Success Beyond The Score

We know how it goes: every new year is the same old story. After two weeks of full gyms, busy workshops and classrooms, freshly opened notebooks and brand-new gadgets for all sorts of resolutions, most things gravitate back to their former state. Our storage rooms get a little more full, giving us more work when it is time for spring-cleaning, and we are left with a vague feeling of defeat.

However, it does not have to be like this. With thoughtful planning and pertinent research, you can bring your hazy dreams into focus, turning them into a clear vision that includes both a feasible destination, and the path to reach it. This will allow you to advance consistently, manage frustration as well as your expectations, be better equipped to deal with setbacks, and carry on beyond January 15th.

If you are going to dedicate what is left of December to define your new year's resolutions for 2026, Millicent's advice about the what, why, how, when and where of creating and achieving your visi...

2026 is around the corner. If you are a woman who has been thinking about taking your music to higher grounds as part of your new year's resolutions, we have excellent news: Time For My Music will open its door for new members in January!

One of the most valuable resources you will get upon joining are the monthly workshops. Becoming part of the community grants you instant access to all the workshops that we have already had, which include topics like:

• How to edit backing tracks
• A.I., cookies and data protection
• Dealing with setbacks
• Creating and achieving your vision

Most importantly, you will be able to attend and interact live in the following workshops during the first half of 2026:

• How to broadcast your performance
• Health for musicians
• Starting from scratch
• Promoting yourself
• Legal requirements and your music
• Getting paid Q&A

If this sounds interesting, be sure to join our mailing list. That way, you will be the first to learn when signups start. You can read...

In order to improve and diversify the offer for you in Success Beyond The Score, during autumn we conducted a survey about your preferences regarding short courses and coaching sessions. Your answers helped us understand what format, duration and prices are best for you. Now, we are developing our offer to welcome 2026 with new material to boost your career.

Your input is very valuable to us. Thank you for giving us the chance to tailor our products to your needs. Now, while we get ready to launch our new offers, let us remind you of the resources currently available on our website:

• Podcast: Three seasons packed with information about the music industry by Millicent and other professionals with decades of experience.
• Freebies: Get valuable insights on the music industry at no cost.
• E-learning opportunities: From stage craft to backing tracks production, these paid courses will equip you with everything you need to develop as a gigging musician or singer.
• Time For My Music: an on
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Success Beyond the Score is a project born from Millicent's willingness to support men and women in their music journey. Through her podcast, mentoring, courses and resources, she has already helped people at different stages of their careers to achieve their goals.

Last month, she talked about the what, why, how, when and where of creating and achieving your vision in music. The only question left to answer is "with whom". We aren't born knowing! Having mentors or teachers is an essential part of taking our craft to where we want it to be. That's why Millicent is putting together a new way to guide and support singers and musicians in their journey. In order to assist with that, we are currently conducting a survey to assess the topics of greatest interest among our audience, and how you'd like to learn about them.

Click here to start the survey.

It will take you at most five minutes, and you will get a gift to thank you for your time at the end. Your contribution will help us unde...

The podcast Success Beyond The Score was one of the foundational initiatives of the website full of resources that you know today. While the first season is already a few years old, it contains valuable information and perspectives that are still helpful. If you got a moment, why not revisit some of the episodes? Perhaps something in there will be relevant to where you currently are in your music journey.

For your consideration, here are the three first episodes of season 1:

1. Introduction

The what, why and by whom of the podcast Success Beyond The Score.

2. Is age a number?

Is your age important to what you do? Does it elevate or decimate your music? 

3. Who's going to make your music happen?

Who do you need to contact to make your music career happen, get you gigs and help you move forward?

If you have any comments, questions or observations about the content of these chapters, we would love to know!

Li Proverbe au Vilain is a fascinating collection of medieval French poems, first published around 1190. The end of some of these poems is marked with an humorous note that says "or so the peasant says", while some others feature popular sayings and proverbs.

One of those proverbs is "Rome was not built in a day". I like how it says so much in such a brief manner, and how it reminds us of the importance of patience and awareness of ourselves in a gentle way.

When we are building a music career, many times we want it to happen yesterday. We want to be a worldwide famous star in the matter of a single year, and because of this, frustration lurks right behind our backs. It's important to remember that, in a way, if we want to make a life out of music, we're in for a lifetime. We need time for improving our artistry, learning how to balance our craft with the other things going on in our existence, making contacts and growing the business side of it all... Things don't happen in the blin...