss workshop, you will learn how to confidently book new venues, price yourself, value your talent and become a booking boss.
Before the gig
At the Gig
After the Gig
Using Booking Companies
Building Relationships with Music Venues
When You Don’t Get the Call Back or You Can’t Take The Gig
Mode of Reaching Out
Join the workshop, 4 Days to Book Like A Boss before it starts Monday, October 22nd. You’ll receive bite sized assignments that will help you make progress and gain momentum in booking gigs.
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ABOUT HOST BREE NOBLE
Bree Noble is an entrepreneur, musician and speaker. She founded Women of Substance Radio, an online radio station that promotes quality female artists in all genres, in 2007. She launched the Women of Substance Music Podcast in November 2014, a 5 day per week show which promotes Independent female artists. Her podcast has hit #1 in New & Noteworthy for the Music, Arts and Society & Culture categories and #4 Audio Podcast on all of iTunes. She draws on her extensive experience running her own music business, both as a solo musician and as an Industry professional, to train and mentor other female musicians. Learn more about the station, the show and the artists atwww.wosradio.com. Connect with Bree on Twitter @BreeNoble or on Facebook or on Instagram

Oct 15, 2018 • 37min
178. Lessons In Music PR with Dawn Jones
Learn how to implement effective promotion strategies for your brand and music with PRESSED PR founder, Dawn Jones.
To have an effective music PR campaign, an independent artist needs to be doing more than just making music. Today we will dive into the promotion of tours, album releases and getting attention with Dawn Jones, of PRESSED PR. Dawn brings a unique view to music PR because she is an independent artist herself and understands the business behind the music. She’s able to relate to her clients on a personal and professional level so she can take independent artists far in their music careers.
This episode of the Female Entrepreneur Musician Podcast is brought to you by the FREE Musician’s Profit Path Masterclass. If you are an artist ready to grow your fanbase and expand your income from music, this masterclass is for you. I’ll show you the 5 stages of music career growth and help you gauge where you are now, what you need to focus on and what not to focus on so you’re not wasting time and money. You’ll also learn benchmarks relating to live performing, fanbase growth, social media, recording and more. Free classes are running everyday!
Music PR Tips
Artist Branding
Determining Who Makes Up Your Audience
Using Music PR to Amplify What You’re Doing on Tour
Resources
The Crafty Musician Blog
Girl Code by Cara Alwill
pressedfreshpr.com
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ABOUT HOST BREE NOBLE
Bree Noble is an entrepreneur, musician and speaker. She founded Women of Substance Radio, an online radio station that promotes quality female artists in all genres, in 2007. She launched the Women of Substance Music Podcast in November 2014, a 5 day per week show which promotes Independent female artists. Her podcast has hit #1 in New & Noteworthy for the Music, Arts and Society & Culture categories and #4 Audio Podcast on all of iTunes. She draws on her extensive experience running her own music business, both as a solo musician and as an Industry professional, to train and mentor other female musicians. Learn more about the station, the show and the artists atwww.wosradio.com. Connect with Bree on Twitter @BreeNoble or on Facebook or on Instagram

Oct 10, 2018 • 41min
177. Why You Might Be Resisting Concert Booking & How To Overcome It with Bree Noble & Beth Matthew
FIMC Community Manager, Beth Matthew, shares the struggles that held her back from concert booking and the steps she took to break through booking resistance.
Concert booking can be nerve wracking for even the most seasoned artists but unfortunately, it’s something we need to work through if we want to share our gifts with the world. Beth Matthew’s mission to encourage, uplift and inspire folks is strong and she made huge strides in booking this year after taking Tara B’s 4-day booking course. She talks about the feelings of fear and resistance she dealt with when booking herself as an indie artist and shares techniques to break through the wall of booking fear. Tara B’s course, 4 Days to Book Like a Boss, was instrumental in Beth’s concert booking success. Join us October 22nd through 25th for the next class.
Concert Booking Blocks
The First Booking
What Beth Did
Non-traditional Venues
Techniques to Get Through the Blocks
Tara B’s course, 4 Days to Book Like a Boss, is happening from October 22nd to 25th. Join us for this FREE course that will help you decide which venues to perform at, how to price yourself and value yourself so you get paid what you’re worth.
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ABOUT HOST BREE NOBLE
Bree Noble is an entrepreneur, musician and speaker. She founded Women of Substance Radio, an online radio station that promotes quality female artists in all genres, in 2007. She launched the Women of Substance Music Podcast in November 2014, a 5 day per week show which promotes Independent female artists. Her podcast has hit #1 in New & Noteworthy for the Music, Arts and Society & Culture categories and #4 Audio Podcast on all of iTunes. She draws on her extensive experience running her own music business, both as a solo musician and as an Industry professional, to train and mentor other female musicians. Learn more about the station, the show and the artists atwww.wosradio.com. Connect with Bree on Twitter @BreeNoble or on Facebook or on Instagram

