Kingdom Of Rock - Helping Diy Musicians And Music Entrepreneurs With Business

The devastation of the COVID-19 pandemic wreaked havoc on the conventional music industry. But guitar superstar Steve Vai was not about to let lockdowns, cancelled concerts, and other dilemmas compromise his drive or productivity. In this episode, Vai shares with co-hosts Matt Gibson and Michael Molenda his buoyant outlook for maintaining—and even expanding—his creative mojo during a worldwide health crisis. There are lessons for every creator in Vai's wisdom.Support the show (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/KingdomOfRock)

On this episode of Kingdom of Rock, Matt Gibson and Yashi Brown spoke with Maroon 5 and Faith No More producer Matt Wallace.Support the show (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/KingdomOfRock)

John Lee DumasThis week on Kingdom of Rock, John Lee Dumas speaks with Matt Gibson on business strategies for musicians - how to add value and provide a product to consumers. John compares the future of "musicpreneurs" with video game streamers - playing music, talking about it, and creators watching other creators so we can learn from each other. He discusses the importance of engaging with your audience one-on-one and receiving feedback on how your music can be better for them. Optimized content - answering messages from audience, being in tune with what they want and need (and being able to create products and/or content based on that feedback). He also speaks on his Freedom Journal - a goal-focused journal he developed to keep the user on track with what they want to achieve. Goal setting is important for musicians, too! This interview can be summarized with a quote from Albert Einstein: "Try not to become a person of success, but a person of value" If your music can help people throug

This week on Kingdom of Rock podcast for DIY Musicians, Amanda Bocchi and Matt Gibson spoke with Morgan Wade about her new album and tour and what she does to make her music business succeed.  Morgan tells us what it's like to quit your day job and start your first tour! DIY Musicians and music entrepreneurs - Listen in!Morgan Wade and The Stepbrothershttp://www.morganwadeandthestepbrothers.com/https://www.facebook.com/morganwadeandthestepbrothers/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xVU5sBbXY_w&feature=youtu.be Support the show (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/KingdomOfRock)

 This week on Kingdom of Rock, guitarist Matt Gibson spoke with Twitter expert Madalyn Sklar about her experiences as a social media expert and the music industry! Co-Host Amanda Bocchi will return next week after she finishes her degree in Classical guitar from Hollins University! Madalyn Sklar is a serial entrepreneur, community builder and leading Twitter marketing expert. With 22 years digital marketing experience and 13 years social media marketing under her belt, it’s no surprise she’s ranked the #1 Social Media Power Influencer in Houston. Each week Madalyn hosts the #TwitterSmarter Twitter chat that brings together hundreds of people in an active one hour discussion revolving around Twitter marketing. Since launching two years ago, it has reached 4.64 billion impressions. She also hosts the weekly #SocialROI chat that’s presented by ManageFlitter. Madalyn interviews leading social media and marketing experts for her TwitterSmarter podcast and co-hosts the weekly Communities That Convert podcast with K

This week on Kingdom of Rock podcast for DIY Musicians, co-hosts Matt Gibson and Amanda Bocchi talked about what it takes to run a successful Pledgemusic Campaign. Amanda is currently running her campaign in support of her new album Organ Donor until the end of April. You can check it out here: https://www.pledgemusic.com/projects/amandabocchiSupport the show (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/KingdomOfRock)

This week, Amanda and Matt spoke to author and radio persona Paul Porter. Paul is the author of Blackout - My 40 Years in the Music Business. He was also the programming director for BET and eventually purchaced his own radio station in Orlando, Florida. If you want to learn about how radio works or want to explore the dirty side of the music business, this episode is for you!  Paul shoots about as straight as you can get on every topic. We talk about everything from payola to a detailed breakdown of how to break a song on the radio and get it to chart! Matt and Amanda both agreed that Paul was one of the best guests ever. Enjoy! You are going to learn a lot...http://www.porteronair.comhttp://www.blackoutthebook.comhttp://www.raprehab.com Support the show (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/KingdomOfRock)

