What's The Musicians Network all about?
The Musicians Network was established back in 2000 in various forms by guitarist Ben Edom and harpist Debra Carey. After working in the music industry and gigging themselves for over 10 years, they felt there was a real need to re-develop the independent musician's image and status. Not just in terms of selling music CDs, MP3s and other music products, but more to do with live music. At the time and still today, there is very little support in helping musicians market themselves in terms of getting live paid work.
So that's why The Musicians Network was established. To get musicians working more in the field of live music. In other words, helping musicians to get more gigs. After all, that's what musicians do best .... play music live, in the flesh, up there on stage, doing their thing!
The one thing that all musicians struggle with at some point in their careers is marketing themselves, in the aim of getting more work. Whether that be at concerts, television, radio, tourism or even at private events, weddings and corporate events. So that's what we offer. Real help in marketing musicians to the right groups of people that are looking for musicians to play live music.
On the other side of the coin, we help people looking for live music, find it! When clients are looking for the right music for their event, it can be a daunting search. Where do they start? Recommendations? Surf the web? Well, we make it easy to match just the right musicians with the client's vision for their event. Practically any musician or band can be booked through The Musicians Network. It's a unique system that works! After all, we've been helping people find musicians for the last 10 years.
Ben Edom has been involved in the music industry since his teens plus has been a successful businessman and entrepreneur for the last 15 years. He's established himself as a well known Acoustic Guitarist here in the UK, Europe and in Australia, perhaps most importantly, has proven through experiencing it himself, that earning a living from music is not only possbile but easily achieved.
Debra Carey has been an experienced wedding musician for the last 7 years and has an indepth knowledge of the wedding and corporate event industries. She brings to the Network a wealth of experience in marketing, sales, PR, internet marketing and business development. Having worked for some of the top computer companies in the world, she now blends that vital expertise with the music industry, with stunning results.
Ben and Debra have combined forces and their unique skills in business, marketing and the music industry to offer musicians for the first time, a real alternative in getting themselves working and 'making a living from music'. It can be done. It has been done and there's more opportunity now than ever before to not only make a living doing what musicians love, but thriving from it.
