music branding

Do you observe the current music industry and feel that being a DJ or a touring artist is not your calling? Do you prefer to work behind the scenes in a studio, generating ideas and leaving your mark on other forms of media that will last forever? Join Cameron as he chats with a music industry veteran who has secured numerous sync placements. Together, they dive into the world of licensing and placements, exploring the key components contributing to Ed Hartman's legendary career. If you want to learn how to leverage this aspect of the music industry, tune in now.

Get your music heard by millions of people and generate more income with Ed Hartman’s Modern Sync Licensing Bootcamp.

Resources:

• Ed Hartman Music
• As The Earth Turns
• Music Supervisor, Inc.
• Sound Exchange
• Crucial Music
• Acuity – All-in-one appointment management
• Distrokid – The easiest way to get music onto Spotify, Apple, Amazon, Tidal, TikTok, and more.
• Get Backblaze – We’re offering a free month of Backblaze cloud backup for a limited time!

Modern Producer Secrets Podcast is brought to you by Music Producers Alliance®. We help music producers elevate their brands online so they can consistently attract higher quality artists who will pay premium prices for their production services and make a bigger impact in the music industry. 

Producer & Host: Cameron Bashaw
Guest: Edmund Hartman
Editorial: Cameron Bashaw
Edited in Descript. Try it for yourself (affiliate code in link)
Published by: Teknofonic Recordings LLC
Intro Song: Project Overthrow – Cameron Bashaw
Outro song: Lost in A Remix – Pollux & Castor

Does it seem like way less talented producers are reaping major successes and blowing up while you’re struggling to prove you’re the producer artists should be hiring?  Tune in to this episode as Cameron and Adam show you how to craft a message that will finally reach your ideal clients.

Resources:

• Episode 16: Ikigai (How to Find Your Brand Identity)
• Episode 62: How to Stop Losing Music Sales
• Episode 63: How to Automate Client Acquisition 
• Acuity – All-in-one appointment management
• Distrokid – The easiest way to get music onto Spotify, Apple, Amazon, Tidal, TikTok, and more.
• Get Backblaze – We’re offering a free month of Backblaze cloud backup for a limited time!

Modern Producer Secrets Podcast is brought to you by Music Producers Alliance®. We help music producers elevate their brands online so they can consistently attract higher quality artists who will pay premium prices for their production services and make a bigger impact in the music industry. 

Producer & Host: Cameron Bashaw
Co-Host: Adam Reifsteck
Editorial: Cameron Bashaw
Edited in Descript, Try it for yourself (affiliate code in link)
Published by: Teknofonic Recordings LLC
Intro Song: Project Overthrow – Cameron Bashaw
Outro song: Lost in A Remix – Pollux & Castor

 As we near the end of the year, it feels like life gets even more compressed.  There’s less daylight and more things to do than we have time for.  If you’ve ever felt like happiness is a veil, and the wool has been pulled from your eyes, this episode can provide a quick dose of inspiration. Cameron shares some recent insights into the difference between what the world believes happiness is and what has been proven to drive happiness.

Resources:

• What The Longest-Running Study on Happiness Reveals – Veritasium (YouTube)
• John Strand – Keynote address at Simply Cyber Con Track 1 (YouTube)
• Acuity – All-in-one appointment management
• Distrokid – The easiest way to get music onto Spotify, Apple, Amazon, Tidal, TikTok, and more.
• Get Backblaze – We’re offering a free month of Backblaze cloud backup for a limited time!

Modern Producer Secrets Podcast is brought to you by Music Producers Alliance®. We help music producers elevate their brands online so they can attract high-quality artists who will pay premium prices for their production services and make a bigger impact in the music industry.

