The C.L.I.M.B. with Johnny Dwinell and Brent Baxter

When chaos strikes and it’s out of your control, how will YOU face it? The fact is, life is unpredictable. Some things are out of our control. However, how we react to major life changes and chaos is something we CAN control! LISTEN NOW: https://bit.ly/deathandpoverty PS: Get your free PDF download of 21 Biggest Reasons You Don’t Have More fans today and improve the promotion efforts for your music. Go to GiftFromJohnny.com and tell him where to send it. PPS: If you’re ready to take the next step and grow your artist brand, then schedule a consultation today. Johnny will help you craft a strategy that will garner immediate results regardless of your promo budget. Email us at [email protected] and put CONSULTATION in the subject line. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What does an artist need to do to gain subscribers on their website and/or YouTube channel? What are the steps YOU should be taking get more subscribers? Find out by clicking the link below. If you have a music marketing questions you’d like Johnny to tackle, email it to [email protected] and put “Pick Johnny’s Brain” in the subject line. LISTEN NOW: https://bit.ly/PJB022 PS: Get your free PDF download of 21 Biggest Reasons You Don’t Have More fans today and improve the promotion efforts for your music. Go to GiftFromJohnny.com and tell him where to send it. PPS: If you’re ready to take the next step and grow your artist brand, then schedule a consultation today. Johnny will help you craft a strategy that will garner immediate results regardless of your promo budget. Email us at [email protected] and put CONSULTATION in the subject line. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Music Biz success can be a long journey and a wise P.A.T.H. is critical to that success! Is your path wise? How can you get the most out of the steps you are taking on this journey? Find out now by clicking the link below! LISTEN NOW: https://bit.ly/CLIMB223 PS: Get your free PDF download of 21 Biggest Reasons You Don’t Have More fans today and improve the promotion efforts for your music. Go to GiftFromJohnny.com and tell him where to send it. PPS: If you’re ready to take the next step and grow your artist brand, then schedule a consultation today. Johnny will help you craft a strategy that will garner immediate results regardless of your promo budget. Email us at [email protected] and put CONSULTATION in the subject line. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

How would you write the song titled “Drip, drip, drip?” What do you think would be the most compelling direction for this title. We’d love to hear from you! Find out how hit songwriter Brent Baxter and his co-host Johnny Dwinell would write this one by clicking the link below… LISTEN NOW: https://bit.ly/STC66 PS: Get your free PDF download of 21 Biggest Reasons You Don’t Have More fans today and improve the promotion efforts for your music. Go to GiftFromJohnny.com and tell him where to send it. PPS: If you’re ready to take the next step and grow your artist brand, then schedule a consultation today. Johnny will help you craft a strategy that will garner immediate results regardless of your promo budget. Email us at [email protected] and put CONSULTATION in the subject line. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What are SEVEN DEADLY SINS that may delay or destroy your dream? Are you committing any of these sins? Find out in this weeks CLIMB episode! LISTEN NOW: https://bit.ly/CLIMB222 PS: Get your free PDF download of 21 Biggest Reasons You Don’t Have More fans today and improve the promotion efforts for your music. Go to GiftFromJohnny.com and tell him where to send it. PPS: If you’re ready to take the next step and grow your artist brand, then schedule a consultation today. Johnny will help you craft a strategy that will garner immediate results regardless of your promo budget. Email us at [email protected] and put CONSULTATION in the subject line. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode of Pick Johnny’s Brain, Johnny answers multiple music marketing questions that were submitted by some of you! If you have a music marketing question you’d like to submit, please email it to [email protected] and put “Pick Johnny’s Brain” in the subject line. LISTEN NOW: https://bit.ly/PJB021 PS: Get your free PDF download of 21 Biggest Reasons You Don’t Have More fans today and improve the promotion efforts for your music. Go to GiftFromJohnny.com and tell him where to send it. PPS: If you’re ready to take the next step and grow your artist brand, then schedule a consultation today. Johnny will help you craft a strategy that will garner immediate results regardless of your promo budget. Email us at [email protected] and put CONSULTATION in the subject line. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

None of us expected this pandemic or how our lives would be affected. For songwriters, it’s made writing in the room impossible! However, we have virtual song writing rooms! How can YOU make the best of your online co-write and what are the pros of connecting with co-writers online? LISTEN NOW: https://bit.ly/CLIMB221 PS: Get your free PDF download of 21 Biggest Reasons You Don’t Have More fans today and improve the promotion efforts for your music. Go to GiftFromJohnny.com and tell him where to send it. PPS: If you’re ready to take the next step and grow your artist brand, then schedule a consultation today. Johnny will help you craft a strategy that will garner immediate results regardless of your promo budget. Email us at [email protected] and put CONSULTATION in the subject line. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

