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

Join Brent’s Building A Hit 4-week Online Workshop What you’ll learn: How To Find Great Song Titles How To Kill Writer’s Block How To Focus Ideas For Maximum Impact How To Frame Your Song For Maximum Commercial Appeal How To Finish Your Song To learn more, download Brent’s free online book Think Like A Pro Songwriter and get on the insider’s list. Download today at GiftFromBrent.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Brent proffers up an impromptu treatment of a listener’s song title. These are always fun. If you’d like some personal one on one coaching for your song and your song title connect with Brent today at SongwritingPro.com/coaching Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

How did a CLIMB listener make the jump and grow his music business enough to make a living at it? How did a CLIMB listener create YouTube videos with 20,000 + views? We interviewed Johnathan Cochran because we think you could learn a lot from his tactics on being a professional indie artist. If you’d like to transform into a professional artist but you’re having trouble, getting stuck, or just plain frustrated, sometimes some personal attention is all that is required to get you going. Johnny is available for personal one-on-one consulting to help you craft a custom marketing strategy for your music and your career. Schedule your appointment today by emailing [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

“You have a better chance of booking a second co-write with an artist if you have a ‘good song’ and a GREAT time than with a ‘great song’ and a BAD time.” Brent discloses a situation where he wasn’t asked back to write because he didn’t win over the artist even though they wrote a killer song that she put on hold. Did you miss Brent’s last Play For Publisher event? Maybe you’re not ready to put yourself out there just yet, but you’d like to listen in and watch what happened between the publisher and the 10 songwriters who qualified for this round? Click on GiftFromBrent.com to get access to the recorded publisher meetings. Oh, you’ll also get Brent’s free eBook THINK Like a Pro Songwriter! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Get into the mind of a hit songwriter! Johnny springs a “Climber” submitted song title and Brent riffs on the different ways he would think about writing it. Get personal songwriting coaching from Brent Baxter at SongwritingPro.com/coaching Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

You won’t hear most artists say they’re terrible at playing or songwriting but way too many artists admit to sucking at networking! This is NOT OK. This episode will reveal some ways and reasons you can and should improve your networking skills. Are you struggling with applying some of the concepts from this podcast to your personal artist career? Johnny is available to you for business consultations. We will craft an inexpensive personal strategy that will get your career on the right track and get your momentum going. LEARN MORE [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Where are your successes? This episode will show you how to craft every publisher meeting into a successful meeting. There are a few spots left on Brent’s next Play For Publisher event with John Ozier. Learn more at SongwritingPro.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Randy Barber owns Barfrog Music which is a label services company that currently has 4 artists in the top 60 on the Music Row Country Music Chart. They plan on having at least 2 but probably 4 artists on national TV shows in 2018. Want to find out how they did it? Johnny is available to you for consulting. Craft a custom marketing plan to get your art in front of new eyeballs. Schedule your appointment today [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

If your a songwriter looking to get cuts, then this episode is for you. Brent lists 5 ways to become aware of what songs artists need. Get off the “Pay-No-Mind-List” with this episode. Submit your songs for Brent’s “Play For Publisher” event! Go to SongwritingPro.com for details. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

