Selling Sheet Music
Garrett Breeze
SELLING SHEET MUSIC is the leading podcast of the sheet music publishing industry, covering topics related to the creation, marketing, and distribution of sheet music.
Whether you’re an aspiring composer, a seasoned music executive, or just interested in learning more about where sheet music comes from, you’ll find the news, opinion, insight, and advice you need to make sense of an industry that is rapidly evolving.
Join us every week as we go behind the scenes with major publishers, learn from trailblazing creators, and study the ins and outs of self-publishing in this one-of-a-kind show.
Whether you’re an aspiring composer, a seasoned music executive, or just interested in learning more about where sheet music comes from, you’ll find the news, opinion, insight, and advice you need to make sense of an industry that is rapidly evolving.
Join us every week as we go behind the scenes with major publishers, learn from trailblazing creators, and study the ins and outs of self-publishing in this one-of-a-kind show.
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Mar 19, 2024 • 42sec
Check out sellingsheetmusic.com!!!
Today we are happy to announce the launch of sellingsheetmusic.com, the new home of the Selling Sheet Music Podcast!
We'll be back next week with full episodes, in the meantime, please check out the new site and share it with your friends and colleagues.
Mar 5, 2024 • 1min
Quick Tip #13: Write Like an Entrepreneur
This week's Quick Tip from Selling Sheet Music: Write Like an Entrepreneur.
Feb 20, 2024 • 1min
Quick Tip #12: Take Advantage of Your Digital Real Estate
This week's Quick Tip from Selling Sheet Music: Take Advantage of Your Digital Real Estate.
Feb 6, 2024 • 1min
Quick Tip #11: Make Marketing Personal
This week's Quick Tip from Selling Sheet Music: Make Marketing Personal.
Jan 30, 2024 • 1h 10min
32. Christopher Bill (@classicaltrombone) on Going Viral and Creating Your Own Market
My guest today, trombonist and arranger Christopher Bill, is the most subscribed brass musician on YouTube. His all-trombone content has amassed more than 85 million views and over 500,000 followers. He is an active educator on the trombone festival circuit and publishes sheet music of his arrangements on his website classical trombone.com. I really admire the approach he’s taken with his career and he had a lot of things to say that I think will be extremely helpful to anyone trying to build an audience online. We also talk about what it really means to go viral, how to take advantage of vertical video, and at the end of the episode we’ll listen to two of his arrangements.
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Visit sellingsheetmusic.com for episode transcripts and additional resources for publishers and composers.
Subscribe to Garrett Breeze on YouTube for video versions of the podcast.
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Jan 23, 2024 • 1min
Quick Tip #10: Compose With Rhythms First
This week's quick tip from Selling Sheet Music: Compose with rhythms first.
Jan 17, 2024 • 43min
31. Behind the Scenes with JetStream Finale Controller and Jacob Winkler
Jacob Winkler joins us today to talk about an amazing productivity tool for Finale users: the JetStream Finale Controller and shares tips and tricks for working in notation software.
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Visit sellingsheetmusic.com for episode transcripts and additional resources for publishers and composers.
Subscribe to Garrett Breeze on YouTube for video versions of the podcast.
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Give your choir the gift of new music this Christmas from holidaychoirmusic.com!
Jan 6, 2024 • 53min
30. Printing Like a Pro (Joint Episode with Scoring Notes Podcast)
In this special joint episode, Philip Rothman (of Scoring Notes) and Garrett Breeze (of Selling Sheet Music) take a deep dive into all the complexities of printing music at a professional level. For any composer or self-publisher considering DIY printing, this episode is a must listen. For everyone else it is a detailed peek behind the curtain showing all the work that involved taking music from the computer to your music stand.
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Visit sellingsheetmusic.com for episode transcripts and additional resources for publishers and composers.
Subscribe to Garrett Breeze on YouTube for video versions of the podcast.
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Give your choir the gift of new music this Christmas from holidaychoirmusic.com!
Jan 3, 2024 • 10min
29. Listener Questions: Royalty Rates, Pitching to Publishers, Educational Music, and More!
We're kicking off the new year by answering YOUR questions!
1. Is it even worth it to arrange copyrighted music if you only get 10% of the sale price?
2. What are the biggest pros/cons of using a big publisher?
3. What's the best way to pitch big publishers?
4. How can foreign composers break into the American education market?
5. How do I format multiple songs into a book?
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Visit sellingsheetmusic.com for episode transcripts and additional resources for publishers and composers.
Subscribe to Garrett Breeze on YouTube for video versions of the podcast.
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Give your choir the gift of new music this Christmas from holidaychoirmusic.com!
Dec 15, 2023 • 1min
Quick Tip #9: Write Short E-mails
Your weekly Quick Tip from Selling Sheet Music: Write Short E-mails.