During this Coronavirus quarantine, singers and songwriters have been doing more live streams than ever! This sudden influx of live streaming inspired CLIMBer Luke Comer to send in the song title “Live Stream” for the Song Title Challenge! How would you write this one to make it timeless, interesting and even unexpected? Tune in as Brent and Johnny tackle this song title. LISTEN NOW: https://bit.ly/STC065 PS: Get your free PDF download of 21 Biggest Reasons You Don’t Have More fans today and improve the promotion efforts for your music. Go to GiftFromJohnny.com and tell him where to send it. PPS: If you’re ready to take the next step and grow your artist brand, then schedule a consultation today. Johnny will help you craft a strategy that will garner immediate results regardless of your promo budget. Email us at [email protected] and put CONSULTATION in the subject line. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What is emotional intelligence? How can improving your emotional intelligence help set you up for success! Tune into this weeks episode as Johnny and Brent dive deep into emotional intelligence and the phycological behaviors that may be holding you back from your goals! LISTEN NOW: https://bit.ly/CLIMB220 PS: Get your free PDF download of 21 Biggest Reasons You Don’t Have More fans today and improve the promotion efforts for your music. Go to GiftFromJohnny.com and tell him where to send it. PPS: If you’re ready to take the next step and grow your artist brand, then schedule a consultation today. Johnny will help you craft a strategy that will garner immediate results regardless of your promo budget. Email us at [email protected] and put CONSULTATION in the subject line. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode of “Pick Johnny’s Brain” Johnny talks about how independent artists can go about reaching out to venues/promoters for future gigs, he dives into platforms like Twitch and Discord and how to go about digital distribution! If you’d like to submit a music marketing question please email us at [email protected] and put “Pick Johnny’s Brain” in the subject line. LISTEN NOW: https://bit.ly/PJB020 PS: Get your free PDF download of 21 Biggest Reasons You Don’t Have More fans today and improve the promotion efforts for your music. Go to GiftFromJohnny.com and tell him where to send it. PPS: If you’re ready to take the next step and grow your artist brand, then schedule a consultation today. Johnny will help you craft a strategy that will garner immediate results regardless of your promo budget. Email us at [email protected] and put CONSULTATION in the subject line. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

When it comes to your indie artist and/or songwriter goals, we can help you S.C.O.R.E. Do you have a clear day to day plan? If not, that’s ok… Brent is here to save the day with another “Baxtronym.” Listen in as Brent and Johnny discuss the importance of having balance in life, as well as a good plan! LISTEN NOW: https://bit.ly/219SCORE PS: Get your free PDF download of 21 Biggest Reasons You Don’t Have More fans today and improve the promotion efforts for your music. Go to GiftFromJohnny.com and tell him where to send it. PPS: If you’re ready to take the next step and grow your artist brand, then schedule a consultation today. Johnny will help you craft a strategy that will garner immediate results regardless of your promo budget. Email us at [email protected] and put CONSULTATION in the subject line. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

If someone hit you with the song title “Three’s A Company, Two’s A Crowd” how would you write it? We’d love to hear from you. Listen in as Brent and Johnny tackle this idea. Thanks to CLIMBer Graham Donahue for submitting this title! If you have an interesting song title you’d like to submit for an episode of Song Title Challenge, email it to [email protected] and put “Song Title Challenge” in the subject line. LISTEN NOW: https://bit.ly/STC064 PS: Get your free PDF download of 21 Biggest Reasons You Don’t Have More fans today and improve the promotion efforts for your music. Go to GiftFromJohnny.com and tell him where to send it. PPS: If you’re ready to take the next step and grow your artist brand, then schedule a consultation today. Johnny will help you craft a strategy that will garner immediate results regardless of your promo budget. Email us at [email protected] and put CONSULTATION in the subject line. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What is the absolute worst thing YOU can be doing during this pandemic? Tune into this weeks episode of the C.L.I.M.B. to find out! LISTEN NOW: https://bit.ly/worstthingpandemic PS: Get your free PDF download of 21 Biggest Reasons You Don’t Have More fans today and improve the promotion efforts for your music. Go to GiftFromJohnny.com and tell him where to send it. PPS: If you’re ready to take the next step and grow your artist brand, then schedule a consultation today. Johnny will help you craft a strategy that will garner immediate results regardless of your promo budget. Email us at [email protected] and put CONSULTATION in the subject line. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