This week on Kingdom of Rock, Matt Gibson spoke with sales, marketing and business guru Grant Cardone.  He addresses why musicians and artists struggle with the concept of making money. Listen now and let Grant hit you between the eyes with some great advise and motivation!Grant Cardone is a well known author of the 10x Factor and the creator of the 10x Growth Convention. He is an entrepreneur with the creation of 6 companies under his belt. Through his real estate holdings, Grant is well on his way to becoming a billionaire.  We brought Grant on the show to help you understand the kind of energy it takes to create that amount of wealth.  Amanda Bocchi and I are both fans of the 10x Factor and use principals found in Grant's writing and live videos to build our business.Favorite Quotes from the interview:"If you have great art and you sit in your living room and play to yourself you are selfish and self-centered."Links:www.grantcardone.comhttps://www.foxmovies.com/movies/the-greatest-showmanhtt

This week on Kingdom of Rock, Amanda Bocchi and Matt Gibson spoke to guitar shredder and YouTube star Annie Grunwald about her experiences in the music business. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PKyQGcdze1chttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0jGVkfbPkz0Support the show (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/KingdomOfRock)

This week, Matt Gibson spoke with Great White guitarist Mark Kendall. Mark talks about his vast experiences in the music industry in a Grammy nominated hard rock band that sold millions of records.Support the show (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/KingdomOfRock)

 This Week on Kingdom of Rock Podcast for DIY Musicians Matt Gibson and Amanda Bocchi spoke to sales and marketing expert Wes Schaeffer.  If you are looking for business and sales training, this is the episode for you!https://www.thesaleswhisperer.comSupport the show (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/KingdomOfRock)

This week on Kingdom of Rock Podcast for DIY Musicians, Amanda Bocchi and Matt Gibson spoke with guitarist and entrepreneur Nick Able. Nick is best known for touring with Ravi Shankar and his family as a guitarist.Nick shares his experiences as an entrepreneur and he tells us about the mechanics behind building and managing a guitar membership site for legendary guitarists Andy James and Frank Gambale.Topics covered Include:Elance - recruiting help for your businessBuilding a teamFour Hour Work Week - Tim FerrisPat Flynn - Smart Passive Income - Will it FlyBusiness Automation via the InternetDaniel Tomkins http://daniel-tompkins.com/Andy James https://andyjamesguitaracademy.com/Frank Gambale http://www.frankgambaleonlineguitarschool.com/http://rockstarmarketing.co.uk/ Support the show (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/KingdomOfRock)

Photograph by Neil ZlozowerThis week on Kingdom of Rock Podcast for DIY Musicians, Matt Gibson spoke with Bill Lonero about his experiences as a guitarist, entrepreneur and inventor. Bill talked about his journey from an office worker in 2003 to a full time musician and business owner.Recently Guitar Player Magazine recognized his band Lonero in the 50th Anniversary Edition. The album, Defiant Machine was selected by Guitar Player Magazine as one of the most noteworthy albums in the last 50 years.He talks about the importance of having regular band rehearsals and practice and how that has been a valuable pillar to he band's success.Many musicians have aspirations to achieve the title of Rock Star.  Matt and Bill discussed the hard work it takes to attain the status of "Rock Star" and how many musicians don't comprehend or like the idea of all the work it takes. A quote he mentioned was "Success is achieved when effort exceeds desire".We talked about the fascinating creation of hi

This week on Kingdom of Rock, Matt and Amanda spoke with emerging artist and college student Ava Baker aka Ava Camille about her music career.Episode Highlights:Ava sings her amazing song For the Sake of a Stranger's TouchAva talks about her goals as an artistMatt Gibson and Amanda Bocchi talk to Ava about the importance of being known as a person to your fans. Knowing your identity as a person and artist Getting your social media profiles in order The importance of Creating Content Connecting with YOUR people Making friends in media and journalism Choosing your friends by networking Look for the people that have already done what you want to do Reverse Engineering Successful artists Pick ONE social media to master getting traffic to your website Creating a team Writing Blog posts on your website to get search engine traffic SEO How to get known as an artist and a person simultaneouslyBooks and People Mentioned in this interview: Grant Cardone - 10x Factor Tim Ferris - Four Hour Work Week Miley Cyrus Aud

This week on Kingdom of Rock, guitarists Matt Gibson and Amanda Bocchi spoke to Michael Molenda, Editor in Chief of Guitar Player Magazine. Michael shared about the challenges of running a major magazine for guitar players. We also conversed about how running a magazine has changed in the new music business and how the magazine has shifted to serve the needs of guitar players. We touched on the changes in the industry now that the power for your career is in your hands and the pros and the cons of the new DIY music industry.Other topics covered:The Guitar VirtuosoSocial media StrategiesHow to Find your PeopleClick Bait vs Quality ContentWashington Post Article About the Decline of the Guitar - George GruenGuitar Heros and MillennialsFeminism and Female guitaristsTips for DIY musicianshttp://www.guitarplayer.com  Support the show (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/KingdomOfRock)

