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Workshop Curriculum

Venture Music’s founder Chris Nardone and the team at Venture Music will lead you through this interactive 12-week workshop. Class lectures and small group webinars will be combined with self-directed assignments and a final pitch meeting to help apply what you’re learning to the real world.

  • 1

    Welcome

    • Welcome!

    • Before You Get Started: A Checklist

    • Understanding Live Webinars & Group Sessions

    • Meet The Team
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    Part 1 - Building Your Brand and Marketing Strategy

    • Independent Project: Defining Your Brand Tool Kit
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    Part 2 - Setting Yourself Up For Discovery

    • Independent Project: Building Your Content Strategies Toolkit
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    Part 3 - Using Algorithms to Build a Fan Base

    • Independent Project: A Guide to Playlist Curation
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    Part 4 - Planning an Effective Content Release Cycle

    • Discuss Your Strategy with the Venture Team

What You'll Get

⦿ Experience-based advice from industry experts.

⦿ Practical tips for creating engaging and shareable content.

⦿ Tools to define and implement a purposeful marketing plan.

  • 12 Weeks

    Venture Music’s founder Chris Nardone and the team at Venture will lead you through an interactive 12-week workshop. Class lectures and small group webinars will be combined with self-directed assignments and a final pitch meeting to help apply what you’re learning to the real world.

  • 8 Interactive Webinars

    Our curriculum is centered around four 90-minute Live Webinars and four 60-minute group breakout sessions, led by Venture Music’s founder, Chris Nardone, and supported by other members of the Venture team and special guest speakers from other parts of the industry.

  • Real World Application

    To wrap up the workshop, you will get a chance to discuss your project and strategies with the entire Venture team. We will offer feedback, suggestions, and encouragement before sending you out into the world to make your plan a reality. Walk away with the tools you need to build an engaged and supportive audience online.

About Venture Academy

Venture Academy is an online education platform created specifically for artists and music industry professionals. 

Music marketing is constantly evolving in the digital age. Our goal is to provide you with road-tested ideas and strategies that are relevant right now. 

Our Level 1 Workshop is designed to guide you through the process of creating an authentic and effective digital marketing strategy for your own project. You'll learn from a team of music and advertising professionals with over a decade of experience in artist development. 

By the end of this workshop, you’ll have the tools you need to build an engaged and supportive audience online.

Choose How You Pay

Pay in full upfront to save, or choose our payment plan and split the cost into two payments

The Venture Academy Team

Learn from a team of music and advertising professionals with over a decade of experience in artist development.

Venture Music President

Chris Nardone

Chris is the founder and president of Nashville-based marketing collective, Venture Music. After spending more than a decade managing the careers of various independent artists (Adam Hood, American Aquarium, Delta Saints, Leagues, Lera Lynn), he created a plan to help Venture fill a growing need within the music industry. Venture's mission is to help independent artists create effective marketing strategies. Chris was born & raised on Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, and has a degree in finance from the University of Georgia. He prefers to spend most of his free time doing something outside and with his family, wife Emily and 1 year-old son August.

Venture Music Media Director

Dustin Boyer

Dustin is a music industry marketing specialist with 10+ years developing independent artists from the onset of their career; building their brand, team, and revenue. Dustin pursues working with artists directly, utilizing his knowledge in digital marketing to increase the brand awareness of acts with small budgets. He takes pride in the deep knowledge of the music industry and the many connections he's made through his successes. Dustin likes to spend his spare time playing video games with his two-year-old daughter.

Venture Music Operations Director

Stephanie Edwards

Stephanie is a marketing & operations specialist, with 14+ years experience in the music industry. She has worked at the helm of a handful of boutique labels & management companies, including her own, to closely to develop the careers and releases of many artists including The Avett Brothers, Carolina Chocolate Drops, Natalie Prass, Fruit Bats, Jill Andrews and Rogue Wave, to name a few. In her spare time, she volunteers for a local animal rescue, but mostly hangs out with her husband and cats and remains submerged in an inflatable pool on her back deck or under a heated blanket on her couch, depending on the season.

Who Are We?

Venture Music is a marketing collective created for the modern music industry.

This course is built and taught by a team of people actively working in the field. Click to see some examples of our current and recent work.
Check Out Our Work

We've Worked With:

Adam Hood, Airpark, Alicia Witt, American Aquarium, Andrew Leahey, Ballyhoo!, Big Yellow Dog Music, Birdtalker, BJ Barham, Brad Blackburn, Ben Schuller, Bishop Ivy, BMG, Cheerleader, Cheyenne Medders, Colatura, Colortest Merch, Constellation Management, Demun Jones, Devon Gilfillian, Ever7 Management, Esbie Fonte, Foreigner, Futurebirds, Grand Funk Railroad, Great Peacock, GT Music Group, Hard 8 Working Group, Hasting & Co., Hayden Everett, Heather Cole, Home Free, Iconique, Jams the Flava Child, Jason Eady, Jesse Colin Young, Jill Andrews, Jimmy Cypher, Joe Lasher, Johnny Stranger, Jordan Critz, Jordan Fisher, Joseph, JR Redford, Katie Toupin, KTJ & Carly, Leagues, Lera Lynn, Logan Mize, Los Colognes, Los Lobos, Lost Stars, Lowen, Lowland Hum, LUTHI, Meg Myers, Moon Taxi, Night Cap, Our Last Night, Pacific, Red Light Management, Rhino Records, Roadkill Ghost Choir, Roman Lewis, Romance and Rebellion, Sam Mooney, Sammy Hagar, Steel Panther, Stevie Redstone, SUR, The Belles, The Brevet, The Delta Saints, The Devil Wears Prada, The LACs, Theo Kandel, Tone Tree Music, Turnpike Troubadours, Vacation Manor, Wilderado, William Wild, Zach Deputy, Zero Theorem

What Do We Know?

Our team is always on the hunt for new trends and noteworthy topics to highlight. Check out our blog for articles written by our team members .
Get To Know Us

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