Producer & Host: Cameron Bashaw
Editorial: Cameron Bashaw
Edited in Descript, Try it for yourself!
Published by: Teknofonic Recordings LLC
Intro Song: These Walls I Built (instrumental) – Pollux & Castor
Mr Robot underscore: Intimate – Cameron Bashaw
Outro song: Under The Sun (instrumental) – Pollux & Castor

If you’re dedicated and passionate about making a sustainable business out of your music but don’t know how to get the clients coming to you rather than searching for them, this episode is for you! Tune in as Cameron and Adam discuss the common mistakes most aspiring professional music entrepreneurs make so that you can change your approach, elevate your game, and get the vital tips and tricks to automate your client acquisition.

Resources:

• Episode 16: Ikigai (how to find your brand identity)
• Calendly
• Mailchimp
• Acuity – All-in-one appointment management
• Distrokid – The easiest way to get music onto Spotify, Apple, Amazon, Tidal, TikTok, and more.
• MailerLite
• Manychat

Modern Producer Secrets Podcast is brought to you by Music Producers Alliance®. We help music producers elevate their brands online so they can attract high-quality artists who will pay premium prices for their production services and make a bigger impact in the music industry.

Producer & Host: Cameron Bashaw
Co-Host: Adam Reifsteck
Editorial: Cameron Bashaw
Edited in Descript. Try it for yourself!
Published by: Teknofonic Recordings LLC
Intro Song: Project Overthrow – Cameron Bashaw
Outro song: Lost in A Remix – Pollux & Castor

Are you tired of flopping at every sales opportunity? If you’re making offers and getting bites, but no one is transacting with you for your music services or products, it’s time you had “the talk.” Cameron and Adam discuss how to stop the sales flop. Join us if you want to uncover the four common objections that producers run into when it comes to closing the deal with potential artist clients and how to overcome them without feeling sleazy or getting called a salesman.

Resources:

• The Futur - Forget Your Epic Origin Story. Do This Instead. (Chris Do on Youtube)
• The Mind Your Business Podcast - The Most Powerful Spiritual Laws and Universal Principles That Have Transformed My Life and Business (PART ONE) (Apple Podcasts)
• Acuity – All-in-one appointment management
• Distrokid – The easiest way to get music onto Spotify, Apple, Amazon, Tidal, TikTok, and more.
• Get Backblaze – We’re offering a free month of Backblaze cloud backup for a limited time!

Modern Producer Secrets Podcast is brought to you by Music Producers Alliance®. We help music producers elevate their brands online so they can attract higher quality artists who will pay premium prices for their production services and make a bigger impact in the music industry. 

Producer & Host: Cameron Bashaw
Co-Host: Adam Reifsteck
Editorial: Cameron Bashaw
Edited in Descript. Try it for yourself! 
Published by: Teknofonic Recordings LLC
Intro Song: Project Overthrow – Cameron Bashaw
Outro song: Lost in A Remix – Pollux & Castor

Do you know the myths and conspiracies of how the elites that run the world all meet at private clubs? Those stories are born out of this little-known concept.  Masterminds date back to the time of Jesus, and throughout history, famous clubs, associations, and societies have been founded under the same premise that we’re better together.

 Join Cameron and Adam as they shed light on this business and personal growth accelerator hiding in plain sight throughout society.  If you’re tired of spinning your wheels and wondering how to scale like the elites at the top of the industry, look no further than this deep dive episode!

Resources:

• Linchpin: Are You Indispensable? by Seth Godin (Amazon Books)
• Tribes: We Need You to Lead Us, by Seth Godin (Amazon Books)
• Acuity – All-in-one appointment management
• Distrokid – The easiest way to get music onto Spotify, Apple, Amazon, Tidal, TikTok, and more.
• Get Backblaze – We’re offering a free month of Backblaze cloud backup for a limited time!
• Max Out with Ed Mylett

Modern Producer Secrets Podcast is brought to you by Music Producers Alliance®. We help music producers elevate their brands online so they can attract higher quality artists who will pay premium prices for their production services and make a bigger impact in the music industry. Ready to join? Head to MusicProducersAlliance.com/Apply and schedule your free strategy call.