“How would someone promote multiple brands and/or transition to new brands without causing complete chaos?” Thank you to Uncle Brent for submitting this question. If you have a music marketing question you’d like Johnny to answer, please email it to [email protected] and put “Pick Johnny’s Brain” in the subject line. LISTEN NOW: https://bit.ly/radionotgoodenough PS: Get your free PDF download of 21 Biggest Reasons You Don’t Have More fans today and improve the promotion efforts for your music. Go to GiftFromJohnny.com and tell him where to send it. PPS: If you’re ready to take the next step and grow your artist brand, then schedule a consultation today. Johnny will help you craft a strategy that will garner immediate results regardless of your promo budget. Email us at [email protected] and put CONSULTATION in the subject line. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Maybe your songs are JUST AS GOOD as the songs on the radio! However, here is why that may NOT BE good enough. LISTEN NOW: bit.ly/radionotgoodenough PS: Get your free PDF download of 21 Biggest Reasons You Don’t Have More fans today and improve the promotion efforts for your music. Go to GiftFromJohnny.com and tell him where to send it. PPS: If you’re ready to take the next step and grow your artist brand, then schedule a consultation today. Johnny will help you craft a strategy that will garner immediate results regardless of your promo budget. Email us at [email protected] and put CONSULTATION in the subject line. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tune in to this weeks SONG TITLE CHALLENGE as Brent and Johnny tackle the title “Desperate Sunrise.” How would you write this one? If you have a song title you’d like to submit for a song title challenge, email Johnny at [email protected] and put “Song Title Challenge” in the subject line. LISTEN NOW: bit.ly/STC063 PS: Get your free PDF download of 21 Biggest Reasons You Don’t Have More fans today and improve the promotion efforts for your music. Go to GiftFromJohnny.com and tell him where to send it. PPS: If you’re ready to take the next step and grow your artist brand, then schedule a consultation today. Johnny will help you craft a strategy that will garner immediate results regardless of your promo budget. Email us at [email protected] and put CONSULTATION in the subject line. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Is there such a thing as being “too consistent?” Find out by listening to this episode of the C.L.I.M.B. LISTEN NOW: bit.ly/tooconsistent PS: Get your free PDF download of 21 Biggest Reasons You Don’t Have More fans today and improve the promotion efforts for your music. Go to GiftFromJohnny.com and tell him where to send it. PPS: If you’re ready to take the next step and grow your artist brand, then schedule a consultation today. Johnny will help you craft a strategy that will garner immediate results regardless of your promo budget. Email us at [email protected] and put CONSULTATION in the subject line. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

“How do I market my songs to artists?” This is one of the questions Johnny recently received for Pick Johnny’s Brain and is the question he’s diving into this week! If you’d like to submit a question for Pick Johnny’s Brain, please email Johnny at [email protected] and put “Pick Johnny’s Brain” in the subject line. LISTEN NOW: https://bit.ly/PJB018 PS: Get your free PDF download of 21 Biggest Reasons You Don’t Have More fans today and improve the promotion efforts for your music. Go to GiftFromJohnny.com and tell him where to send it. PPS: If you’re ready to take the next step and grow your artist brand, then schedule a consultation today. Johnny will help you craft a strategy that will garner immediate results regardless of your promo budget. Email us at [email protected] and put CONSULTATION in the subject line. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

BONUS EPISODE: Johnny and Brent talk about ways YOU can turn this COVID19 trial into a triumph! Tune in to hear some great tips, tricks and resources to help you further your career during this challenging time! LISTEN NOW: https://bit.ly/Covid19bonus Here are the podcast mentions: Social Media Examiner (Social Media Marketing World is the event put on by SME) Pat Flynn Jeff Bullas Gary Vaynerchuk (Gary Vee) Ted McGrath Melanie Benson Sue B. Zimmerman (Instagram Expert) PS: Get your free PDF download of 21 Biggest Reasons You Don’t Have More fans today and improve the promotion efforts for your music. Go to GiftFromJohnny.com and tell him where to send it. PPS: If you’re ready to take the next step and grow your artist brand, then schedule a consultation today. Johnny will help you craft a strategy that will garner immediate results regardless of your promo budget. Email us at [email protected] and put CONSULTATION in the subject line. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join Brent and Johnny this week as they dig into Jake Owen’s song “Homemade” and talk about why it’s a hit and what makes it a commercially competitive song! Also, how can this help you in your songwriting journey? LISTEN NOW:https://bit.ly/JakeOwenHomemade PS: Get your free PDF download of 21 Biggest Reasons You Don’t Have More fans today and improve the promotion efforts for your music. Go to GiftFromJohnny.com and tell him where to send it. PPS: If you’re ready to take the next step and grow your artist brand, then schedule a consultation today. Johnny will help you craft a strategy that will garner immediate results regardless of your promo budget. Email us at [email protected] and put CONSULTATION in the subject line. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