Oct 1, 2018 • 53min
176. YouTube Music Promotion & Recording Using Artificial Intelligence with Taryn Southern
At just 18 or 19 years old, Taryn Southern knew that if she could learn to use the skills and software to produce and record her own music, she would be less dependent on other people.
Youtube music promotion is being used by most artists in today’s world. As an artist and technologist, Taryn Southern started her own Youtube channel and has since accumulated over 700 million views online. She is the first artist to compose and produce a pop album, I AM AI, completely from artificial intelligence and tells us about her current project, a documentary. She also shares the ups and downs of being a musician and online personality, so stick around to the end.
This episode of the Female Entrepreneur Musician Podcast is brought to you by the FREE Musician’s Profit Path Masterclass. If you are an artist ready to grow your fanbase and expand your income from music, this masterclass is for you. I’ll show you the 5 stages of music career growth and help you gauge where you are now, what you need to focus on and what not to focus on so you’re not wasting time and money. You’ll also learn benchmarks relating to live performing, fanbase growth, social media, recording and more. Free classes are running everyday!
The American Idol Experience
Music Comedy Videos on YouTube
Creating Value and Building an Audience
New Album Created with Artificial Intelligence
Resources
The 4 Hour Work Week – Tim Ferriss
Socials
@tarynsouthern
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ABOUT HOST BREE NOBLE
Bree Noble is an entrepreneur, musician and speaker. She founded Women of Substance Radio, an online radio station that promotes quality female artists in all genres, in 2007. She launched the Women of Substance Music Podcast in November 2014, a 5 day per week show which promotes Independent female artists. Her podcast has hit #1 in New & Noteworthy for the Music, Arts and Society & Culture categories and #4 Audio Podcast on all of iTunes. She draws on her extensive experience running her own music business, both as a solo musician and as an Industry professional, to train and mentor other female musicians. Learn more about the station, the show and the artists atwww.wosradio.com. Connect with Bree on Twitter @BreeNoble or on Facebook or on Instagram

Sep 26, 2018 • 49min
175. How & Why To Build Relationships with Music Industry Contacts with D Grant Smith
The relationship between artist and fan isn’t the only one you should be building in your music business. D Grant Smith shares some tips and tricks on cultivating relationships with music industry contacts that will foster growth in your music career.
Connecting with music industry contacts is necessary for growth and that’s why D Grant Smith spends his time growth farming. Growth farming is planting seeds within yourself and building connections with other people. These connections are essential to growing your music business and opening up opportunities for music career advancement. The better you get at building these relationships, the easier it is to have the career, success and fulfillment you seek in your life. For more information and tips from D Grant, attend our workshop on Thursday, October 4th at 12 EST. This will be a 4 hour event all about building relationships so you can grow in your professional (and personal) life.
Why we should care about relationships
Kinds of relationships to build
Common mistakes when reaching out to music industry contacts
Upcoming Workshop
If you don’t like reaching out to people or feel uncomfortable about it, you might be doing it wrong. Join us for the workshop on October 4th to learn how to develop relationships over time with influencers. The better we get at connecting, the better we are at creating.
Resources
Indie Bible
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ABOUT HOST BREE NOBLE
Bree Noble is an entrepreneur, musician and speaker. She founded Women of Substance Radio, an online radio station that promotes quality female artists in all genres, in 2007. She launched the Women of Substance Music Podcast in November 2014, a 5 day per week show which promotes Independent female artists. Her podcast has hit #1 in New & Noteworthy for the Music, Arts and Society & Culture categories and #4 Audio Podcast on all of iTunes. She draws on her extensive experience running her own music business, both as a solo musician and as an Industry professional, to train and mentor other female musicians. Learn more about the station, the show and the artists atwww.wosradio.com. Connect with Bree on Twitter @BreeNoble or on Facebook or on Instagram