Producer & Host: Cameron Bashaw
Editorial: Cameron Bashaw
Edited in Descript, Try it for yourself!
Published by: Teknofonic Recordings LLC
Intro Song: Project Overthrow – Cameron Bashaw
Outro song: Lost in A Remix – Pollux & Castor

 Building a distinct brand in the music industry is tough.  Everything is commoditized, democratized, and proliferated.  At least, that’s how things may seem to the have-nots.  In this episode, Cameron returns with Adam to continue this two-parter as they share their wisdom and insights on going from beats to bucks. If you want to hear real-world experiences turned into life lessons and how the core principles we share in this series apply in relatable ways, then tune in to this episode! Discover how to get into the right mindset to transform your passion into a profit.

Resources:

• Serve One, Not All: The Key to Big Profits (The Futur)
• The Dream on Apple Podcasts
• Acuity –  All-in-one appointment management
• Distrokid – The easiest way to get music onto Spotify, Apple, Amazon, Tidal, TikTok, and more.
• Get Backblaze – We’re offering a free month of Backblaze cloud backup for a limited time.

Modern Producer Secrets Podcast is brought to you by Music Producers Alliance®. We help music producers elevate their brands online so they can attract high-quality artists who will pay premium prices for their production services and make a a bigger impact in the music industry.

Producer & Host: Cameron Bashaw
Editorial: Cameron Bashaw, Adam Reifsteck
Edited in Descript. Try it for yourself!
Published by: Teknofonic Recordings LLC
Intro Song: Project Overthrow – Cameron Bashaw
Outro song: Lost in a Remix – Pollux & Castor

 Do you have big goals for your music production business but you’re not sure where to start? Marketing your skills as music producer so you can get consistent and high-paying projects with serious artists can be overwhelming, confusing, and just downright HARD. 

Because of this, most producers end up producing as a side hustle their whole life waiting for that big break. But the truth is, the music industry does not work like that anymore. 

And as a result, producers have become bombarded with so much conflicting information online that they do not know what to focus on or even what is true. So, it is hard to know where to start, which means most aspiring producers never get the chance to do music full-time let alone make the income that they truly deserve.  

But lucky for you, founder and CEO of the Music Producers Alliance Adam Reifsteck has cracked the code on how to turn a home studio into a highly profitable business. And it took him having to go outside of the music industry for advice from successful business owners to really understand not only what the principles of business are, but principles of marketing so that he could sell his production services and generate a decent income from it. 

Pay close attention because what we share in this episode is fundamental to crafting a memorable brand identity, fine-tuning your offer, and truly succeeding as a Modern Producer!

Modern Producer Secrets Podcast is brought to you by Music Producers Alliance®. Our mission is to help music creators elevate their brands online so they can consistently attract high-quality artists who will pay premium prices for their production services.

Producer & Host: Cameron Bashaw
Guest: Adam Reifsteck
Editorial: Adam Reifsteck
Edited in Descript, Try it for yourself!
Published by: Teknofonic Recordings LLC
Intro Song: Flaviyake  – Only Now (Instrumental Version)
Outro song: Upper Regions – Below the Surface

Countless self-help resources, including books, documentaries, and seminars hosted by successful individuals promise to share the formula for achieving success and realizing your dreams. While the testimonials and success stories they offer may provide evidence that their formula works, there seems to be something missing. In this episode, Cameron interviews a music production underdog who shares the challenges and sacrifices he faced to build his dream career. If you want to discover the X-factor David Gnozzi of MixBusTv used to succeed,  do not miss this episode!

Resources:

• Pensado's Place
• Ted Gioia (Substack)
• MixbusTv
• MixbusTv - YouTube
• Acuity – All-in-one appointment management
• Distrokid – The easiest way to get music onto Spotify, Apple, Amazon, Tidal, TikTok, and more.
• Get Backblaze – We’re offering a free month of Backblaze cloud backup for a limited time!

Modern Mastering Bootcamp:

• Modern Mastering Bootcamp – Music Producers Alliance

The Modern Producer Secrets Podcast is brought to you by Music Producers Alliance®. We help music producers elevate their brands online so they can attract higher quality artists who will pay premium prices for their production services and make a bigger impact in the music industry.

