La'Royal Bishop Podcast

Building your team is vital to your success. This goes for any business, but especially the music business. In this episode, Beka Bishop and K.LaPrince cover key players that artists should have on their team. What key player are you missing on your team? COMING SOON: Stay tuned for Season 2 of La'Royal Bishop Podcast! As always please leave a review and let us know what you think! Follow us on social media with this link. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

EPK's (Electronic Press Kits) help visually establish your brand for promoters, venues, radio stations, and other key aspects of the industry. This episode features Strawboscopic's Creative Director, Jeanny Ricci, who shares her insight about the value of a good EPK. Strawboscopic is a creative studio dedicated to Making Music Visible, specializing in branding, marketing and promotion strategies for music artists and professionals. Get a free EPK template by visiting their website (a friendly pop up will show up for you). And as an extra treat for our listeners, La'Royal Bishop Podcast fans can also get a special discount on the Sound And Vision online course and Brand Garage coaching sessions with this link. As always please leave a review and let us know what you think! Follow us on social media with this link. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

A strong relationship between an artist and their engineer is vital for the execution of the music. In this episode, we talk about tips on how artists can select an engineer and vice versa. As always please leave a review and let us know what you think! Follow us on social media with this link. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Playlist pushing has been all of the rage for independent artists, but is the return worth it? What if you could cut your time in half and have a direct, natural impact on your music's growth? By running promotional ads for your music, you can target the audiences you are hoping to reach and naturally grow your fanbase. One platform that artists are using is ToneDen. This platform advertises your music on Instagram, Facebook, and Google. As always please leave a review and let us know what you think! Follow us on social media with this link. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

This episode focuses on the benefits of different music distributors and streaming services. Spotify for Artists and Apple Music for Artists have many tools that you can use to target ads and understand your fanbase. We reference this Ari's Take article in the episode in hopes that it helps you choose the right distributor for you. As always please leave a review and let us know what you think! Follow us on social media with this link. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Having multiple revenue streams is crucial in any business, especially in the music business. This episode is focused on how to secure extra revenue streams and why it's important to lock in a successful future! As always please leave a review and let us know what you think! Follow us on social media with this link. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Artists, here's an approach you might have either blown off or not considered yet… LinkedIn. We cover the do's and don't's of how to promote yourself and your music on LinkedIn! This episode is in conjunction with The Set Up's Sydney Oberholtzer. As always please leave a review and let us know what you think! Follow us on social media with this link. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

YouTube is a crucial platform these days, especially for artists. We talk about ways artists can use YouTube to grow their numbers and bring awareness to their music. Special guest: Kym Smalls. As always please leave a review and let us know what you think! Follow us on social media with this link. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

This episode focuses on the new social media platform, Clubhouse. Clubhouse is an audio-based platform and has been booming across the entertainment industry. This episode speaks directly about what Clubhouse is and why you need to get it soon! Have you joined Clubhouse yet? Add us @bekabishop and @lbk As always please leave a review and let us know what you think! Follow us on social media with this link. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

TikTok has dominated the entertainment industry this year. We wanted to share our thoughts about TikTok and how we think the industry can further utilize it. What content would you want to see on TikTok? As always please leave a review and let us know what you think! Follow us on social media with this link. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

This episode focuses on virtual concerts. There has been a series of virtual concerts during this pandemic to entertain the audience, but which one would you prefer? Virtual or live? How much would you pay? As always please leave a review and let us know what you think! Follow us on social media with this link. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

This episode focuses on merchandise and how important graphics are to an artists' brand. Kenny and Beka dive deep into the correlation between graphic design and an artist's brand using their real-world experiences and what they have observed successful artists execute. They also express how merchandise, like T-shirts, album cover art, and other tangible items, creates an emotional connection between the artist and their fanbase. Kenny and Beka discuss artists who have succeeded in the merchandise field across multiple genres and hear from an independent hip-hop artist, CreativAngel, who was just nominated for Fusion and Co's Clothing Brand of the Year in Orlando, FL. As always please leave a review and let us know what you think! Follow us on social media with this link. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app