With Special Guest Bill Gordon
Watch the Live Show on YouTube, MONDAY, March 2nd
Link: https://youtu.be/JOVwtH082Vk
7pm Eastern (EST) / 6pm Central (CST) / 4pm Pacific (PST) / Midnight, London / 11am, Sydney (AEDT)
Dear Passengers,
It might seem crazy to think that you can earn significant income licensing your solo piano instrumentals, but after watching this episode of TAXI TV, you’ll become a believer!
Long-time TAXI member, Bill Gordon, earns most of his music licensing income with 88 keys, 8 fingers, 2 thumbs, and just 1 instrument – his piano! He’s been doing it for a couple of decades, and you can bet he’ll have at least 5 great tips for you!!
Sometimes, the simplest pieces of music are the most easily licensed, and we’re going to find out why!
Solo piano pieces can often earn more income than tracks with more instruments, and we’re going to uncover the reason for that, as well!
We're also going to reveal:
- The most requested genres.
- The most frequently requested moods.
- The best length for your piano cues.
- Bill’s highest-earning placements.
- How long it took Bill to start earning income.
Bonus Tips...
- Bill’s feelings about music theory.
- Bill’s studio set-up.
- Bill’s favorite piano microphones.
- Bill’s favorite piano sample libraries – does he even have one?
Bill’s approach to building and maintaining relationships with the music publishers he works with, and many more great tips that you’re going to find super helpful if you want to earn more income with your solo piano pieces!
Who is Bill Gordon?
Pianist, composer, and teacher - Bill Gordon, started playing professionally at age fourteen as the drummer and leader of his rhythm & blues showband in Baltimore. He later studied piano and composition at the Wiesbaden Conservatory in Germany, and then graduated from Berklee College of Music. Bill has composed, performed, and produced in many genres including: mainstream jazz, evocative solo piano ballads, quirky pop songs, a quasi-avant-garde funk fable, film and TV music, and he has enjoyed decades of teaching as well.
Bill has recorded extensively, appeared as a soloist, accompanist, music director, sideman, and band leader throughout the United States and Europe. He taught music privately and at colleges in Boston, New York City, Raleigh, Los Angeles, Miami, Vienna and now back in Baltimore. Currently, he writes and performs with jazz, soul, and indie-pop singer/songwriters, does annual European tours, and continues composing film and TV music (The Glass Castle, Nashville, CSI, Entourage, etc.).
Bill taught at the SAE Institute media school in Miami for 9 years, and wrote their music/music business courses. He presents song, performance, and music business workshops at a wide variety of schools in the U.S. and Europe, and has published the DIY music textbook, It’s Music, Not Theory, Damn It!, along with its online companion ear training course and the online music course, Music, No Theory.
To Join the Live Chat and Ask Questions During the Broadcast…
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7pm Eastern (EST) / 6pm Central (CST) / 4pm Pacific (PST) / Midnight, London / 11am, Sydney (AEDT)
See you on the show,
Michael