Producer & Host: Cameron Bashaw
Guest: David Gnozzi (MixBusTV)
Editorial: Cameron Bashaw
Edited in Descript, Try it for yourself!
Published by: Teknofonic Recordings LLC
Intro & Conclusion Song: Heartbreak Motel – Bella Kelly
Outro song: Red Planet (Remix) – Pollux & Castor

Whether you’re an aspiring musicpreneur or a legendary veteran producer, we can always strive to do better for ourselves.  If you’re struggling to stay connected to your reason for producing or just looking for an edge to get ahead of the competition, the X-factor you need is hiding in this episode. Join Cameron in this two-part series if you need a mental boost, a reminder, or a shot of adrenaline into your creative endeavors as he provides the final 15 tips to elevate your craft, career, and life.

Resources:

• Umair Haque: Why To Let Things Happen (Not Make Things Happen) - Medium
• Attitude is everything (Pollux and Castor Music)
• Stuntmen React to Bad & Great Hollywood Stunts 41 (ft. RackaRacka) – Corridor Crew
• Acuity – All-in-one appointment management
• Distrokid – The easiest way to get music onto Spotify, Apple, Amazon, Tidal, TikTok, and more.
• Get Backblaze – We’re offering a free month of Backblaze cloud backup for a limited time!

This podcast is brought to you by Music Producers Alliance® , the premier online professional development community that provides learning resources, networking opportunities, and business mentoring to music producers. If you want a proven system for getting consistent and high-paying music projects with better clients, go to musicproducersalliance.com/apply to book a free, 30-minute strategy session and learn how we can help you turn your home studio into a profitable online business.

Producer & Host: Cameron Bashaw
Editorial: Cameron Bashaw
Edited in Descript. Try it for yourself!
Published by: Teknofonic Recordings LLC
Intro Song: Project overthrew – Cameron Bashaw
Outro song: Lost in A Remix – Pollux & Castor

How do you build a business that can survive decades of shifting industry landscapes and technological monsoons and maintain a brand that professionals respect and trust?  What do you do when that trust is broken? Cameron brought on the venerable Mick Olesh of Waves Audio to distill the company’s mindsets and share insights on how the business has managed to survive over 30 years and remain innovative.  Tune in if you want to discover how Waves has grown through diversification and the challenges of maintaining relationships with a massive customer base spanning multiple industries.

Resources:

• Mick Olesh: mick@waves.com
• Find out more about Waves Studioverse
• Waves Creative Access Subscription Plans
• Shop Waves’ Perpetual licensing products
• Discover Waves’ AI-powered Clarity VX Pro
• Discover Waves’ AI-Powered Clarity VX DeReverb Pro
• Acuity – All-in-one appointment management
• Distrokid – The easiest way to get music onto Spotify, Apple, Amazon, Tidal, TikTok, and more.

Modern Producer Secrets Podcast is brought to you by Music Producers Alliance®. We help music producers elevate their brands online so they can attract higher quality artists who will pay premium prices for their production services and make a bigger impact in the music industry.

Producer & Host: Cameron Bashaw
Editorial: Cameron Bashaw
Edited in Descript. Try it for yourself!
Published by: Teknofonic Recordings LLC
Intro Song: A Better Place (instrumental) – Pollux & Castor
Outro song: Soap Remix (instrumental) – Pollux & Castor

Whether you’re an aspiring musicpreneur or a legendary veteran producer, we can always strive to do better for ourselves.  If you’re struggling to keep that fire hot and produce at the top of your game, let today’s episode be the recovery drink to your mindset regimen. Join Cameron in this two-part series if you need a mental boost, a reminder, or a shot of adrenaline into your creative endeavors as he provides the first 15 of 30 tips on improving your mental game.

