Chords for How Tim Henson Got Rich Playing The Guitar
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Tim Henson of Polyphia is arguably one of this generation's most influential guitarists,
who has taken the internet by storm with his pop-centered technical guitar playing, unique
aesthetic, and music writing philosophy.
Outside of being an exceptional guitar player, it's hard not to take notice of his personal
brand and its selling power.
Through collaborations and partnerships with companies like Ibanez and Neural DSP, Tim
has managed to do what many musicians consider to be a Herculean feat, actually making a
living off of the guitar.
It's not until you begin peeling the layers back that you'll see there are many factors
to his income-generating success that those who are curious and or are looking to one
day support themselves financially as a musician can learn from.
In this video, I'll go over all of Tim's sources of income and share a few of the secret
factors that have allowed him to do the impossible.
Let's start breaking this all down.
Surprisingly, Tim doesn't really make any money playing the guitar.
As a matter of fact, no professional guitarist has ever made money with the instrument alone,
because guitars don't make money, they make noise.
As you can see on your screen, here is a list of all of the ways Tim generates income that
I can confirm.
His portfolio is diverse, with some of his income-generating activities coming from rendering
services like music production for other artists and performing live shows with his band Polyphia.
He also utilizes more passive approaches that come from selling digital products and a membership
subscription available to his audience on his YouTube channel.
Notice how none of these really have anything to do with the guitar?
Tim leverages his guitar-playing skill and merges it with complementary in-demand skills
to be able to open himself up for more money-making opportunities.
This is known as upskilling, and it is one of the secret factors that contributes to
his selling power and success.
On the Goons podcast, Tim Henson had this to say about learning new skills.
I started doing graphic design in high school, and to kind of like fun things in the band,
like I would just go get jobs that would kind of teach me skills that would be important
to the band.
From there, I wanted to get like really good at graphic design, so I took on an internship
at this place called Signazon, [E] which is basically e-commerce, but for signs.
They taught me so many things, and I learned just, I learned so much, and I always remember
telling them like, [B] yeah, you know, like one day, like I want [N] to like own my own company
and like, you know, do all this like entrepreneurial shit, but you know, mix it with music.
Since his humble start learning graphic design in high school, Tim has gone on to learn audio
engineering, digital marketing, e-commerce, and everything else associated with developing
and executing on the list of his income sources I displayed earlier.
It's hard not to see the value in taking the time to learn new abilities and gain knowledge
that will help propel you in the direction of your goals.
Tim is a prime example of this.
The second hidden factor that allowed Tim to direct cash flow towards his brand is creativity.
The internet has opened up avenues for making money that were impossible just a few decades ago.
Creativity, a basic understanding of business principles, and great marketing is pretty
much all you need to have to monetize your passion.
Tim has identified opportunities to better serve his audience based on their shared interests,
wants, and needs.
Because of this, he can create products that are unique and exchange them for dollars.
A great example of this can be seen in the way he sells tablature.
Tim will use his songwriting, guitar playing, and audio engineering skills to write a short
form song he knows his audience will go crazy over.
He'll then put together a video to accompany the song and provide a lesson showing how
to play the song and the story behind it.
The song, tutorial, and background story is content that is being used to direct traffic
to his online tab store.
He'll have a call to action on the videos to let viewers know they can purchase this
item to make learning the song easier and provide them with backing tracks as well,
giving them additional value.
This is known as content marketing.
If we can use one example to show how Tim effectively uses his creativity and skill
set to sell tabs, we can look at the numbers for Blood Moon, one of his short form songs.
At the time of this recording, Tim's Blood Moon video and Blood Moon tutorial slash making
of video have over 9 million views combined.
Let's say just .1
% of the viewership turns into a sale.
That means his creativity would have netted him about $18,000 in revenue.
It is likely Blood Moon has made significantly more money than this considering I used a
very conservative .1
% for sales.
When you take into consideration he has 18 tabs on his store and tens of millions of
views for his short form songs, you begin to see how getting creative in making and
delivering products just for his audience made Tim what equates to an absurd sum of money.
The final factor that helped Tim Henson achieve a living with the guitar is positioning.
Through his own pursuits, Tim has crafted a unique sound and approach to the guitar
many players appreciate and want to hear more of.
This type of innovation would not have happened if Tim did not lean into his strengths, interests
and skill set to create something unique and align it to an audience he would be better
equipped to serve than anyone else.
This is called developing a market dominating position and it is often times what can make
or break an individual's ability to generate income or find success in any endeavor.
The skills you develop, the experience you have and the interests you possess can all
be used to position yourself in a way in which you can provide groups of people with things
they can't get anywhere else.
This is the fundamental building block of attracting an audience or building a business.
The degree to which it impacts your success has to do with if there are people out there
that give a damn about what you have to offer and the amount of money that can be made is
based on how large the market is that you have positioned yourself in, with things
like creativity being something that can boost your earnings even in a small market.
The internet amplifies this and I predict in the future untold opportunities for musicians
to thrive will be created with smaller and niche audiences.
We are already seeing it happen today with bands that would not have been commercially
viable without the internet.
The reason the internet is such a powerful tool for money making is because people congregate
on it in ways that are physically impossible in the world outside of it.
Things that would have no way of becoming commercially successful suddenly work because
people of similar interests, wants and needs can now be together in one place to make a purchase.
You can see this with how guitarists congregate towards Tim's brand.
