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.
Episodes
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Sep 29, 2023 • 1min
Quick Tip #5: The Three Myths of Social Media Marketing
Your weekly Quick Tip from Selling Sheet Music: The Three Myths of Social Media Marketing
Sep 26, 2023 • 1h 2min
23. Navigating the New Music Industry with Phillip Keveren
Master composer and pianist Phillip Keveren joins me on the podcast today to talk about how the music industry has changed and how composers can success by diversifying. We also break down how to write succesfully for the piano, church, and educational markets.
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Sep 22, 2023 • 2min
Quick Tip #4: Your Website is Not Enough
Your weekly Quick Tip from Selling Sheet Music: Your Website is Not Enough.
Sep 19, 2023 • 38min
22. Kyle Pederson, Part 2: Deep Dive Into Traditional Print Publishing
For part two of my interview with Kyle Pederson we take a step back and look at the state of the industry as a whole, what goes into publishing, and what composers need to do to gain traction.
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Subscribe to Garrett Breeze on YouTube for video versions of the podcast.
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Sep 12, 2023 • 36min
21. Kyle Pederson, Part 1: How To Write What You Know...And What You Don't
Award winning choral composer Kyle Pederson is on the podcast this week in the first of a two-part interview! This week's episode focuses on the compositional process, how to get started, and the most challenging part of being a composer: writing authentically outside your own experiences.
In this episode, Kyle references three amazing blog posts by Kurt Knecht which you can read in the links below:
Cultural Appropriation in Music 1: BorrowingCultural Appropriation in Music 2: KnowledgeCultural Appropriation in Music 3: Influences
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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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Aug 29, 2023 • 53min
20. Behind the Scenes with Sheet Music Boss: Samuel Dickenson and Andrew Wrangell
With 3.35 MILLION subscribers and over 1.4 BILLION views, they are the most successful sheet music channel on YouTube where they post a new arrangement every single day. We go behind the scenes and talk about their compositional process, how to navigate YouTube, what working as a team is like, publishing through musicnotes.com and much more.
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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!
Aug 15, 2023 • 42min
19. The Power of Children's Music with Glyn Lehmann
Australian composer and founder of songlibrary.net, Glyn Lehmann, comes on the podcast to talk about his experiences in the industry, how to write for children's voices, and the extraordinary challenging of getting people interested in original songs.
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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!
Jul 14, 2023 • 1min
Quick Tip #3: The Best Way to Network is to Hire People
Your weekly Quick Tip from Selling Sheet Music: The best way to network is to hire people.
Jul 13, 2023 • 28min
18. Isaac Brooks on the New MyScore Uploader from J.W. Pepper
Yesterday saw a major update to J.W. Pepper's "MyScore" system with the unveiling of their new uploader and Isaac Brooks is back on the podcast to walk us through it.
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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!
Jul 7, 2023 • 1min
Quick Tip #2: Learn to Write Faster
Your weekly Quick Tip from Selling Sheet Music: Learn to write faster.