This week, Amanda Bocchi spoke with country music and rockabilly legend, Wanda Jackson about her experiences as a musician starting in the 50's on tour with Elvis to her current pursuits as a touring musician and author.  Amanda and Wanda talk about her struggles getting her music on the radio as a female artist in a male dominated music industry.  She also touched on the importance of faith in God and what it takes to strike balance as an artist with a family. She is releasing her new autobiography on November 14th, 2017.Wanda Jackson's debut single, "You Can't Have My Love," reached the Top 10 while she was still a sixteen-year-old high school student. She hit the road after graduation, playing package shows with Carl Perkins, Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Elvis Presley, who gave Wanda his ring and asked her to be "his girl." With Presley's encouragement, the Oklahoma native began recording rock music, often releasing singles with country on one side and rock on t

This week on Kingdom of Rock, Amanda Bocchi and Matt Gibson spoke with legendary Kiss and Grand Funk Railroad guitarist Bruce Kulick about his experiences in the music industry. We talk about everything from product launches, record companies, Kiss, Gene Simmons, radio stations and Bruce offers up some gems! He has an entrepreneurial spirit and is a really great example for us to follow when we approach our music based business.Links to Bruce Kulickhttp://www.kulick.net/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3lp7XzFMH-s Support the show (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/KingdomOfRock)

This week on Kingdom of Rock Podcast for DIY Musicians, Amanda Bocchi spoke with Christine Stevens. Christine Stevens is a music therapist who travels as a director of health and wellness for Remo drums around the world to do sonic healing and drum work. Christine has developed a method of sonic healing to address the spiritual, physical, mental and emotional dysfunction humans experience.  You can check out Christine at Upbeat Drum Circles http://www.ubdrumcircles.com/ Christine is also the author of Music Medicine - a book about sonic healing.https://www.amazon.com/dp/B008S28ITM/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1 Interview Highlights:Remo was on the forefront of developing women’s drums and empowering women drummers. http://remo.com/Four elements of music discussed in the interview.Rhythm - correlates to the bodyHarmony - Everyone singing together (drum circle, choir)Melody - The Heart. (the flute)Silence - element for the mindWomen’s March in Washington DC https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2017_W

Ryan Roxie (L) and Alice Cooper perform in concert at ACL Live on February 12, 2015 in Austin, Texas.Ryan Roxie, Alice CooperThis was originally shared on Facebook live, and Instagram live.This week on Kingdom of Rock, guitarist Matt Gibson spoke with longtime Alice Cooper guitarist Ryan Roxie.Ryan Roxie began playing with Alice Cooper for what began as a year long tour over 20 years ago. Ryan wants you to know, rock-n-roll isn't dead. Unless it's dead in your mind. 20 year old kids are still showing up to Alice Cooper shows, singing every word. pProof that rock-n-roll is alive and well.Special guest Nita Strauss, drops in to say hello to Ryan and Matt.Ryan Roxie talks about his experience in the 1990's band Electric Angels out of LA. Lost in the Atlantic is an album recorded with Atlantic records in the early 90's that was never released, until now that is. The first album was recorded in 1987. Takeaways:Your song isn't a product, it's a promotional tool. The revenue streams hav

What's up Kingdom of Rock! This week, Amanda Bocchi spoke with Atlanta artist Indie from Indie Killed the Pop Star. They spoke about her experiences as an Opera singer and Independent Artist. Indie tells her story of overcoming vocal nodules and re-branding her art as a singer-songwriter distinguished by her powerful opera vocal chops.  In addition, Amanda and Indee talk about the challenges of anxiety and how that affects the trajectory of a music career. She is currently working on a new album that she hopes to release in 2017.  In Indie's own words, it is heavily influenced by the band Radiohead.  She has been writing the songs since 2009 and she hopes to release the first video Youngblood with a grassroots team of her friends. Relevant Links and Topics Discussed:Baby Robot Media PR http://www.babyrobotmedia.com/Indie uses the Law of Attraction to bring in musical and business partners.She supplements her performance income with being a Music Teacher for 40 students.Being thrifty helps with makin