PROFITABLE MUSICIAN WEEKLY NEWSLETTER December 10, 2025 Hey there, Profitable Musician! My family is crazy about books! My husband is an English Professor after all. And my daughter graduated with a degree in English. So, as you can imagine they've read a lot of books. And they definitely have their opinions about what makes a book good...which is why I was pretty intimidated to write a book myself. But I did write one, and it was one of the most rewarding and all-consuming projects I've ever...
7 days agoĀ ā¢Ā 4 min read
PROFITABLE MUSICIAN: FEM FRIDAY EDITION December 5, 2025 Happy FEM Friday! This year, I started recording podcast episodes with my friend and music business colleague Tara Brueske (Tara B). After I few recordings together, it was clear to me that these convos would be some of the best episodes of the year - and my personal favorites. Tara is the real deal: 30+ years of booking and performing, vocal and piano teacher, author, podcaster, previous coach in my community, church musician, and now...
12 days agoĀ ā¢Ā 6 min read
PROFITABLE MUSICIAN WEEKLY NEWSLETTER December 3, 2025 Hey there, Profitable Musician! We survived Black Friday and Cyber Monday. Thanks to all of you who snapped up our deals this year. Now we're back to our regularly scheduled weekly newsletters. I'm kicking off a December "Best Of" Series with a roundup of useful tools and resources for musicians from our 2025 Podcast Guests. In this issue š ļøBest Of: Tools & Resources For Musicians š§What To Do When Injury Or Illness Threatens Your Music...
14 days agoĀ ā¢Ā 2 min read
PROFITABLE MUSICIAN: FEM FRIDAY EDITION November 21, 2025 Happy FEM Friday! I can still picture it like it was yesterday. My daughter was 4 years old, sitting on the living room floor working on a giant Elmo puzzle, and I was at my little desk in the middle of the common living space at my computer. I was between tours, catching my breath, and thinking about all the incredible women Iād met on the road. Songwriters pouring their hearts into music that no one outside of their limited local...
26 days agoĀ ā¢Ā 5 min read
PROFITABLE MUSICIAN WEEKLY NEWSLETTER November 19, 2025 Hey there, Profitable Musician! During a recent podcast interview, I talked with a musician who said something surprising that really stuck with me. She told me that everything changed the day she stopped saying she ādoes musicā and started calling herself a āmusician.ā It was surprising because she is a very accomplished artist who has a thriving solo career and is in a worldwide-touring band. Yet, she was still thinking of herself as a...
28 days agoĀ ā¢Ā 4 min read
PROFITABLE MUSICIAN: FEM FRIDAY EDITION November 14, 2025 Happy FEM Music Friday! Hereās a little secret most musicians donāt realize about time management: Itās not really about managing time at all. Itās about managing decisions. Every day you make hundreds of choices before you even sit down to work on music stuff. What to wear, what to make for breakfast, how to juggle work, family, errands, bills, and somewhere in there, your music. By the time you sit down to write, practice, or...
about 1 month agoĀ ā¢Ā 5 min read
PROFITABLE MUSICIAN WEEKLY NEWSLETTER November 12, 2025 Hey there, Profitable Musician! If your holiday calendar looks anything like mine, it probably makes you both smile and sigh at the same time. Between school concerts, church services, office parties, community events, extra rehearsals, family traditions, and the gigs that suddenly land on every day of the week (not just the weekends), December can feel like a joyful blur. You love it. You want to be present for it. But deep down you...
about 1 month agoĀ ā¢Ā 4 min read
PROFITABLE MUSICIAN: FEM FRIDAY EDITION November 7, 2025 Happy FEM Music Friday! When my daughter was four, I tried to teach her piano. From the very beginning, it was a battle. She had this fierce little streak of perfectionism, and if she couldnāt play a song exactly right, she didnāt want to play it at all. Getting her to practice was harder than convincing our cat Nutmeg to take a bath. The moment something sounded off, sheād slam her tiny hands down on the keys and declare that she was...
about 1 month agoĀ ā¢Ā 5 min read
PROFITABLE MUSICIAN WEEKLY NEWSLETTER November 5, 2025 Hey there, Profitable Musician! So many of you tell me that songwriting is your favorite part of this whole music journey. Not that you don't love connecting with your audience through email. Not that performing doesn't light you up. You need all of those pieces to build a sustainable career. But the writing? That's where it starts... In this issue š„½This Turns Hobbyists Into Pro Songwriters š ļøThe Joy Of Messy Creativity! š°Need-To-Know...
about 1 month agoĀ ā¢Ā 7 min read
