How is Music Strategies 2009 different than past Music Strategies?

Whether you are a veteran of past Music Strategies seminars or you are new to them, we have some exciting new changes that will benefit you and your music career throughout the year.

Music Strategies will be on June 4-7, 2009 in Los Angeles.

But instead of waiting until June to move your career to the next level, I will be helping you throughout the year as part of your registration.

Music Strategies 2009 will focus on “How To Make More Money With Your Music In A Down Economy.”

One of the biggest changes to Music Strategies will be the constant education throughout the year! Before you join us in June, we will be having a series of 4 phone workshops that will focus on specific topics to help you generate more sales and more attention for your music. Each phone workshop will focus on a single topic and new strategies to generate more fans and sales. Then during the same phone calls, we will be having an open round table discussion with the other artists attending in June. During this time we can discuss any topic you like and I will be happy to answer any questions. These sessions will offer every artist the opportunity to learn what is working for others as well as more effective ways to promote themselves and their music.

These phone workshops and discussion groups are scheduled for October, November, February and April. The topics we will discuss and the new strategies will make you even more successful and better prepared for when we get together in June.

** The following are only some of the topics and new strategies we will be covering to help you create the income and attention you want for you and your music.

HOW TO MAKE MONEY OFF THE SHOWS YOU HAVE ALREADY PLAYED!

If you have ever played a show where you felt that you didn't get paid as much as you should have, this is for you! At this Music Strategies you will learn new strategies of how you can get your fans who came to your past shows and especially those who didn't, to buy the new product you will easily create. You will even learn how to get different businesses to sponsor your new product so you can make twice as much.

TV & FILM PLACEMENT

It is actually easier than you think! Instead of paying hundreds of dollars to screening companies or placement companies that sell you the submission information you can get for FREE, why not learn how you can build personal relationships with film makers and music supervisors who will call you when they need music! I teach hundreds of film makers a year on how to promote and market their films. Their first question they always ask me is where can they find music for their films. Ready to meet them in personal and start a relationship where you will get paid for the songs you have written?

** Please note that I invite the artists who attend Music Strategies to join me at the various film maker workshops I am teaching so I can personally introduce them to film makers and music supervisors who are looking for music!

HOW TO GET PAID DOUBLE AT HOUSE CONCERTS

Before you think house concerts are just for singer songwriters and folk artists, I have all kinds of artists doing them, Rock, Rap, Jazz, Punk, Christian and even Metal bands. I will teach you new ways you can make more than $1,000 per show including how you can get local businesses to pay you to play them and even how you can sell hundreds of CDs to a small audience.

THE SECRETS OF HOW TO GET BOOKED AT FESTIVALS

Festivals can be a great place to pick up hundreds of new fans and CD sales in a weekend. It can also be a place to get new sponsors and media coverage. However most festivals appear to be closed to independent artists, especially the ones from the cities where the festivals are. We will talk specifically about how to get booked to play at the festival and how to get the festival to promote you and feature you in their promotion and media coverage.

HOW TO GET BOOKED INTO NEW VENUES WITHOUT SENDING YOUR CD

Every artist at some point struggles with getting booked into the venues they want to play. They always seem to get stuck in smaller venues with bad show times during the week. It's time to learn how to get the best performance spots at the venues you want without sending your music to the bookers. You will also learn how to get the venues to pay you what you want and how you can open for nationally known artists in a couple of months and how to convert their fans into yours within hours.

SELLING 30 CDs TO A FAN INSTEAD OF JUST ONE!

It's great when a fan buys one of your CDs but it's much better when they buy 30! There are some simple strategies you can use to sell boxes of your CDs at your next show versus just a few. Be prepared to reorder!

** These are only some of the topics and new strategies we will be covering to help you create the income and attention you want for you and your music. Call Tim Sweeney at 951-303-9506 for more topics and information!