Sep 19, 2018 • 34min
174. How To Find The Best Virtual Assistant For Musicians with Bree Noble
Running your business as a one-woman operation won’t work as your music business grows. Learn how to find a virtual assistant for musicians and what to outsource.
Finding a virtual assistant for musicians doesn’t have to be difficult. In fact, it can be as easy as outsourcing some tasks to family and friends who want to see you succeed. Over time, my business has grown to have three virtual assistants and each has a specific job that contributes to the success of my business as a whole. Today I share how to find virtual assistants and how to delegate tasks so you can get back to creating great music.
What can you teach a VA to do for you?
What can you learn so you can teach a VA to do it?
Do an audit of your musician business
What qualities do you need in a VA?
Where can you find a virtual assistant for musicians?
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ABOUT HOST BREE NOBLE
Bree Noble is an entrepreneur, musician and speaker. She founded Women of Substance Radio, an online radio station that promotes quality female artists in all genres, in 2007. She launched the Women of Substance Music Podcast in November 2014, a 5 day per week show which promotes Independent female artists. Her podcast has hit #1 in New & Noteworthy for the Music, Arts and Society & Culture categories and #4 Audio Podcast on all of iTunes. She draws on her extensive experience running her own music business, both as a solo musician and as an Industry professional, to train and mentor other female musicians. Learn more about the station, the show and the artists atwww.wosradio.com. Connect with Bree on Twitter @BreeNoble or on Facebook or on Instagram

Sep 17, 2018 • 38min
173. Live Venue & Artist Communication with Carolina Castilla
Carolina Castilla, creator of Massive Act, moved from Colombia to Silicon Valley to start her company from scratch, without knowing anyone when she saw a need in the industry. Her mission is to improve live venue & artist communication.
Live venue communication with artists can be difficult in the music business so when Founder of Massive Act, Carolina Castilla, noticed a need while working as a promoter, she created a platform to make live performances easy for artists, venues, agents and sound engineers. Massive Act uses features like In-Mail, festival applications and connections to help artists develop their music businesses and achieve their goals. Carolina has worked as a promotor, manager, tour manager and PR and event manager for bands in the US, Latin America and Europe.
This episode of the Female Entrepreneur Musician Podcast is brought to you by the FREE Musician’s Profit Path Masterclass. If you are an artist ready to grow your fanbase and expand your income from music, this masterclass is for you. I’ll show you the 5 stages of music career growth and help you gauge where you are now, what you need to focus on and what not to focus on so you’re not wasting time and money. You’ll also learn benchmarks relating to live performing, fanbase growth, social media, recording and more. Free classes are running everyday!
Created Massive Act to Solve Live Venue + Artist Communication Problems
Check out Live Venue + Artist Tool Massive Act
https://sesh.io/
Connect
http://massiveact.com/
Twitter @BogotaMusicLink
Instagram @carocastillav
Resources
ABOUT HOST BREE NOBLE
Bree Noble is an entrepreneur, musician and speaker. She founded Women of Substance Radio, an online radio station that promotes quality female artists in all genres, in 2007. She launched the Women of Substance Music Podcast in November 2014, a 5 day per week show which promotes Independent female artists. Her podcast has hit #1 in New & Noteworthy for the Music, Arts and Society & Culture categories and #4 Audio Podcast on all of iTunes. She draws on her extensive experience running her own music business, both as a solo musician and as an Industry professional, to train and mentor other female musicians. Learn more about the station, the show and the artists atwww.wosradio.com. Connect with Bree on Twitter @BreeNoble or on Facebook or on Instagram

Sep 10, 2018 • 30min
172. Music Libraries Accepting Submissions with Art Munson of Music Library Report
Art Munson, founder of Music Library Report sat down with me to talk about the benefits of using MLR to find music libraries accepting submissions.
Art Munson isn’t new to the world of music library licensing. In fact, he’s had placements on Oprah, America’s Got Talent, Entertainment Tonight and ABC World News. When he was younger, he toured with the Righteous Brothers and Paul Williams and acted as a studio writer at A&M. Eventually, this led to Art starting Music Library Report, a site dedicated to artists who want to get their music into TV & film. As he says, music licensing is a marathon not a sprint and is always a work in progress. Therefore, you can visit Music Library Report to discover music libraries accepting submissions and use code FEM25 to redeem a special 25% coupon available to listeners of this podcast.
What is Music Library Report?
Decide whether music library report is right for you and your career focus.
What is a music library?
How is a music library similar to a publisher and what opportunities do they offer?
Benefits of finding music libraries accepting submissions on MLR
How can you use music library report to find contacts and get licensing for your music?
Resources
Music Library Report YouTube Channel
Music Library Report
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ABOUT HOST BREE NOBLE
Bree Noble is an entrepreneur, musician and speaker. She founded Women of Substance Radio, an online radio station that promotes quality female artists in all genres, in 2007. She launched the Women of Substance Music Podcast in November 2014, a 5 day per week show which promotes Independent female artists. Her podcast has hit #1 in New & Noteworthy for the Music, Arts and Society & Culture categories and #4 Audio Podcast on all of iTunes. She draws on her extensive experience running her own music business, both as a solo musician and as an Industry professional, to train and mentor other female musicians. Learn more about the station, the show and the artists atwww.wosradio.com. Connect with Bree on Twitter @BreeNoble or on Facebook or on Instagram