How does a guy meet 40 engineers for the first time in a conference room and then 2-hours later remember every single one of their names? This episode will give you 5 different methods for the ultimate networking trick; remembering names. Remembering someone’s name is an incredible gesture to show them that you care and THAT’S what your new contact will take away from your introduction. They’ll remember how you made them feel. Most artists finish recording their project but don’t feel the love from new fans because they fail to effectively market their music. Daredevil Production is the fastest growing music marketing company in Nashville and we’re available for affordable one-on-one consultations. Schedule your appointment now [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Can you believe it? Brent actually blacked out during a co-write. You won’t believe why. It’s time for you to step up and improve your songwriting. Brent is available for some 0ne-on-one coaching. Schedule your appointment today by going to SongwritingPro.com/coaching. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Being a good researcher is awesome right up until the point it becomes an excuse for not taking action. Execution is king. In this episode, learn how to focus on execution and create real momentum! Listen, you want to become the artist or songwriter everybody loves, but you may be feeling a little stuck. A concentrated one-on-one consultation is just what the doctor ordered to get the momentum going! Contact us now [email protected] to learn more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Are you paying more attention to your songs and career than you are to your significant other? In this episode, we tackle how you can create more of a balance. Get Brent’s free ebook Think Like A Pro Songwriter today. Go to GiftFromBrent.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Why did Danielle Bregoli, AKA Bhad Bhabie, AKA Cash Me Ousside Girl get a huge record deal with Atlantic Records? You’re a good artist, but the music business has changed so that it’s difficult to cut through the clutter. You know you need social media but you’re not sure how to optimize it to help you grow your audience. The answers are different for every artist so a one-on-one consultations are extremely productive and can change your momentum overnight. Schedule your consultation appointment now by emailing [email protected]. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Brent’s a sucky singer and can’t play guitar but he didn’t let that get in his way on the journey to becoming a hit songwriter. This episode digs into some of the different strategies we used to grow as artists and how we’re terrible at some things you think we should be good at. Get Brent’s free book Think Like A Pro Songwriter here: GiftFromBrent.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Success in anything will be a direct result of the amount of work and thought put into it. When artists say they “don’t have time” and then take a long hard look back at their day to day activities, they see that they do have time, but they’re choosing to spend it elsewhere. NEW PULLOUT FEATURE: Social Tune-up section where you can quickly learn about what Johnny would do with an artist’s social media accounts. If you’re feeling stuck in your career like it’s plateaued or it’s losing momentum, you’re not alone! Sometimes a little one-on-one consultation is all it takes to breathe new life back into a stagnant career. Johnny is available to you for consultation work. LEARN MORE Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

