James Calmese Jr on Music Promoting and Betting on Yourself
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James Calmese Jr. Is a WIU graduate who works in financing and in shipping. Being the founder of Good Vibes, M.I. Edition LLC, a live entertainment entity involved in the underground music scene, the early stages of the music business process, and sports is what keeps him going in the day-to-day. His artist has amassed streams of 15,000 or more. Worked behind the scenes as an artist partner to JoeL Stevenson, Khamarry, AyeBee, & Lil Sizzerr, as a talent Buyer, promoter, and more. He’s booked shows with Montana of 300, Jarren Benton, Big Baby Scumbag & Kirko Bangz. Reach James for Artist consultations, Ad Campaigns, or song pitching at james@goodvibesmi.com
In this conversation, we cover how James thinks about finding artists and how to get them on stage. What habits or easy actions can upcoming artists take to jump-start in building a dedicated audience who are all in making music their full-time career. Out of the music sphere, we talk about more general advice on building skills when building something that is your passion. We close with ideas on betting on yourself, why it's meaningful, and what it means to lead by example for future generations. And much more!
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Show Notes:
(00:00) Intro
(02:07) Who is James?
(03:08) What was school like and how did he get into his current interests
(07:29) Real Life MBA
(08:45) The Business Side of Music
(12:28) Choosing the pain you are most comfortable with
(15:21) Music is Universal
(17:10) Riot Fest
(18:19) How Do You Get On Stage
(23:55) Take Something to Sell
(26:00) Back to Crowd Surfing
(27:56) Recommendations to New Artists
(30:21) A Good Show Is Most Important
(33:00) Building a mountain one layer at a time
(36:02) Authentic impressions of people
(39:19) The Invisible Work
(41:23) What skills have you learned?
(43:36) Negative connotations around Rap Still
(47:57) 1000 True Fans
Erich misspoke when citing this blog. He meant Kevin Kelly.
(51:06) Building Reach
(55:29) Advertisement
(01:01:44) Mentors
(01:05:53) Sobriety
(01:07:44) Super Power of Directing attention
(01:15:02) Being a Father
(01:17:25) Favorite Quote
(01:21:54) Where can people connect?
(01:22:43) Outro