When pro songwriters begin a writing session, they usually spend the first 15-20 minutes or more sharing ideas and brainstorming possible directions for the idea that they land on! During this “Song Title Challenge” Brent and Johnny mimic what is done in a pro co-write. Tune in as they brainstorm the idea “Pickup Lines.” LISTEN NOW:https://bit.ly/STCpickuplines PS: Get your free PDF download of 21 Biggest Reasons You Don’t Have More fans today and improve the promotion efforts for your music. Go to GiftFromJohnny.com and tell him where to send it. PPS: If you’re ready to take the next step and grow your artist brand, then schedule a consultation today. Johnny will help you craft a strategy that will garner immediate results regardless of your promo budget. Email us at [email protected] and put CONSULTATION in the subject line. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It can be so tempting to want to buy that shiny, new guitar, but before you do, PUMP THE BRAKES! When it comes to the success of your music career, here are 5 things you should consider investing in BEFORE you buy that new guitar! LISTEN NOW:http://bit.ly/insteadofthatguitar PS: Get your free PDF download of 21 Biggest Reasons You Don’t Have More fans today and improve the promotion efforts for your music. Go to GiftFromJohnny.com and tell him where to send it. PPS: If you’re ready to take the next step and grow your artist brand, then schedule a consultation today. Johnny will help you craft a strategy that will garner immediate results regardless of your promo budget. Email us at [email protected] and put CONSULTATION in the subject line. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What would a new major label artist marketing budget look like? How would one dissect that budget or know where the money is going and how much money will be spent on a particular artist? LISTEN NOW: http://bit.ly/dissectinglabelbudget PS: Get your free PDF download of 21 Biggest Reasons You Don’t Have More fans today and improve the promotion efforts for your music. Go to GiftFromJohnny.com and tell him where to send it. PPS: If you’re ready to take the next step and grow your artist brand, then schedule a consultation today. Johnny will help you craft a strategy that will garner immediate results regardless of your promo budget. Email us at [email protected] and put CONSULTATION in the subject line. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Being a fly on the wall while pro songwriters and/or music publishers break down a song is one of the BEST ways a songwriter can learn how to improve their writing skills. In this episode, Brent and Johnny breakdown “Here and Now” by Kenny Chesney. LISTEN NOW: http://bit.ly/KChereandnow PS: Get your free PDF download of 21 Biggest Reasons You Don’t Have More fans today and improve the promotion efforts for your music. Go to GiftFromJohnny.com and tell him where to send it. PPS: If you’re ready to take the next step and grow your artist brand, then schedule a consultation today. Johnny will help you craft a strategy that will garner immediate results regardless of your promo budget. Email us at [email protected] and put CONSULTATION in the subject line. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tune in as Brent and Johnny tackle the song title “Twisted” to see which direction they take it? If you haven’t heard an infamous SONG TITLE CHALLENGE on this podcast, you’re in for a treat! Johnny springs a title on Brent without giving him time to prepare. Then Brent “spit balls” ideas just as pro songwriters do in a co-writing session. LISTEN NOW: http://bit.ly/STCtwisted PS: Get your free PDF download of 21 Biggest Reasons You Don’t Have More fans today and improve the promotion efforts for your music. Go to GiftFromJohnny.com and tell him where to send it. PPS: If you’re ready to take the next step and grow your artist brand, then schedule a consultation today. Johnny will help you craft a strategy that will garner immediate results regardless of your promo budget. Email us at [email protected] and put CONSULTATION in the subject line. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Digital marketing can seem strange and foreign when trying to break as an artist on social platforms. Johnny recently lost a client and here’s why… LISTEN NOW: http://bit.ly/Jlostaclient PS: Get your free PDF download of 21 Biggest Reasons You Don’t Have More fans today and improve the promotion efforts for your music. Go to GiftFromJohnny.com and tell him where to send it. PPS: If you’re ready to take the next step and grow your artist brand, then schedule a consultation today. Johnny will help you craft a strategy that will garner immediate results regardless of your promo budget. Email us at [email protected] and put CONSULTATION in the subject line. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

