Jim Townsend is a musician. He joined the Musicians Mastermind 2.0 program a few months ago. As we’re about to open up the class again on Thursday 6th August for a new intake, I wanted him to tell you his story and how the course has helped him. Read it in his own words here:

“Right before I discovered your program I had always felt deficient in marketing my music and was a little jealous. I made stabs at marketing myself and my shows but it never seemed to work. Then I discovered your program.

“The initial things you said captured my attention and I decided to sign up, though I couldn’t really afford it. I took a leap of faith. As a result, I finished my web site which led me to another paying job designing a web site for some one else. This has led to another site I will be doing. This is really not what I set out to do but it is helping me none the less.

” I perform a lot (4-5 timers a week) as a solo artist and with a band. Because of the course I decided to try out what I was learning and produce a “special” show to see if I could get more interest going in my band. My band is called the Jim Townsend Blues Band and we play blues, but I can play nearly any style so we decided to branch out. Our first show was a Beatles Tribute Show. We sold out the club and we made money. I also made extra as the promoter. I managed to get our advertising out on the radio, did a live spot, and in the newspaper through the clubs ad. I put information about the show on my web site and generated a lot more traffic than usual.

“Six weeks later we did another show that went just as well. I Advertised it the same way. This last Saturday we completed our 4th show and it was amazing. There is a local music and art newspaper in our area that has a man who write little one liner blurbs about up coming shows. Until this last show I could not get him to include us in his articles. I tried and tried. This last week he wrote a complete paragraph about my past shows and the splash I was making in the local community. This was a big thing for me because my band got mentioned very favorably. We are a blues band but now we are known as the party band that can play “anything”.

“In 6 months my band has gone from local obscurity to the point that any time I contact a new venue about booking, they have already heard of us! This increased exposure has increased my musical income and in fact more than paid for the course. I decided this morning, before getting your email that I was going to go back and complete the course. I think in some way I may have already known a lot of what you were teaching but you put it all together in a way that helped me work it all at once and gain some momentum, I work at promotion every day and it really does pay off. Thank you for what you do and good luck to you in your endeavors.”

-Jim Townsend, www.screamingjimmy.com

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The contest to win one of 3 full scholarships to Musicians Mastermind 2.0 is now closed and I’ve selected three winners who I feel deserve the program the most.

The winners of this contest are:

Marcus Manderson
Ramona Freeborn
Kevin D’Souza

I’ll be in touch with these guys within the next few days.

Musicians Mastermind 2.0 launches tomorrow, Tuesday 2nd June.

Click here to watch the video that walks you through the program.

UPDATE: CONTEST IS NOW CLOSED. No Comments Allowed Anymore.

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What’s going on?

I’m running a special contest to give you the chance to win one of three full scholarship to the upcoming Musicians Mastermind 2.0 training program launching next week.

What is Musicians Mastermind 2.0?

In brief, MM2.0 is an intense and interactive results-orientated six-week training program that will teach you to get more exposure for your songs and music online, in print and on air so you can ultimately make more money doing what you love. It is delivered by weekly PDF lessons, video training and LIVE coaching webinars.

By the end of the training, you will have a full-fledged internet presence and a system for consistently growing your fan base, increasing your reach and making more money as an artist.

How Do I Enter?

To enter, simply leave a comment at the end of this post telling me why you deserve to have a spot in this program. I will then read all the comments and announce THREE LUCKY WINNERS on Monday, June 1st.

Hints: Tell me (1) who you are and what you’re doing in the music business, (2) what you’re going to do with the training you receive and (3) why you, why do YOU deserve a full scholarship to the program.

Good luck!

Leave a comment below telling me what you think. Let’s discuss.
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Friends and readers, here is my latest report.

It’s a hand-written report. I wrote it when I was bored at a conference and had some inspiration. I haven’t had the time to sit down to type and structure it out – but I will do that at some point because I don’t like my handwriting as much. Just not sure when, so I thought I’d get it out to you as soon as possible. I wrote it in one sitting so there may be some grammar errors too.

Forget all about that – read it, live it and take action. I wrote it to inspire and teach you about some important insights into the business of music in today’s internet age. That’s how you will get the most and best results.

This report is for musicians, music artists, music entrepreneurs, instrumentalists, vocalists, songwriters, singers, music managers, music executives. Anybody interested in succeeding in the music business.

Click here to download the report:

“10 Biggest Music Business Lessons Learned” – hand-written by Kavit Haria

UPDATE 19/5/09: We’ve managed to quickly type this report up as some of you had trouble reading my handwriting. Click here to download the 10 biggest lessons report

Like it? Is it helpful? If so, I have two simple requests:

1) Let me know. Share your feedback in the comments section.

2) Help spread the word. Pass this along to the entire universe. OK, maybe not the whole universe, but you know… all of your musician friends would be good.

I’ve just created a new video called “My music journey to date plus important music business principles I’ve learned along the way”. Click that link to watch it.

Then leave me a comment here. Tell me your thoughts. I value your comments.

So the original Musicians Mastermind course that has served well over 200 musicians has now closed forever.

But I’m still very keen and excited to share with you whatever I can.

I’m in the process of writing a short, to-the-point, brand new report. It’s going to be free for musicians like you and will hopefully, if all goes to plan, be released on Monday 18th May.

In order to ensure that it serves you where you are in your life and career right now, I’d like to know what your most pressing and burning issues and challenges are. 

I thoroughly appreciate the opportunity to hear and share with you what I have learnt over the years and from the experiences I have gained through my own music career as well as that of working with hundreds of musicians every single month for the last four and a half years.

Just leave a comment with your most pressing question – and I’ll do my best to cover it in my upcoming report.

-Kavit