Sep 3, 2018 • 1h 15min
171. Making Music Merch More Profitable with Vanessa Ferrer
Vanessa Ferrer , founder of Merch Cat, is an expert when it comes to music merch. With her background in music and business, she created Merch Cat to help musicians leverage this income stream.
A successful businesswoman for 15 years, Vanessa Ferrer has managed touring artists and consulted with industry pros. In 2015, she created Merch Cat, a platform to help artists sell and manage merchandise at shows, so that musicians could make even more money in their music business. She also gave us tons of resources to put into our toolboxes and offered a free month of Merch Cat to our listeners so they can try it. Head over to Merch Cat and enter promo code FEMPOD.
This episode of the Female Entrepreneur Musician Podcast is brought to you by the FREE Musician’s Profit Path Masterclass. If you are an artist ready to grow your fanbase and expand your income from music, this masterclass is for you. I’ll show you the 5 stages of music career growth and help you gauge where you are now, what you need to focus on and what not to focus on so you’re not wasting time and money. You’ll also learn benchmarks relating to live performing, fanbase growth, social media, recording and more. Free classes are running everyday!
Tips for Artists
Navigating the Music Merch Ecosystem
Using Merch Cat to Track Music Merch
Once you’ve got your inventory system working, this article will help you do a better job selling music merch at gigs.
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ABOUT HOST BREE NOBLE
Bree Noble is an entrepreneur, musician and speaker. She founded Women of Substance Radio, an online radio station that promotes quality female artists in all genres, in 2007. She launched the Women of Substance Music Podcast in November 2014, a 5 day per week show which promotes Independent female artists. Her podcast has hit #1 in New & Noteworthy for the Music, Arts and Society & Culture categories and #4 Audio Podcast on all of iTunes. She draws on her extensive experience running her own music business, both as a solo musician and as an Industry professional, to train and mentor other female musicians. Learn more about the station, the show and the artists atwww.wosradio.com. Connect with Bree on Twitter @BreeNoble or on Facebook or on Instagram

Aug 29, 2018 • 56min
170. How To Get The Most Out Of Taxi Music with Founder & CEO Michael Laskow
Music licensing for film and TV can be a lucrative income stream for artists. Taxi Music Founder and CEO, Michael Laskow, answers your questions about his company and their mission.
For 26 years, Taxi Music has been bridging the gap between artists and music supervisors. In fact, having a direct connection to music supervisors has gotten 40% of Taxi members music placed and at least 6% have gotten deals. With about 1,000 listings published each year, a membership to Taxi Music is a valuable resource. Not only do members get the opportunity to submit their music but they also get helpful feedback and advice from screeners, who are experts in the field.
Female Musician Academy member, Michelle Lockey, got her start with Taxi Music. Now she earns a consistent income from licensing her music for film and TV. BLearn more about Taxi by clicking the button below.
How the critique works
Should members have a lot of music in a particular genre to make it worth it?
Benefits of joining Taxi Music
What differs publishers from Taxi Music
2018 Taxi Music Road Rally
Resources
ABOUT HOST BREE NOBLE
Bree Noble is an entrepreneur, musician and speaker. She founded Women of Substance Radio, an online radio station that promotes quality female artists in all genres, in 2007. She launched the Women of Substance Music Podcast in November 2014, a 5 day per week show which promotes Independent female artists. Her podcast has hit #1 in New & Noteworthy for the Music, Arts and Society & Culture categories and #4 Audio Podcast on all of iTunes. She draws on her extensive experience running her own music business, both as a solo musician and as an Industry professional, to train and mentor other female musicians. Learn more about the station, the show and the artists atwww.wosradio.com. Connect with Bree on Twitter @BreeNoble or on Facebook or on Instagram


