Multi Award Winning Female Saxophonist, Birmingham, UK, Jazz, Gospel, Reggae, Blues, Soul and Originals. 'Music for the soul'
This marks 20 episodes of Success Beyond The Score! What started as a friendly little effort to help the musicians I know find their way in the professional music world has turn into a major resource with five starts in iTunes, and I could not be happier.
Electronic press kits are multimedia documents and most potential clients expect it to include a video where they can see you perform. What are they looking for, exactly? How can you deliver accordingly? Millicent gives you an insight.
The bio is one of the essential parts of the press kit, so this episode is entirely dedicated to it: what it is for, how to write it, what to include in it, and so on.
A press kit might sound as a very grandiose thing, something that only famous people with managers and exclusive labels have. However, you’ll be surprised of how soon in your career someone will ask for yours! Press kits make life easier for promoters and event organizers, and they also help you maintain a solid, stylish and reliable image as a professional artiste.
How do you actually survive and find success as a solo artiste in music? Let’s start with a phrase you shall keep in mind: being solo doesn’t mean working alone. But what does that actually mean? Listen the new episode of Success Beyond The Score to find out.
Recently, I noticed that, while the podcast was completely available on SoundCloud, there was an issue with episode 6 of Success Beyond the Score on iTunes. I have fixed that now, so you can have an uninterrupted listening experience!
In episode 7 of Success Beyond The Score, Millicent posed the question: Is it time to leave the band and go solo? Different things to consider in regards of this very important decision were discussed in that episode and the ones that followed. Now, with all that background, the question comes back, and this time, it comes with an insight on the particular challenges of being a solo artiste.
After looking at how to do song share splits right in episode 10, Millicent takes episode 11 further in the realm of copyright. What is the law backing copyright up in the UK? How does it work in a basic level? And most importantly, why is it important for solo musicians and bands alike?
In this episode of “Success Beyond The Score”, Millicent helps you find some strategies to deal with personality clashes and keep your band on rails.