Resource drops:

• DOOM: Behind the Music (Mick Gordon, GDC 2016)
• The Optimism Company (simonsinek.com)

Modern Producer Secrets Podcast is brought to you by Music Producers Alliance®. We help music producers elevate their brands online so they can attract high-quality artists who will pay premium prices for their production services and make a bigger impact in the music industry.

Producer & Host: Cameron Bashaw
Editorial: Cameron Bashaw
Edited in Descript, Try it for yourself!
Published by: Teknofonic Recordings LLC
Intro Song: Under The Sun (Instrumental) – Pollux & Castor
Outro song: We’ve Got Movement – Cameron Bashaw

Recommended Tools:

• Acuity – All-in-one appointment management
• Distrokid – The easiest way to get music onto Spotify, Apple, Amazon, Tidal, TikTok, and more.

Do you spend too much time dealing with tire-kickers, selling yourself in sales talks, or navigating how to speak to a lead when you finally get a bite?  In this episode, Cameron gets tactical by sharing his sales experiences and learning how to sell to strangers. If you want to overcome the roadblocks holding your sales conversations back and reduce the time it takes to get to the budget conversation, tune in as he gives his favorite resources and six starter tips to have more authentic sales discussions.

Resources:

• When to discuss the budget during a sales call—Role Play (The Futur6, Chris Do)

Favorite Books:

• The Go-Giver, Expanded Edition: A Little Story About a Powerful Business Idea (Amazon Books)
• Go-Givers Sell More (Amazon Books)
• Go-Giver Collection: The Go-Giver, Go-Givers Sell More, The Go-Giver Leader (Amazon Books)

Recommended Tools:

• Acuity – All-in-one appointment management
• Distrokid – The easiest way to get music onto Spotify, Apple, Amazon, Tidal, TikTok, and more.

Credits:

Producer & Host: Cameron Bashaw
Guest: Tyler Norris of Ma6io
Guest: Rodrigo Orozco
Editorial: Cameron Bashaw
Edited in Descript. Try it for yourself!
Published by: Teknofonic Recordings LLC
Intro Song: Project Overthrow – Cameron Bashaw
Outro song: Relapse (Instrumental) – Pollux & Castor

Modern Producer Secrets Podcast is brought to you by Music Producers Alliance®. We help music producers elevate their brands online so they can consistently attract higher quality artists who will pay premium prices for their production services. CLICK HERE to book a free 30-minute strategy session and find out how we can help you take your music production business to the next level.

If the last episode didn’t scare you away from reaching for the dream of making a living from music, this episode will focus on the separators that turn those dreams into reality.  Adam and Cameron identify the core things we see countless producers get wrong as they try to “make it big.” They share the life lessons they have encountered while building their music careers and how Adam was able to turn his home studio into a six-figure online business.  You’ll also want to stick around to the end for a special announcement! 

Resource drops:

• Episode 35: What is a Modern Producer? (Modern Producer Secrets)
• Greg McKeown: Essentialism – the Disciplined pursuit of less (Amazon books)
• Stephen R. Covey: The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People (Amazon books)
• How to Negotiate a Lowball Offer (The Futur)
• Max Out with Ed Mylett

Recommended Tools:

• Acuity –  All-in-one appointment management
• Distrokid – The easiest way to get music onto Spotify, Apple, Amazon, Tidal, TikTok, and more.

Modern Producer Secrets Podcast is brought to you by Music Producers Alliance®. We help music producers elevate their brands online so they can attract established artists who will pay premium prices for their production services and make a bigger impact the music industry. Mark your calendars for April 18th! The Rise of the Modern Producer Bootcamp will show you the gears all music businesses need to have in order to succeed. Go to musicproducersalliance.com/rise to save your seat.

Producer & Host: Cameron Bashaw

Co-Host: Adam Reifsteck

Editorial: Cameron Bashaw

Edited in Descript; try it for yourself

Published by: Teknofonic Recordings LLC

Intro Song: Under the Sun (Instrumental) – Pollux & Castor

Outro song: Soap (Eulogy remix) – Pollux & Castor; Melanie Martinez

Money is always the reason people quit their dreams.  If you’re struggling to turn your passion into a profitable business, join Adam and Cameron in this discussion about the top money mindsets to adopt for financial growth.  We uncover the errors in thinking and share some of the best secrets we’ve found so you can unlock the earning potential you deserve.

