PROFITABLE MUSICIAN: FEM FRIDAY EDITION November 21, 2025 Happy FEM Friday! I can still picture it like it was yesterday. My daughter was 4 years old, sitting on the living room floor working on a giant Elmo puzzle, and I was at my little desk in the middle of the common living space at my computer. I was between tours, catching my breath, and thinking about all the incredible women I’d met on the road. Songwriters pouring their hearts into music that no one outside of their limited local...

PROFITABLE MUSICIAN WEEKLY NEWSLETTER November 19, 2025 Hey there, Profitable Musician! During a recent podcast interview, I talked with a musician who said something surprising that really stuck with me. She told me that everything changed the day she stopped saying she “does music” and started calling herself a “musician.” It was surprising because she is a very accomplished artist who has a thriving solo career and is in a worldwide-touring band. Yet, she was still thinking of herself as a...

PROFITABLE MUSICIAN: FEM FRIDAY EDITION November 14, 2025 Happy FEM Music Friday! Here’s a little secret most musicians don’t realize about time management: It’s not really about managing time at all. It’s about managing decisions. Every day you make hundreds of choices before you even sit down to work on music stuff. What to wear, what to make for breakfast, how to juggle work, family, errands, bills, and somewhere in there, your music. By the time you sit down to write, practice, or...