So, your music has evolved and gotten better… should you rebrand? Johnny dives into this question and more In this episode of Pick Johnny’s Brain. If you have a music marketing question you’d like Johnny to answer, we’d love to hear it! Please email your questions to [email protected] and put “Pick Johnny’s Brain” in the subject line! LISTEN NOW: http://bit.ly/shouldIrebrand PS: Get your free PDF download of 21 Biggest Reasons You Don’t Have More fans today and improve the promotion efforts for your music. Go to GiftFromJohnny.com and tell him where to send it. PPS: If you’re ready to take the next step and grow your artist brand, then schedule a consultation today. Johnny will help you craft a strategy that will garner immediate results regardless of your promo budget. Email us at [email protected] and put CONSULTATION in the subject line. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It’s hard enough to get inside a publisher door for an official meeting, but once you do, how do you get them to fall in love with what you do and YOU as a person? Tune in as Brent gives some tips and tricks in this episode of the CLIMB! LISTEN NOW: http://bit.ly/Musicpubfallinlove PS: Get your free PDF download of 21 Biggest Reasons You Don’t Have More fans today and improve the promotion efforts for your music. Go to GiftFromJohnny.com and tell him where to send it. PPS: If you’re ready to take the next step and grow your artist brand, then schedule a consultation today. Johnny will help you craft a strategy that will garner immediate results regardless of your promo budget. Email us at [email protected] and put CONSULTATION in the subject line. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

How would you write the song “In The Neon?” Which direction would you take it and what do you think the best story is behind the song idea? We’d love to hear what you would do and what you think of the direction Brent and Johnny take this title! Let us know! LISTEN NOW :http://bit.ly/intheneon PS: Get your free PDF download of 21 Biggest Reasons You Don’t Have More fans today and improve the promotion efforts for your music. Go to GiftFromJohnny.com and tell him where to send it. PPS: If you’re ready to take the next step and grow your artist brand, then schedule a consultation today. Johnny will help you craft a strategy that will garner immediate results regardless of your promo budget. Email us at [email protected] and put CONSULTATION in the subject line. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Female artist development + business consultant Lindsey Kirkendall knows what it takes to help female artists turn their music ventures into a profitable business! Tune into this intriguing episode as Johnny and Brent Interview Lindsey as she shares some juicy little music biz success secrets. To follow Lindsey go to www.instagram.com/lindseykirkendall And for a free artist strategy session visit https://lindseykirkendall.as.me/schedule.php LISTEN NOW:http://bit.ly/LindseyKirkendall PS: Get your free PDF download of 21 Biggest Reasons You Don’t Have More fans today and improve the promotion efforts for your music. Go to GiftFromJohnny.com and tell him where to send it. PPS: If you’re ready to take the next step and grow your artist brand, then schedule a consultation today. Johnny will help you craft a strategy that will garner immediate results regardless of your promo budget. Email us at [email protected] and put CONSULTATION in the subject line. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Is it worth it to pay fifty bucks to a company like ReverbNation to have a song promoted on a playlist on Spotify? Thank you to CLIMBer Wayne Street for submitting this question. Listen in as Johnny gives some insight. LISTEN NOW:http://bit.ly/buzzbeforerelease PS: Get your free PDF download of 21 Biggest Reasons You Don’t Have More fans today and improve the promotion efforts for your music. Go to GiftFromJohnny.com and tell him where to send it. PPS: If you’re ready to take the next step and grow your artist brand, then schedule a consultation today. Johnny will help you craft a strategy that will garner immediate results regardless of your promo budget. Email us at [email protected] and put CONSULTATION in the subject line. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Kent Blazy is an incredible hit songwriter with songs such as “If Tomorrow Never Comes” by Garth Brooks and “Gettin You Home” By Chris Young as well as so many more. Listen in as Brent interviews Kent Blazy and get’s some of his back story as well as what it takes to become a hit songwriter. LISTEN NOW:http://bit.ly/Hangwithkentblazy PS: Get your free PDF download of 21 Biggest Reasons You Don’t Have More fans today and improve the promotion efforts for your music. Go to GiftFromJohnny.com and tell him where to send it. PPS: If you’re ready to take the next step and grow your artist brand, then schedule a consultation today. Johnny will help you craft a strategy that will garner immediate results regardless of your promo budget. Email us at [email protected] and put CONSULTATION in the subject line. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