If you’re not a hit songwriter this episode will teach you some of the best ways to get publishers and producers to want to hear your song. PLUS, there is a great SONG TITLE CHALLENGE pull out in this episode. Get Brent’s free book Think Like A Pro Songwriter here: GiftFromBrent.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Want to transform your career to actually make a living at your dream job? There is a Paradigm Shift in the music industry. The market has changed and the industry hasn’t, thus, sales are drastically down. Artists who can recognize this change and ADAPT will TOWER over the competition. Many other industries have already experienced this market shift that is attributed to the internet. SPOILER ALERT: they all reacted the same way. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Get solid songwriting advice from hit publishers that will transform your career. Plus we’ve added the Song Title Challenge!! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A record deal can be a blessing or a curse. Before you wish for that deal, listen to this podcast and make sure you know how to stack the deck in your favor. If you’re feeling stuck in your career, a personal touch can transform everything. Johnny is available for consultations. Please email [email protected] and set up a time now. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Listen to Brent and Johnny discuss a few super effective tactics that will aid you in making relationships and connecting on a higher level with publishers. Are you ready to get your music heard? Participate in Brent’s “Play For Publisher’ event and your song could be played for a real music publisher. To get details, click on GiftFromBrent.com and you’ll receive Brent’s free book, Think Like A Pro Songwriter as well as the song submission details. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Listen to Johnny and Brent dissect some incredible truths about digital distribution. Are you feeling like your career is stuck? Well, you don’t have time to wait. Find the answers you need to become the artist everybody loves by reaching out to me for a 1-on-1 consultation. Simply email me at [email protected] and schedule an appointment now. Also, grab a free copy of my best-selling Twitter book here: GiftFromJohnny.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Listen to Brent and Johnny discuss a common way songwriters confuse listeners in their lyrics. Submit your song to Brent’s “Play For Publisher” event. Details at SongwritingPro.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Listen to Johnny and Brent discuss one simple question that every artist should ask before they spend a dime on anything artistically related. Hey, you’re working hard but sometimes you feel frustrated like you’re spinning your wheels. Sometimes all you need is a personal touch. Johnny is available to you for personal consultations. Johnny will look at all your social media, website, web store (if you have one) and offer up a customized, crafted strategy to get you into growth. As always you can get Johnny’s best-selling Twitter book for free right here: giftfromjohnny.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Listen to Brent and Johnny discuss clear and concise goals to your songwriting dreams and visions. Making sure you have the appropriate goals will keep you from selling yourself short! Get Brent’s book Think Like A Pro Songwriter free at GiftFromBrent.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Listen to Johnny and Brent discuss how the process of marketing your music and artists has drastically changed in the new music business. Feeling Stuck? Sometimes all you need is a personal touch to get you on the right track. Johnny will look over all your social media accounts, your website and your web store to offer up a crafted, custom approach that will get your momentum flowing again. Please reach out on [email protected] for details. Also, get Johnny’s best-selling Twitter book free at GiftFromJohnny.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Listen to Brent and Johnny dissect Luke Bryan’s 6th #1 hit off his last record, “Fast” Get Brent’s Book Think Like A Pro Songwriter for free here: GiftFromBrent.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Listen to Johnny and Brent GO OFF on the horrible excuses that musicians and artists use to explain their lack of success. Get Johnny’s best-selling Twitter book FREE: GiftFromJohnny.com Sometimes a personal touch can really create momentum. Email Johnny at [email protected] to inquire about a personal 1-on-1 consulting session to get your career on the right track. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Listen to Brent and Johnny discuss how one of Brent’s early relationships has blossomed into many different opportunities at many different companies. Get Brent’s amazing book Think Like A Pro Songwriter for free: GiftFromBrent.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Listen to Johnny and Brent discuss 3 easy strategies to get in front of new people every day that most artists forget or ignore. We want you to WIN! Get Johnny’s best-selling Twitter book free: GiftFromJohnny.com So, you’re working to market your music more intelligently but you’re feeling stuck. A personal touch is all that is needed. I am available to you for consultations. I’ll look at all your social media, YouTube channel, website, and web store (if you have one) and craft a personalized marketing strategy that will get your accounts growing with real fans. Just contact [email protected] for details. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Listen to Brent and Johnny offer up a peek inside a pro writing room by taking listener song titles and discussing which way they could go as a song idea. Get Brent’s book Think Like A Pro Songwriter for free: GiftFromBrent.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Listen to Johnny and Brent discuss how companies like Spotify and Pandora are making all the money doing what artists and labels won’t; Collecting contact data. Artists will empower themselves if they just connect directly with their fans. Are you feeling stuck? A personal touch is all that is missing. Contact Johnny for a 1-on-1 consultation. He’ll go over all your social media, website, and YouTube account and craft a custom DIY marketing plan. Email [email protected] for details. Get Johnny’s best-selling Twitter book FREE: GiftFromJohnny.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Listen to Brent and Johnny discuss how you shouldn’t give up on anybody who passes on your song. You can’t give up! It’s all about relationships. If you’d like to have your songs played to a publisher, enter Brent’s Play For Publisher Event. Brent will take the top 10 songs and play them for Tim Hunze from Parallel Music. CLICK HERE to submit your songs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Listen to Johnny and Brent discuss how your career can explode with just a little intelligent design. add 1,000 targeted new followers to your Twitter account each month using a free copy of Johnny’s best-selling Twitter book here: GiftFromJohnny.com Are you feeling stuck in your career? Johnny is available for personal marketing consultations where he will review all your social media accounts, website, web store and craft a unique strategy to help you grow your audience. Reach out to [email protected] for details. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Listen to Brent and Johnny discuss how if it comes down between your song and another song, these 6 things will put your song over the top and get you the cut. Hey, songwriters! Here is a new amazing resource to place your songs, get feedback and make relationships. Visit Frettie.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Listen to Johnny and Brent discuss a real situation where an amazing artist with a major label deal, hit producer, famous management, and a killer record failed to break in America due to poor marketing circumstances beyond their control. Get Johnny’s best-selling Twitter book for free: GiftFromJohnny.com If you’re feeling stuck Johnny can help you get some momentum going. Johnny’s available for consultations. He’ll review all your social media accounts, your content, YouTube, website, and web store to craft a personal marketing strategy. Just email johnny at [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Listen to Brent and Johnny discuss how unnecessary debt can crush your ability to grow your songwriting and artist career. Get Brent’s book Think Like A Pro Songwriter absolutely free: GiftFromBrent.comhttp://giftfrombrent.com We’d love to have you join the CLIMB Community and Songwriting Pro groups on Facebook. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Listen to Johnny and Brent discuss how the value in art has to be created in the marketplace. Get Johnny’s best-selling Twitter book free: GiftFromJohnny.com Feeling stuck? A one-on-one consulting session might do the trick! Johnny will review all your social media accounts as well as your website, web store, and YouTube to craft a custom marketing structure that will get you connected to your fans. Just email Johnny at [email protected] for details. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Listen to Brent and Johnny discuss one important thing you’d better be bringing to your next big co-write. Get Brent’s book Think Like A Pro Songwriter for free here: GiftFromBrent.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Listen to Johnny and Brent discuss how important your faith in your career is instrumental to your success. Get Johnny’s best-selling Twitter book for free: GiftFromJohnny.com Feeling stuck? A one-on-one consulting session might do the trick! Johnny will review all your social media accounts as well as your website, web store, and YouTube to craft a custom marketing structure that will get you moving in the right direction. Just email Johnny at [email protected] for details. Please leave a rating and review if you like it! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Listen to Brent and Johnny discuss how one little line can kill the cut-ability of your song. Get Brent’s amazing book Think Like A Pro Songwriter absolutely free: GiftFromBrent.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Listen to Johnny and Brent discuss how artists will put forth a hobbyist effort (which is ok) but get frustrated when they’re not getting a pro response with regards to their careers. Are you feeling stuck? How about a quick marketing makeover? Johnny will review all your social media accounts, your content, posting strategy, YouTube account, website, and web store (if you have one) and formulate customized plan to better bring your music to the market! Email [email protected] to set up a consulting appointment. You’ll be amazed at how much you’ll accomplish in less than 2 hours. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Listen to Brent and Johnny break dissect some recent chart hits for melody, lyric, and groove information. Visit the SongwritingPro Facebook Group Also visit The Climb Community Facebook Group Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Listen to Johnny and Brent discuss how an artist can make themselves happy and improve their career. Get Johnny’s best-selling Twitter book for free: GiftFromJohnny.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Listen as Johnny and Brent interview Kevin. The discussion moves from an overview of the new music business to different techniques to monetizing your music as an indie artist. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Listen to Johnny and Brent discuss how artists and songwriters can achieve real authenticity in their art as well as their marketing. Only real authenticity cuts through the clutter. We want you to win! Get Johnny’s best-selling Twitter book free. GiftFromJohnny.com Also, drop in on a free, super informative webinar talking about the tactics and strategies that Daredevil Production uses to target, connect, and monetize audiences for their clientele. Find the free webinar here: HowToMarketYourMusic.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Listen to Brent and Johnny discuss 5 different reasons that you may be holding up your career looking for a publisher. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Johnny and Brent have a FREE gift for YOU! To get your free gifts, go to GiftFromJohnny.com and GiftFromBrent.com If you’d like to schedule a consultation with Johnny, please email us at [email protected] and put “CONSULTING” in the subject line. To schedule a personal coaching session with Brent Baxter, go to https://songwritingpro.com/coaching We are very excited to be a part of the @americansongwriter podcast network with other amazing podcasts. Check out our new home for all of our upcoming episodes! @americansongwriter #theclimb #americansongwriter #americansongwriterpodcastnetwork #aspn #interview #podcast http://americansongwriter.com/podcast 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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Johnny and Brent have a FREE gift for YOU! To get your free gifts, go to GiftFromJohnny.com and GiftFromBrent.com If you’d like to schedule a consultation with Johnny, please email us at [email protected] and put “CONSULTING” in the subject line. To schedule a personal coaching session with Brent Baxter, go to https://songwritingpro.com/coaching We are very excited to be a part of the @americansongwriter podcast network with other amazing podcasts. Check out our new home for all of our upcoming episodes! @americansongwriter #theclimb #americansongwriter #americansongwriterpodcastnetwork #aspn #interview #podcast http://americansongwriter.com/podcast 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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Johnny and Brent have a FREE gift for YOU! To get your free gifts, go to GiftFromJohnny.com and GiftFromBrent.com If you’d like to schedule a consultation with Johnny, please email us at [email protected] and put “CONSULTING” in the subject line. To schedule a personal coaching session with Brent Baxter, go to https://songwritingpro.com/coaching We are very excited to be a part of the @americansongwriter podcast network with other amazing podcasts. Check out our new home for all of our upcoming episodes! @americansongwriter #theclimb #americansongwriter #americansongwriterpodcastnetwork #aspn #interview #podcast http://americansongwriter.com/podcast 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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices