Welcome to the Love Live Music Secrets of Success Podcast. If you are interested in being successful in your music industry career, you have come to the right place! In this Podcast we will be chatting with the super successful people who make the music industry tick. We will be picking their brains, extracting their secrets for success and listening to their reflections on their careers. My name is Sally Jackson Freeman and I have been working in the music industry since the 80’s. I started out as a runner in my Dad’s recording studio working with such iconic bands as Motorhead and have just completed a 10 year stint at Glastonbury in the Dance Field working with artists such as Stormzy and Fatboy Slim. In recent years I have lecturing on a masters course at Tileyard Studios, BIMM and had the privilege to mentor the next generation of music industry professionals around the world. Over the past 30 plus years in the music business I have pretty much seen and heard it all, the good, the bad and the ugly…. The one thing I know beyond doubt, is that behind every superstar, is a huge team of highly successful and talented individuals who help the artists realise and monetise their talent. I am interested in what makes these people successful and the journey’s they have been on to achieve their success. This podcast is dedicated to finding out what makes these people so successful and sharing their insider knowledge and tips with you. For my first season, I will be chatting with 10 people that I have worked who I know are at the top of their game. I would love to know your thoughts, if you found this helpful and your secrets of success. You can find me on Twitter - @lovelivemusicuk, Instagram - @lovelivemusicuk Facebook.com/LoveLiveMusicUK. Please like, share and follow! Sally Freeman
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Tuesday Jun 15, 2021
Tuesday Jun 15, 2021
Remi Harris MBE – London - Business Advisor and Author
Welcome to season 2 of the Secrets of Success Podcast, this week we are looking at finance with Remi Harris. We will hear about how to finance your career and make money from your music.
Remi is a Trainer and Business Advisor to the Creative Industries specialising in finance. Her book “Easy money” is the definitive UK guide to funding music projects.
Remi was the General Manager of AIM – the Association of Independent Music. While she was there, she created a mentoring programme and raised £750,000 to help set up AIM, the business. She studied for an MBA and created a mentoring programme, she delivered hundreds of training events and conferences and ran the day-to-day operations - a very busy and successful time for Remi.
Remi has also been the Director of Operations at lobbying organisation UK Music. This organisation works across the music industry, is involved in governance and strategy at board level, and lobbies government on behalf of the music industry. She also created the first music industry equality and diversity plan.
On this episode, Remi shares her success stories, how she received an MBE from Prince William at Buckingham Palace (while heavily pregnant) and her journey setting up her consultancy and the non-profit organisation young guns - https://www.ygn.co. YGN is a professional network produced by and for young people in the music industry. It’s made up of entrepreneurs, executives and ambitious young people working in music with a ‘positive hustle’ mindset.
Remi talks about why we find it so difficult to ask for money, access funding, managing debt and thinking of the future. She asks the question "How will we have enough money to live? How we can plan for the future and thinking about pensions!
We talk about the emotional aspects of money, the role of community, sourcing money, crowd funding and how your friends and family are the main source of finance when supporting the majority of small businesses. We talk about tax, “Money Mindset”, VAT, taking control, making your finances digital and other life changing financial issues.
"When artists become successful they become business leaders, YOU are the boss and you have to learn how to be the BOSS! Your staff support you and YOU have to learn to manage and drive this team – this can be challenging and is why we need to talk about money" reflects Remi.
This is a hugely important conversation and Remi brings education, strategy, wisdom and insight into this space. Thank you Remi for your time and hospitality.
You can find Remi on her website: https://remiharrisconsulting.com
Join Young Guns Network: https://www.ygn.co
Many thanks to Abi Reddey for Production of this Podcast and managing lots of outside noises from lawn mowers, pigeons and howling winds!
Please feel free to reach out to me Sally J Freeman on Instagram or email me Sally@lovelivemusic.co.uk.
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