Posts by Timothy Simpson
The Audience Membership: The “Other Half” of the Musical Equation
Musiterania™ is being created as a way for musicians to build an income using the platform of the website. Future plans include a “chain” or “network” of local chapters with facilities so musicians have a place to work, practice, do workshops, and of course perform. It is a bold vision with a lot that can…
Read MoreResiduals: The Artist’s Cash Machine
You’ve heard about residuals? You know, residuals, those little checks that come in long after the work is done?’ (Read on at the bottom for another way to residuals) Record a song, it plays on radio stations, you get paid every time it plays and you don’t even know it is playing, you just get…
Read MoreStraight Line: Asking Questions and Allowing People to Make Their Own Decisions.
Does the term “Straight Line” ring a bell? Maybe not. Let me jog your memory. But to answer the first question, “Why is he talking about sales on a website about music?” Well, because if you want to earn income with your music, it is an important and vital topic. The “Straight Line” method of…
Read MoreMusician’s Hell: All Work and No Pay make Jack a Dull Boy!
There are wealthy musicians. Yes, very wealthy. Paul McCartney, Beyonce, Mick Jagger, Elton John, and the list goes on and on. No doubt, there is a lot of money to make in the music industry. Most of it is made by the business side mind you, but it is possible to earn a good living…
Read MoreTour with the Musiterania™ Network
One of the main ideas behind the creation of Musiterania™ is creating a network of local chapters of Musiteranians to offer members opportunities to perform in concerts and recitals, do workshops, and masterclasses. Over time the number of chapters will grow as will the membership. As it grows the network to be created is at…
Read MoreThe Challenge of the Referring New Members
Look…I get it. Believe me I do. You are thinking to yourself that “there is no way I will ever be able to refer enough new members to Musiterania’s Maestro Membership to create enough income to pay for my expenses.” The other thing you are thinking is, “I’m not a sales person and I don’t…
Read MoreCoperor: The Spirit of Musiterania
I write this article to inspire the spirit of “Coperor” inside the realm of Music and especially Musiterania, because it is the lifeblood of it’s existence. Musiterania will become a source of structure and stability for the independent musician when everyone who sees it for what it is meant to be, a cooperation, not a…
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