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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