A More Excellent Open Mic for Musicians with Arthur Revechkis

<p><b>Nuggets:</b></p><ul> <li>Learn to think about the wide variety of types of capital.</li> <li>Learn the business side of a project that supports creativity.</li> <li>Learn about some interesting music and comedy projects.<p></p> </li> </ul><p><b>Action Steps:</b></p><ol> <li>Talk to local venues and musicians to better understand how open mics work and what problems you can solve.</li> <li>Learn something from existing venues that are streaming entertainment</li> <li>Get a national competition together among different bars that already stream their live acts</li> <li>Partner with a Restauranteur or a local bar that has a good reputation and good acts.</li> <li>Figure out a budget for one production. Talk to an AV expert. (Max will probably be 10-20K rental costs)</li> <li>Find a location, create a budget, plan construction, manage costs, do revenue projections</li> <li>Have an open call open mic every Monday and Tuesday night and create a tournament with a championship once or twice a year.</li> <li>Gather people who have a buzz about them in NYC as Open Mic participants.</li> <li>Explore the revenue stream of broadcasting to Youtube.</li> <li>Try to connect with Spotify, Redbull or another brand that is already promoting up and coming artists.</li> <li>Reach out to potential Partners, like bloggers or A&amp;R reps who look for the next big artist. Maybe even have them pay to be involved</li> <li>Reach out to big-name artists and local artists to practice pitch and get people on board.</li> <li>Invite bigger artists to join randomly and draw a larger audience.</li> <li>Reach out to Arthur to get involved in any way, even if you want to be a host for the events<p></p> </li> </ol><p>Follow through on these action steps and email us your results at update@runwithit.fm. You'll get exclusive access to a private Facebook group of action takers and one listener will earn a free mentorship call with our guest, and potentially, a business partnership.</p><p><b>Links:</b></p><p><a href="https://www.petescandy