Joshua R F Murphy

Do You Invest Money In Your Music Career?

Chances are that if you are trying to make it in music, you have had conversations about financing and funding your career.

If you’re not investing money in your career, it's going to take a lot longer and people won't take you as seriously

So here's a breakdown of what you should be spending, where you should be spending it and how to raise funds for your career?

How Do You Fund Your Music Career?

What Are Your Business Values?

Your values as a business influence your company culture and the method in which you do business with your customers.

Having strong values as a business can mean the difference between gaining new clients or pushing away potential clients.

What are your business values? Drop a comment down below.

Want a closer relationship with your customers?

You NEED to use email marketing!

With an excellent ROI and an opportunity to provide more touch points in your marketing campaigns, email marketing is one of the most valuable forms of marketing in the music industry.

Check out my guide to building mailing lists and using email marketing, specifically made for the music industry.

Available here: https://joshuarfmurphy.com/2022/02/18/the-music-industry-guide-to-email-marketing%ef%bf%bc/

How Do Our Brains Work On Music?

“This Is Your Brain On Music” by Daniel Levitin is a great read for anyone interested in music, especially if you want to understand how it affects our day-to-day lives.

It provides a great insight into the psychology of music and the research that has been done on our brains when we experience different types of music.

Drop a comment with any music books you would recommend

Are You Ready For A Music Manager?

Finding a manager can be hard… but by completing some key tasks you can make yourself more attractive to managers and record labels.

If you are ready, I’m currently taking submissions for a chance to gain a music manager.

You can submit your music via the link in my bio.

*Spaces are VERY limited

DM me if you’d like to learn more about my past work and experience

Are you running a music business? Struggling to reach your target market?

You need to conduct market research!

Conducting market research enables you to gain valuable insights such as:

- Allowing you to test your product/service before launch

- Determine who your target market is and how to reach them

- Show you the current state of your market including market share and income streams

Head on over to my YouTube channel to get the full break down on how to conduct market research!

Available here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hLaeYGOXUkQ&ab_channel=JoshuaRFMurphy

and if you need a hand with conducting new research on your business, feel free to get in contact with me and I can help you out!

How Well Do You REALLY Know Your Business?

If you need to learn more about your business and your audience you need to conduct market research

This can provide you with insights to develop the business and help you reach your goals and achievements

As someone with experience conducting business and academic research, send me a DM me if you need help conducting market research for your business

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Successful Artist Case Study: Ed Sheeran

How did Ed Sheeran gain so much success in the music industry?

Besides having great songs and being a great personality star, there was so much more than went into his success... Including building a business around his music.

Take a look at how he built a team around his music to support him as a businessman.

and DM me if you need help building your business in music just like Ed.