If someone threw the song title “Cut to the Chase” at you, what would be the most interesting/intriguing way to write it? Tune in as Brent and Johnny brainstorm how to write this title! Which direction will they go? LISTEN NOW: http://bit.ly/cuttothechasestc PS: Get your free PDF download of 21 Biggest Reasons You Don’t Have More fans today and improve the promotion efforts for your music. Go to GiftFromJohnny.com and tell him where to send it. PPS: If you’re ready to take the next step and grow your artist brand, then schedule a consultation today. Johnny will help you craft a strategy that will garner immediate results regardless of your promo budget. Email us at [email protected] and put CONSULTATION in the subject line. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Are you on digital? If not, you should be! And are you still dead set on putting out full albums, or have you been dabbling in the idea of putting out more singles? If so, maybe this episode will help you decide! When it comes to being successful on digital, it’s all about frequency and reach! So how do we reach new and existing fans frequently? Tune is as Johnny and Brent discuss… LISTEN NOW: http://bit.ly/Sexybasicsexposure PS: Get your free PDF download of 21 Biggest Reasons You Don’t Have More fans today and improve the promotion efforts for your music. Go to GiftFromJohnny.com and tell him where to send it. PPS: If you’re ready to take the next step and grow your artist brand, then schedule a consultation today. Johnny will help you craft a strategy that will garner immediate results regardless of your promo budget. Email us at [email protected] and put CONSULTATION in the subject line. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Okay, so social media is “a thing” now! Like, a big thing! Especially if I’m an artist. But do I have to be on all social media platforms? And which will work best for me? LISTEN NOW: http://bit.ly/onatllsmplatforms PS: Get your free PDF download of 21 Biggest Reasons You Don’t Have More fans today and improve the promotion efforts for your music. Go to GiftFromJohnny.com and tell him where to send it. PPS: If you’re ready to take the next step and grow your artist brand, then schedule a consultation today. Johnny will help you craft a strategy that will garner immediate results regardless of your promo budget. Email us at [email protected] and put CONSULTATION in the subject line. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this episode Brent and Johnny talk with Bart Herbison, Executive director of NSAI and songwriter advocate. Listen in and get some more in depth info into the Music Modernization Act and what is being done to change things for songwriters. LISTEN NOW: http://bit.ly/Bartherbison PS: Get your free PDF download of 21 Biggest Reasons You Don’t Have More fans today and improve the promotion efforts for your music. Go to GiftFromJohnny.com and tell him where to send it. PPS: If you’re ready to take the next step and grow your artist brand, then schedule a consultation today. Johnny will help you craft a strategy that will garner immediate results regardless of your promo budget. Email us at [email protected] and put CONSULTATION in the subject line. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Have you ever had a really interesting song title, but you didn’t know which direction to take it? Then this episode is for you! Listen in as Brent and Johnny brainstorm the title Airplane Mode LISTEN NOW: http://bit.ly/airplanemodeSTC PS: Get your free PDF download of 21 Biggest Reasons You Don’t Have More fans today and improve the promotion efforts for your music. Go to GiftFromJohnny.com and tell him where to send it. PPS: If you’re ready to take the next step and grow your artist brand, then schedule a consultation today. Johnny will help you craft a strategy that will garner immediate results regardless of your promo budget. Email us at [email protected] and put CONSULTATION in the subject line. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Digital is here! If you adapt, you’ll thrive. If you don’t, you’ll suffer. Want proof? Listen to this new episode of the CLIMB LISTEN NOW: http://bit.ly/Goldenglobesyourcareer PS: Get your free PDF download of 21 Biggest Reasons You Don’t Have More fans today and improve the promotion efforts for your music. Go to GiftFromJohnny.com and tell him where to send it. PPS: If you’re ready to take the next step and grow your artist brand, then schedule a consultation today. Johnny will help you craft a strategy that will garner immediate results regardless of your promo budget. Email us at [email protected] and put CONSULTATION in the subject line. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What if you’re an artist/singer/songwriter and you don’t do many or any live shows? Can you still make money? If so, how? Listen in as Johnny answers this question and gives his advice. LISTEN NOW:http://bit.ly/makemoneyplayinglive PS: Get your free PDF download of 21 Biggest Reasons You Don’t Have More fans today and improve the promotion efforts for your music. Go to GiftFromJohnny.com and tell him where to send it. PPS: If you’re ready to take the next step and grow your artist brand, then schedule a consultation today. Johnny will help you craft a strategy that will garner immediate results regardless of your promo budget. Email us at [email protected] and put CONSULTATION in the subject line. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Do You want to know what music publishers are looking for in a songwriter? Do you want to have your finger on the pulse of what is happening in the music industry RIGHT NOW? Then this episode may just be what you’ve been looking for. This week on the CLIMB, Brent shares an interview he hosted with Music Publisher Butch Baker. LISTEN NOW: http://bit.ly/butchbaker PS: Get your free PDF download of 21 Biggest Reasons You Don’t Have More fans today and improve the promotion efforts for your music. Go to GiftFromJohnny.com and tell him where to send it. PPS: If you’re ready to take the next step and grow your artist brand, then schedule a consultation today. Johnny will help you craft a strategy that will garner immediate results regardless of your promo budget. Email us at [email protected] and put CONSULTATION in the subject line. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Every other week, Brent and Johnny do the “Song Title Challenge” on the CLIMB podcast to show YOU how pro songwriters take a title and brainstorm the many possible angles. This week on “Song Title Challenge” they tackle the hook “Too dumb To Run.” How would you write this one? LISTEN NOW: http://bit.ly/toodumbtorun PS: Get your free PDF download of 21 Biggest Reasons You Don’t Have More fans today and improve the promotion efforts for your music. Go to GiftFromJohnny.com and tell him where to send it. PPS: If you’re ready to take the next step and grow your artist brand, then schedule a consultation today. Johnny will help you craft a strategy that will garner immediate results regardless of your promo budget. Email us at [email protected] and put CONSULTATION in the subject line. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

