Making Money with Music: Generate Over 100 Revenue Streams, Grow Your Fan Base, and Thrive in Today's Music Environment

by Randy Chertkow, Jason Feehan

“[Chertkow and Feehan] are the ideal mentors for aspiring indie musicians who want to navigate an ever-changing music industry.” ― Billboard Magazine You can make a living with music today. The secret is to tap multiple income streams. Making Money With Musi c gives you over 100 revenue streams and the knowledge on how to tap them. Whether you're a solo artist, band, DJ, EDM producer, or other musician, this book gives you strategies to generate revenue, grow your fan base, and thrive in today's technology-driven music environment. Plus, it lists hundreds of services, tools, and critical resources you need to run your business and maximize income. Making Money With Music will show How to tap over 100 income streams
7 business strategies you can implement immediately
How to start your music business for $0.
How to register your music to collect all of the royalties you are owed worldwide.
13 ways to compete with free and build experiences to drive fan loyalty and engagement into everything you do to increase your revenue.
45 categories of places to get your music heard and videos seen so you can get discovered, grow your fanbase, generate royalties, and boost licensing opportunities.
10 methods for raising money so you can fund your music production and projects. ...and more. Written by the authors of the critically-acclaimed modern classic The Indie Band Survival Guide (1st & 2nd Editions), Making Money With Music is the third installment in The Indie Band Survival Guide series, and will help you build a sustainable music business no matter what kind of music you make, where you live, and whether you're a novice or professional musician. Improve your income by implementing these ideas for your music business today.

Genres: Music, Nonfiction

432 pages, Paperback

First published September 4, 2018

Reviews

[Sean Balsillie · Rating 4 out of 5]

At first, I tried to go through this book and take notes all the way through, hoping to create a list-style guide to follow. Then I realized that the book itself is organized that way. I think it's best used as a handbook to refer back to whenever you need to develop an aspect of your music business.

For example, when I put out my first album with my new band Evergold, I'll refer back to really polish my marketing and release strategy. When I develop my first line of merchandise, I'll refer back for innovative/creative ideas to get the most out of it for myself and for my fans. When I'm looking for novel music opportunities, I'll refer back to the book for tons of creative ideas I never would have thought of.

The 4/5 review is because I wholeheartedly believe in the advice, and will be implementing it for the foreseeable future. However, it can be hard to read, as it's basically a giant list which covers all bases and leaves nothing out. If the advice leads to plenty of success in my music career, I'll definitely be coming back to give it a 5/5!

Sean

[Nguyen Le · Rating 2 out of 5]

Save your money.
This book is written by a completely unknown band and is organized in such a way that’s just not helpful for a musician who’s building themselves from the ground up.

I appreciate information such as the part about finding a music distributor to share your music. But the way that the information is organized in this book makes it so that the author almost expects you to already have an established base, which if that was the case, you wouldn’t need this book.

There’s information about merchandise, licensing your music, record labels, etc. but how about the bare basics of...getting your first show? Your first fans? There’s hardly any tips for promoting yourself.

Maybe I should’ve done my research and realized that the authors of this book haven’t really gone anywhere with their defunct band before I spent my money on it. Heck, there’s even a part where the author writes, “and if you happen to give up on music, there are a lot of skills you get from being a musician that can help in a ‘normal’ job!”. I mean, what kind of defeatist bs is that?

Anyways, skip this book and save your money. Maybe there’s a book written by someone who has actually made something out of their music career.

[David Taylor II · Rating 5 out of 5]

The Music Industry has shifted. The 21st century market for the music maker is full of new models, challenges, and opportunities that haven't been seen before, nor fully realized. I am a certified Music Business Instructor and can attest to the difficulty many musicians have in navigating today's music field. This excellent book will help prepare you to identify and then take advantage of those manifold money-making opportunities. It's broken into three thorough sections; it helps you to organize your content (and team), shows you how to create a marketing strategy, and shows you the many ways you can use your content to generate revenue, while protecting yourself legally. I highly recommended this book, because you won't find a better all-in-one-place structural framework to teach you how to navigate today's Music Market.

[Jesse · Rating 5 out of 5]

As someone who has been in the industry professionally for a decade, this is an amazing book. Both for beginners and pro’s. Launching a new project next year and will be reading this again before I file the paperwork. FANTASTIC!

[Léo de Riedmatten · Rating 3 out of 5]

The book can be quite repetitive and “obvious”. A more succinct writing style could reduce the unnecessarily long (400 pages) book. However, it is sprinkled with useful tips and resources so all in all, a valuable tool for navigating today’s musical landscape.

[Jolin Jiang · Rating 5 out of 5]

A must-read book before you make your first release. Written in simple terms and organised in the perfect way.

[Jo · Rating 4 out of 5]

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A very good reference book about the Music Industry. The author well exposed the challenges and the tactics used by the managers, CEO, artists and others professionals around the world of the music.

[Janet · Rating 4 out of 5]

I rounded up to 4 stars doe the sheer volume of ideas the authors provided. It certainly set my imagination working. I mistakenly requested this book, thinking it might apply to my Music majoring nephew. He was a performance major and a music theory graduate student. This book is more aimed at the solo artist or band, which I would have known had I read the entire synopsis. The authors write conversationally and, as I said, they provided many many avenues for artists to select from.
I received my copy through NetGalley under no obligation.