I only publish when I have something to say that may warrant your time reading it. This was one of those moments. It’s so incredibly rare for me to meet an artist that hasn’t had to tolerate unimaginable and outright humiliating interactions and experiences in the music industry. This has historically been broadly accepted as a norm. I can practically see it in an artist’s face when I meet them and if I just simply started our convo with “I’m sorry”, they would know what I was talking about. In life we all get what we tolerate. I do believe we are on the leading edge of the music business taking a new shape. We must grab hold of these moments and not be fooled into new iterations of the same. Whatever the next incarnation looks like, artists will get what they tolerate. Will you hold your ground? 🧭Link to blog post in profile🧭
Rethinking Artist Strategy — stop guessing. Start strategizing 🎯
Patrick Ermlich has worked with 1,000+ artists — and now he's bringing his framework exclusively to the We Make Noise community. This 2-part mini course will help you stop throwing tactics at the wall and finally build an artist career with direction.
🗓️ April 27 & 30 | 2PM EST / 11AM PST 🔗 Sign up at the link in bio
#wemakenoise #artiststrategy #thecompassmethod #independentmusician #womeninmusic
Your mindset shapes your momentum. When belief compounds, success follows and when it stalls, so do we.
Join us for The Artist Belief Cycle! A conversation on success, stagnation, and everything in between, hosted by @patrickermlich , Founder of Compass Method Consulting.
📍 @343labs
🗓 2/4 at 6:30 PM
Open to women, gender-expansive musicians, and allies.
Come reflect, connect, and realign your creative beliefs. 🎶
RSVP through the link in our bio 🩷
Every path needs waypoints- moments to pause, reorient, and rediscover your direction 𖤓
WAYPOINTS is our new bi-weekly newsletter offering fresh insights & creative guidance for artists and creatives who want to keep moving with purpose.
Your creative compass is waiting - subscribe through the link in bio 🔗
Our first Navigation Webinar Series was such a hit, we’re bringing it back- this time as a free Career Navigation Q&A Series with Compass Method founder @patrickermlich .
🗓️June 20 | July 17 | August 19
⏰ 4 PM EST / 1 PM PST
You can attend one, two, or all three sessions. Register now, link in bio!
Clarity & confidence await 🏹✨
#careernavigation #qanda #musicindustry #clarity #confidence
One week away!
We’re hosting a mixer for the NYC music community and you’re invited 🎧🎶
It’s all about expanding your circle & simply enjoying the company of like-minded humans.
We can’t wait to see you there! RSVP to secure your spot - link in bio
@hideandseekbk
Wednesday, June 11
7 pm - 9 pm
#nycmusic #greenpointbrooklyn #indieweek #musicindustry
🚨Indie Week Mixer🚨 Join us on, Wednesday, June 11 from 7–9PM at @hideandseekbk for an evening of genuine connection and community. Step outside your usual circles and meet new artists, creatives, and industry folks.
We’ll make intros, spark convos, and keep the good vibes going—no ego, no pretense. First hour open bar, plenty of snacks, and easy access via L & G trains.
RSVP using the link in bio—we can’t wait to see you there!
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Warmly,
Patrick, Ellie, Holly, & Lila
Vocal freedom begins with a deep clean - not just of the voice, but of the mind.
Join us tomorrow for the final webinar in our Navigation Series where @herjerper will guide us through a reset for battling doubt, fear, and a hyperactive mind. 🧠✨
Register now - link in bio
We’re big proponents of taking action and doing, and prioritizing thinking may seem counter to that way of operating. It’s important to remember that effective action requires fuel.
A recharged mind provides a sense of clarity and direction that will make your actions more focused and intentional, and reflection breeds insight.
#recharge #intentionalliving #clarity #direction
Your thoughts and voice follow you everywhere. From the couch to the stage, our inner and outer dialogues thrive not from more, but from less. It’s one thing to impulse grab the latest tech and techniques, it’s another to consider what beliefs and systems we unconsciously carry that could be discarded on behalf of embodying the moment with ease and empowerment.
Join us Thursday May 15th for a free zoom webinar where we’ll do a thorough spring cleaning of your WHOLE instrument.
We’ll discuss an inventory of common misconceptions surrounding the voice and swap them out for a clean and clear vessel of activated presence. You’ll uncover the deeply embedded relationship between your muscles and your narratives, as well as a systematic process to develop clear and sustainable body-mind interdependence.
Whether you’re a vocalist or anyone trying to speak their truth, this webinar will offer you a clean slate towards your expression journey.
Register now - Link in bio
#mindbodyconnection #speakyourtruth #freewebinar
One of the consistent complaints that we hear from artists is that other artists (even close artist friends) are reluctant to share information, or highlight each other’s wins. This unwillingness to share resources, connections, ideas, and strategies seem to be rooted in their own artistic survival instincts.
The thinking being: your opportunities are my lost opportunities. A constant state of artist survival and competition.
Consider opening up and nourishing a fellow artist, sharing resources, giving advice when it’s requested, cooperating — you are not always in competition with your fellow artist for survival, your real competition more likely to be, well…you.
Your self-sabotage and self-doubt. You are competing for survival against your ego, and that devil on your shoulder never met an artist he couldn’t fuck with. As author @briannawiest would put it; “You Are The Mountain.”
#artistssupportingartists #communityovercompetiton
