Success Beyond The Score

There is still time to join Time For My Music, our online community group to help and guide emerging female musicians in their path to achieve their music dreams. Sign up to work together with like-minded women like Joannie, to whom you can listen in the video below, talking about how she gained confidence and improved several of her skills thanks to the support of the group:

 

 

 

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Just like her, upon entering, you will become part of a network, engage with projects and participate in talks and social events aimed at getting you closer to your goals.

If you sign up before tomorrow night, when enrollment closes, you will get a 14 days free trial during which you will be able to:

• Explore our extensive library, including the recent series of workshops we have held about amplifiers and mixers.
• Get acquainted with the other members and talk in our forums.
• Attend one drink, c
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Episodes 2 and 3 of the third season of Success Beyond The Score address very different matters, although both are critical for the gigging musician: fanbase and sound.

There is an audience for every form of music, that is for sure. The real question is how to find them, reach them, and most importantly, how to show to promoters, labels and clients that you have the skills to pull a crowd. Listen what Millicent has to say about this topic on episode 2:

At first glance, episode 3 seems to be about something obvious. Music is sound, therefore low quality sound is detrimental to it. However, many tend to delegate this vital part of their performance to others, trusting that whoever said they'd be in charge of the equipment knows what they are doing and understand what the artist likes.

It's not so easy! Have a listen to Millicent's take:

Both episodes are available as audio only, and there are also transcriptions.

• Episode 2
• Episode 3

If you are a woman in music who would ...

Time For My Music is our online private membership group for emerging female musicians. This denomination includes singers, instrumentalists, singer-songwriters, rappers, DJs and spoken word artistes. Starting today, and for two weeks, it is open for new members. If you have been reading our updates from the group, and wondering how you can take part, this is your chance!

Specifically, Time For My Music is the right fit for you if:

• Music is your hobby, but you would like to perform and eventually get paid.
• You're returning to music after a break, and want support to get back in and boost your confidence. 

• You have gigged occasionally, but it doesn't seem to be working. However, you'd like to give your music one last push to see if you can realise your music dreams.

You can read more about the project in the about page.

Still unsure? No problem, signing up allows you to access the community group for 14 days before you have to pay even a penny. Come and have a look!

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We are almost done revisit season 2 of the podcast Success Beyond The Score. This time, we have two more compilation episodes, in which, instead of hearing one guest talk about many things, you will get to know all guests’ opinion on a single topic.

On episode 18, we looked back at the event that completely changed the course of the 2020s: the coronavirus pandemic. It was a devastating blow for humankind at all levels that is still taking a toll to this day, yet it was also a moment of crisis that allowed us to think differently about what we were doing and what we really wanted. How did it affect the music industry during the first two years? Specifically, how did it impact musicians at different levels?

Episode 19 is all about practical information: from each guest, we are going to hear at least three essential tips, or things that you can do to help you make it in the music industry.

We hope this information is useful for you, and that you are enjoying this trip down memory...

The second season of the podcast Success Beyond The Score has two distinct parts. So far, we have revisited the first one. For it, Millicent interviewed brilliant people in the music industry about a variety of relevant and interesting themes. Now, it’s time for the second one, in which we propose a new dialogue format: instead of one person talking about many different topics, you will hear all guests’ opinions on a singular topic.

The opening theme of this part of the podcast is family. Listen about how the guests balance work and home life, what their families have meant for their careers, how they have supported their journey, among other things.

The next topic has to do with the ideas associated with the status of celebrity. There is a notion that famous people live a life of applause, lights, and luxury. That they live far above the mundane. The guests will tell you how it really is. They talk about glitz, glamour and the Monday morning musician.

If long interviews are n...

Throughout the years, Success Beyond The Score has posted resources for emerging and established musicians in all types of formats. Podcasts, booklets, videos, live webinars, in-person workshops; we have made our portfolio as wide and varied as possible, wishing to offer valuable information in ways that suit all kinds of people.

Now, in preparation for our next big resource, we want to know how you learn best. For that, we have put together a two minutes survey. If you could fill it, and also share it with other emerging and established musicians who could be interested in learning how to fill their schedule with gigs, we will be very thankful.

Click here to start the survey

It will be open until Sunday 21st June. After that date, we will put everything together and give you more information as soon as we can. Please, look forward to it!

Interviewing the next guest in this recap of Success Beyond The Score podcast, season 2, presented a challenge in regard to timezone differences: due to lockdown and travel restrictions related to the containment of COVID-19 at the time, the British composer and songwriter Dan Whitehouse was stranded in Japan. Regardless, Millicent managed to have an excellent talk with him.

Dan has released five solo albums. He is a songwriting tutor and mentor qualified in the Sounds of Intent methodology, and he has extensive experience working directly with musicians or through facilitators such as Midlands Arts Centre or Company of Song, to create community through music.

In the first part of the interview, we learn how everything started, how it was going at the time of recording, his experiences of studying music, and everything about being signed to a label.

The second part explores the impact of COVID-19 on Dan’s life and career, after lockdown made a visit to Japan become an almost two ...

There are a myriad of different jobs under the umbrella of music professions. They interconnect and collaborate to make the creation and sharing of music possible. Some of us specialize at an atomic level, some others pick up more than one skill, some are jacks of all trades. During my many decades in the industry, I have mainly enjoyed performing, teaching and mentoring. For the longest time, though, I had the dream to add music production to that set of skills. 

Whilst I am forever grateful to those who have helped me produce my music, including my album Reflective Notes and my single Take Me To The King, I always nursed the interest to produce for myself. Finally, over the last 15 months, I have been able to fulfill that aspiration by attending courses offered by the Xylo Aria's Music Production for Women initiative. 

I have learned so much, both at a technical and a creative level! Now I am able to do things like this special live arrangement for the band The Mowatts:

 

 

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Signups are open for the FREE webinar, ‘15 ways to promote your music online and offline’. No matter if you do music for a living, as a side job or as a hobby, you can benefit from this knowledge to expand your reach, grow a fan base, and share your art with more people.

Here’s the key information:

• Date: 25.02.2026
• Time: 19:00h UTC+0:00.
  For reference, this is 2:30pm USA EST, 7:30pm UK, and 6:30am of the 26th AEDT
• Platform: Zoom

Click here to sign up

Anyone with an interest in promoting their music can participate. Tell your friends who are also working in music, so more people can benefit!

We are very pleased with the reception of the free webinar, "How to stream your live music performances". Seeing how useful the information was for our participants, we have decided to offer another learning opportunity at no cost.

This time, we are going to talk about how to get more people to learn about what you do. 

This webinar is open to anyone who is up and coming, or established as a singer, producer, musician, music director, songwriter, rapper, or DJ.  Even if your music is done in your spare time, part-time, or full time, understanding promotion will help you with growing your performance opportunities, developing music into an income stream, or growing a fanbase. 

in this free Zoom webinar, Millicent will explain 15 tools you can use to help you move forward.

You will learn:

1. The difference between publicity, marketing and advertising.
2. Seven reality checks for your promotion journey.
3. Fifteen free or low cost tools for promoting your work.

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