“A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way and shows the way!” – John C. Maxwell. Great leaders can completely change a company, the success of a band or artist and sometimes change the course of history! Everyone is called to be a leader at some point in their career. Will you STEP UP when it’s your turn? Johnny and Brent talk about what it means to be a GREAT leader in the music industry today and how you can lead in your own respect! LISTEN NOW: http://bit.ly/youregonnalose PS: Get your free PDF download of 21 Biggest Reasons You Don’t Have More fans today and improve the promotion efforts for your music. Go to GiftFromJohnny.com and tell him where to send it. PPS: If you’re ready to take the next step and grow your artist brand, then schedule a consultation today. Johnny will help you craft a strategy that will garner immediate results regardless of your promo budget. Email us at [email protected] and put CONSULTATION in the subject line. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In a world full of very unique, colorful, crazy and inventive artists all across the digital world, it can be hard to STAND OUT! So, should an artist be authentic if they feel like they are “boring?” And is there such a thing? Thanks CLIMBer Ethan Richards for submitting this question for this episode of “Pick Johnny’s Brain.” How will Johnny answer? LISTEN NOW: http://bit.ly/authenticifboring PS: Get your free PDF download of 21 Biggest Reasons You Don’t Have More fans today and improve the promotion efforts for your music. Go to GiftFromJohnny.com and tell him where to send it. PPS: If you’re ready to take the next step and grow your artist brand, then schedule a consultation today. Johnny will help you craft a strategy that will garner immediate results regardless of your promo budget. Email us at [email protected] and put CONSULTATION in the subject line. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Unless you’re right in the middle of the songwriting action on music row in Nashville, in LA or in New York, it can sometimes seem impossible to have your finger on the pulse of what is happening in the songwriting world RIGHT NOW! But in this episode, you can do just that! Brent recaps a pitch to publisher meeting he recently had and the songwriting “do” and songwriting “don’t” tips she gave that can help songwriters like YOU know what publishers and artists are looking for! LISTEN NOW: http://bit.ly/dosanddontsofsongwriting PS: Get your free PDF download of 21 Biggest Reasons You Don’t Have More fans today and improve the promotion efforts for your music. Go to GiftFromJohnny.com and tell him where to send it. PPS: If you’re ready to take the next step and grow your artist brand, then schedule a consultation today. Johnny will help you craft a strategy that will garner immediate results regardless of your promo budget. Email us at [email protected] and put CONSULTATION in the subject line. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

