Puget’s Sound Presents

Dick Weissman Author of 17 published books about music & the music industry Making a Living as a Musician & Songwriter 90-minute talk followed by hour-long Q&A Friday, March 12, 2010 7:00pm at Maple Leaf Lutheran Church in Meadowbrook 10005 32nd Ave. NE Directions Cost: $20 general, $15 for members of any music/musicians’ group/collective (Seattle Folklore Society, Victory Music, AFM, ASCAP/BMI, etc.) RSVP: pugetssoundproductions@gmail.com or (206) 729-0820

Topics Include:

• Increasing your income from ASCAP/BMI/SESAC
• How to market your songs for TV & film
• Grant programs, & how to exploit them: local; state; national; public; & private
• ‘Invisible’ workplaces not open to the public
• Record deals: independents; major labels; marketing your own records
• Self-publishing vs. publishing deals: how to reach other artists with your songs
• Music in print: how to write instructional materials, & how to access publishers

About Dick Weissman:

• 17 published books about music & the music business/industry
• Over 100 published songs & instrumental pieces
• Has placed songs on NBC-TV show My Name is Earl, BBC Gardening show, Biography Channel
• Recipient of grants from: NEH (national Endowment of Humanities; State of Colorado
  (also panelist for Colorado Council on the Arts & Humanities); City of Boulder, CO
• Author of over 50 music folios published by Mel Bay, Alfred Music, & others

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