FEM34 How To Be A Successful Musician Without Sacrificing Your Family with Martha’s Trouble

Jen and Rob of Martha’s Trouble talk to me about how they manage their priorities; family and musical career. Learn how to be a successful musician from their journey as career and life partners. The lessons they learned from their mentor which gave them a breakthrough in their passion and the experiences they have earned from establishing a beautiful  family life are priceless.

Balancing a Music Career with Family

The necessity of a creative approach to scheduling
Embracing the challenge of integrating family life and touring
Traveling in an RV to shows with the family
The advantages of being DIY independent artist v. on a label

House Concert Tour

Building your audience
Establishing a deeper connection with the people in the room
Financial advantages of a house concert tour
Putting the call out on social media and to their email list

 Growing & Nurturing the Fanbase

Using holiday music to open doors to a larger fanbase
Releasing singles v. an entire album
Staying connected to your audience between projects
Treating merch like a pop-up store with non-traditional merch items

 Lessons learned from mentor Jerry York

 Having outside ears helped them remain objective in the studio
Directing focus in the studio
Whatever supports the record the best is what needs to be done
The value of having someone in your corner that believes in you

Connect With Jen & Rob

www.marthastrouble

jencoates.com

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Music by Stella Ronson
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ABOUT HOST BREE NOBLE
Bree Noble is an entrepreneur, musician and speaker. She founded Women of Substance Radio, an online radio station that promotes quality female artists in all genres, in 2007.  She launched the Women of Substance Music Podcast in November 2014, a 5 day per week show which promotes Independent female artists. Her podcast has hit #1 in New & Noteworthy for the Music, Arts and Society & Culture categories and #4 Audio Podcast on all of iTunes. She draws on her extensive experience running her own music business, both as a solo musician and as an Industry professional, to train and mentor other female musicians. Learn more about the station, the show and the artists atwww.wosradio.com. Connect with Bree on Twitter @BreeNoble or on Facebook or on Instagram @breenoblemusic