127 – Passive Income Streams for Musicians and Music Instructors – with Brent Vaartstra of Passive Income Musician

Are you wondering how you could be making more money as a music instructor? Is there a way to generate income passively without having to trade hours for dollars? In this episode of The New Music Industry Podcast, I bring Brent Vaartstra of Passive Income Musician and Learn Jazz Standards back to talk about revenue streams and passive income streams for musicians and music instructors. Download the PDF Cheat Sheet Podcast Highlights: 00:18 – Brent Vaartstra is back! 00:47 – What Passive Income Musician is about 02:14 – Is it possible to make income passively? 03:24 – Finding your way as a music instructor 06:26 – Internet marketing is a key component to modern day success as a musician 08:16 – Serving a beginner market 09:30 – What is passive income? 10:18 – What types of revenue streams are there for music instructors? 17:37 – Some income streams are disproportionately better than others 19:20 – Putting ads on your website 20:08 – Membership sites 22:02 – What is your strategy around generating regular sales on eBooks and courses? 23:46 – How important is it to have multiple streams of income? 26:56 – How do you find out more about your audience? 28:02 – Did you have a plan to build Learn Jazz Standards to six figures? 29:45 – Doubling down on what’s working 31:06 – How do you build a large social media following? 35:30 – Final thoughts Transcription: Coming soon. Upgrade to Members Only Audios for more exciting, exclusive training.