How many different ways can one write a song title? And what if the first angle we choose is good, but the 5th, 6th and 7th are GREAT? Pro songwriters dive into song titles every day, playing with different ways to spin them. In this episode, you can hear Brent and Johnny do the same with the title “Without Thinking.” How would you write this one? LISTEN NOW: http://bit.ly/withoutthinkingSTC PS: Get your free PDF download of 21 Biggest Reasons You Don’t Have More fans today and improve the promotion efforts for your music. Go to GiftFromJohnny.com and tell him where to send it. PPS: If you’re ready to take the next step and grow your artist brand, then schedule a consultation today. Johnny will help you craft a strategy that will garner immediate results regardless of your promo budget. Email us at [email protected] and put CONSULTATION in the subject line. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Instagram rules have changed recently. What use to be acceptable might now get you shadow banned and used against you in the algorithm. Learn what has changed and what steps to take to be successful on digital platforms now. LISTEN NOW: http://bit.ly/Instagramrules PS: Get your free PDF download of 21 Biggest Reasons You Don’t Have More fans today and improve the promotion efforts for your music. Go to GiftFromJohnny.com and tell him where to send it. PPS: If you’re ready to take the next step and grow your artist brand, then schedule a consultation today. Johnny will help you craft a strategy that will garner immediate results regardless of your promo budget. Email us at [email protected] and put CONSULTATION in the subject line. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

How does a singer/songwriter/artist continue to create content that brings value to their fans? What can help keep an artist motivated during a lull period when fans aren’t engaging as much as they were, and are using platforms like kickstarter a good idea for music related projects? Johnny answers all of these questions in this episode of “Pick Johnny’s Brain.” Thank you Crystal Lee Morgan for submitting these insightful questions. LISTEN NOW: http://bit.ly/Pickjohnnysbrain11 Go too https://daredevilmusicproduction.com/discoveryourbrand to download the free discover your brand Questionnaire. PS: Get your free PDF download of 21 Biggest Reasons You Don’t Have More fans today and improve the promotion efforts for your music. Go to GiftFromJohnny.com and tell him where to send it. PPS: If you’re ready to take the next step and grow your artist brand, then schedule a consultation today. Johnny will help you craft a strategy that will garner immediate results regardless of your promo budget. Email us at [email protected] and put CONSULTATION in the subject line. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ok, so your songwriting/artist goals are clear… now what? How do you achieve them and what steps are most important in order to achieve them? And here’s the hard question… are you using your time as wisely as you could be? What could you be missing? LISTEN NOW: http://bit.ly/mindsetmatters201 In this episode, Brent and Johnny discuss mindset and how to make the most of your limited and valuable time pursuing a career in music. PS: Get your free PDF download of 21 Biggest Reasons You Don’t Have More fans today and improve the promotion efforts for your music. Go to GiftFromJohnny.com and tell him where to send it. PPS: If you’re ready to take the next step and grow your artist brand, then schedule a consultation today. Johnny will help you craft a strategy that will garner immediate results regardless of your promo budget. Email us at [email protected] and put CONSULTATION in the subject line. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ever wonder what the first 10-15 minutes inside a pro songwriting room looks like? And how do writers find out how which direction to take a song title? Tune in to hear Brent and Johnny dig into the song title “Angel With An Anchor.” Which direction will they take it? LISTEN NOW: http://bit.ly/angelwithananchor Do you have a song title you’d like them to tackle on the podcast? Email your title to [email protected] and put “Song Title Challenge” in the subject line. PS: Get your free PDF download of 21 Biggest Reasons You Don’t Have More fans today and improve the promotion efforts for your music. Go to GiftFromJohnny.com and tell him where to send it. PPS: If you’re ready to take the next step and grow your artist brand, then schedule a consultation today. Johnny will help you craft a strategy that will garner immediate results regardless of your promo budget. Email us at [email protected] and put CONSULTATION in the subject line. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

How did a Daredevil intern get 542k streams on Spotify? In this episode of the C.L.I.M.B. Johnny talks to Shir Chopp, a current Daredevil intern, about how she’s helped her friend get on Spotify playlists and get over 500K streams and CLIMBing! LISTEN NOW: http://bit.ly/542kstreamsonspotify Note: This method works for pop the best, then rock and is harder for country as there aren’t as many independent country playlists out there. To get the Daredevil branding questionnaire discussed in this episode, please go to www.daredevilproduction.com/discoveryourbrand.com PS: Get your free PDF download of 21 Biggest Reasons You Don’t Have More fans today and improve the promotion efforts for your music. Go to GiftFromJohnny.com and tell him where to send it. PPS: If you’re ready to take the next step and grow your artist brand, then schedule a consultation today. Johnny will help you craft a strategy that will garner immediate results regardless of your promo budget. Email us at [email protected] and put CONSULTATION in the subject line. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices