Before I began this blog I use to host and produce a weekly podcast. I first started out with a health & fitness show back in 2005 then I did a songwriting show with contents similar to what’s found in this blog. Recently I’ve had a few songwriters ask me if I thought that starting a podcast would be a good idea in order for them to promote their music. They also wanted to know if they could make some money off podcasting while at the same time getting their music out in front of a larger audience. My answer to them is, “not really”.
You see podcasting is very similar to radio, in the sense that if you’re not producing interesting content with each episode, your listeners may stop subscribing or downloading your show. Now I’ve seen Artists out there that have made both video and audio podcast and have been very successful, but these generally have been established Artists that have a big following. Quincy Jones, and Mark Hoppus from Blink 182 are two good examples. An even those guys don’t really put out a weekly show all the time. Quincy Jones started his podcast in the Fall of 2007, and so far only has 8 episodes, and neither one of these guys are currently monetizing their podcast.
