April Kelly is a very passionate woman, especially when it comes to her music. She is not only a singer, but also a prolific songwriter. Because she developed skills in production and utilizes home studio equipment, she is able to churn out incredible music for film and TV on her own schedule.

Forming Her Own Band & Building an Audience with Cover Tunes & Original Music

• Employing covers to show off your voice
• Using covers to create intrigue for your original music
• Mixing covers with originals creates more flexibility for bookings
• Funneling fans to her original music by using covers

Focusing on a Regional Audience

• Focusing on a central location keeps her working consistently
• Creating a schedule that allows her to be a mom and musician
• Booking gigs close to home creates more flexibility and time to recorded for film & TV with her home studio equipment
• The advantages of concentrating your marketing to one area

Why Home Studio Equipment Is The Key To Her Multiple Streams of Income

• Live performances with her band
• Singing demos recorded with home studio equipment
• Recording for film & TV
• Artist development coaching with local aspiring artists
• Using home studio equipment to record other artists

Want to learn how to create top quality recordings from home or take your home studio recordings to the next level? We recommend you check out this course from the renowned audio guru at Azalea Studios.

Secrets to April’s Success

• Keeping an open mind to other avenues of music & exposure
• Staying authentic and maintaining control of her career
• Investing in self-development as an artist
• Surrounding herself with great people that are great musicians

Connect With April

AprilKellymusic.com

 

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ABOUT HOST BREE NOBLE

Bree Noble is an entrepreneur, musician and speaker. She founded Women of Substance Radio, an online radio station that promotes quality female artists in all genres, in 2007.  She launched the Women of Substance Music Podcast in November 2014, a 5 day per week show which promotes Independent female artists. Her podcast has hit #1 in New & Noteworthy for the Music, Arts and Society & Culture categories and #4 Audio Podcast on all of iTunes. She draws on her extensive experience running her own music business, both as a solo musician and as an Industry professional, to train and mentor other female musicians. Learn more about the station, the show and the artists atwww.wosradio.com. Connect with Bree on Twitter @BreeNoble or on Facebook or on Instagram @breenoblemusic