Resource drops:

• U.S. Household Debt Hits New High (Statista)
• The Average American Debt by Type, Age, and State (Business Insider)
• The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, Covey, Stephen R. (Amazon Books)
• MPS023: Making Money Moves (Modern Producer Secrets)
• Podcast - The Life Coach School (Brooke Castillo)

Modern Producer Secrets Podcast is brought to you by Music Producers Alliance®-- the premier online community and professional development platform that provides learning resources, networking opportunities, and business mentoring to music producers. If you’re ready to learn how to turn your home studio into a profitable business and consistently get high-paying projects with serious artists, go to musicproducersalliance.com/apply to book a FREE 30-minute strategy session to find out how we can help!

Producer & Host: Cameron Bashaw

Editorial: Cameron Bashaw

Edited in Descript. Try it for yourself!

Published by: Teknofonic Recordings LLC

Intro & outro song: Xray Liota (instrumental) – Pollux & Castor 

Life is full of challenges, and unfortunately, there are far too many humans on this planet who only ever face one battle in their life.  We’re all here on this planet for a reason, and there are many of you who have spent far too long in the same battle with no end in sight.  That battle is uncovering your purpose, your sense of being. If you’re tired of facing the same struggles in life and you feel like you’re not making any progress, stick around, because that’s exactly what this Ikigai exercise is going to address… you can even use it to figure out your producer brand identity. 

Download the guide here:  https://musicproducersalliance.com/ikigai

Modern Producer Secrets Podcast is brought to you by Music Producers Alliance®--an online community and professional development platform that provides learning resources, networking opportunities, and mentoring to music creators.

 

Producer & Host: Cameron Bashaw

Editorial: Justin Mok
 

Intro Song: Apology (Instrumental) – Pollux & Castor

Outro song: 9th Circle - Pollux & Castor

Part 2!!! Los Padres are back once again with EVEN MORE knowledge to drop on you!

Supplemental income is such a massive topic and we spent so much time last episode on branding and networking, that we had to make it a part 2!

So without further ado, get ready to learn the ins and outs of what supplemental income is. What it looks like, how to approach it,, how you can use it to leverage your music career; and so much more!

Big shoutout to the Apple Podcast user A2M_Productions for the glowing review they left! You've officially won the mixing/mastering lesson giveaway worth up to $300+!

E-mail me at christian@enviousaudio.com and we will start to schedule a lesson and get your track prepped!

Head to https://enviousaudio.com/episode30 to check out the show notes.

Time and time again you hear people say, "what is your brand?" I don't think we've clearly defined exactly what your brand is, how to define it.

Today, I'm sitting down with Gino and Carlos from Los Padres. We're diving into what your brand is, how to define it, and so much more!

We discuss what networking can do for you, what networking looks like in person, and will eventually discuss supplemental income in part 2!

You don't want to miss this epsisode, it's JAM packed with new and fresh information!

head to https://enviousaudio.com/episode29 to check out the show notes.

Effective branding is critical to the success of all aspiring musicians. There's no one better to explain the concept of branding than the man himself, "Brandman" Sean Taylor.

Sean Taylor is a Digital Marketer and founder of the Adventure ATL Music Festival. But he's best known as "Brandman", an online persona under which he gives marketing and branding advice to aspiring musicians. With over 40,000 YouTube Subscribers and over 3 million video views, it's safe to say Sean has become a go-to resource for those interested in building successful music careers.

Today on Music Business Dreams, Sean talks about how he got started in Music, the keys to building an effective brand, and the strategies that can launch an artist's career into the stratosphere. After you listen, you'll have much more clarity about the direction you need to take in order to find success.

Connect with Brandman Sean: YouTube | Twitter | Instagram | Facebook

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