A position like Tim's and other pioneers in the guitar space can only come from building
something great and meaningful that people want and can't get anywhere
who has taken the internet by storm with his pop-centered technical guitar playing, unique
aesthetic, and music writing philosophy.
Outside of being an exceptional guitar player, it's hard not to take notice of his personal
brand and its selling power.
Through collaborations and partnerships with companies like Ibanez and Neural DSP, Tim
has managed to do what many musicians consider to be a Herculean feat, actually making a
living off of the guitar.
It's not until you begin peeling the layers back that you'll see there are many factors
to his income-generating success that those who are curious and or are looking to one
day support themselves financially as a musician can learn from.
In this video, I'll go over all of Tim's sources of income and share a few of the secret
factors that have allowed him to do the impossible.
Let's start breaking this all down.
Surprisingly, Tim doesn't really make any money playing the guitar.
As a matter of fact, no professional guitarist has ever made money with the instrument alone,
because guitars don't make money, they make noise.
As you can see on your screen, here is a list of all of the ways Tim generates income that
I can confirm.
His portfolio is diverse, with some of his income-generating activities coming from rendering
services like music production for other artists and performing live shows with his band Polyphia.
He also utilizes more passive approaches that come from selling digital products and a membership
subscription available to his audience on his YouTube channel.
Notice how none of these really have anything to do with the guitar?
Tim leverages his guitar-playing skill and merges it with complementary in-demand skills
to be able to open himself up for more money-making opportunities.
This is known as upskilling, and it is one of the secret factors that contributes to
his selling power and success.
On the Goons podcast, Tim Henson had this to say about learning new skills.
I started doing graphic design in high school, and to kind of like fun things in the band,
like I would just go get jobs that would kind of teach me skills that would be important
to the band.
From there, I wanted to get like really good at graphic design, so I took on an internship
at this place called Signazon, [E] which is basically e-commerce, but for signs.
They taught me so many things, and I learned just, I learned so much, and I always remember
telling them like, [B] yeah, you know, like one day, like I want [N] to like own my own company
and like, you know, do all this like entrepreneurial shit, but you know, mix it with music.
Since his humble start learning graphic design in high school, Tim has gone on to learn audio
engineering, digital marketing, e-commerce, and everything else associated with developing
and executing on the list of his income sources I displayed earlier.
It's hard not to see the value in taking the time to learn new abilities and gain knowledge
that will help propel you in the direction of your goals.
Tim is a prime example of this.
The second hidden factor that allowed Tim to direct cash flow towards his brand is creativity.
The internet has opened up avenues for making money that were impossible just a few decades ago.
Creativity, a basic understanding of business principles, and great marketing is pretty
much all you need to have to monetize your passion.
Tim has identified opportunities to better serve his audience based on their shared interests,
wants, and needs.
Because of this, he can create products that are unique and exchange them for dollars.
A great example of this can be seen in the way he sells tablature.
Tim will use his songwriting, guitar playing, and audio engineering skills to write a short
form song he knows his audience will go crazy over.
He'll then put together a video to accompany the song and provide a lesson showing how
to play the song and the story behind it.
The song, tutorial, and background story is content that is being used to direct traffic
to his online tab store.
He'll have a call to action on the videos to let viewers know they can purchase this
item to make learning the song easier and provide them with backing tracks as well,
giving them additional value.
This is known as content marketing.
If we can use one example to show how Tim effectively uses his creativity and skill
set to sell tabs, we can look at the numbers for Blood Moon, one of his short form songs.
At the time of this recording, Tim's Blood Moon video and Blood Moon tutorial slash making
of video have over 9 million views combined.
Let's say just .1
% of the viewership turns into a sale.
That means his creativity would have netted him about $18,000 in revenue.
It is likely Blood Moon has made significantly more money than this considering I used a
very conservative .1
% for sales.
When you take into consideration he has 18 tabs on his store and tens of millions of
views for his short form songs, you begin to see how getting creative in making and
delivering products just for his audience made Tim what equates to an absurd sum of money.
The final factor that helped Tim Henson achieve a living with the guitar is positioning.
Through his own pursuits, Tim has crafted a unique sound and approach to the guitar
many players appreciate and want to hear more of.
This type of innovation would not have happened if Tim did not lean into his strengths, interests
and skill set to create something unique and align it to an audience he would be better
equipped to serve than anyone else.
This is called developing a market dominating position and it is often times what can make
or break an individual's ability to generate income or find success in any endeavor.
The skills you develop, the experience you have and the interests you possess can all
be used to position yourself in a way in which you can provide groups of people with things
they can't get anywhere else.
This is the fundamental building block of attracting an audience or building a business.
The degree to which it impacts your success has to do with if there are people out there
that give a damn about what you have to offer and the amount of money that can be made is
based on how large the market is that you have positioned yourself in, with things
like creativity being something that can boost your earnings even in a small market.
The internet amplifies this and I predict in the future untold opportunities for musicians
to thrive will be created with smaller and niche audiences.
We are already seeing it happen today with bands that would not have been commercially
viable without the internet.
The reason the internet is such a powerful tool for money making is because people congregate
on it in ways that are physically impossible in the world outside of it.
Things that would have no way of becoming commercially successful suddenly work because
people of similar interests, wants and needs can now be together in one place to make a purchase.
You can see this with how guitarists congregate towards Tim's brand.
A position like Tim's and other pioneers in the guitar space can only come from building
something great and meaningful that people want and can't get anywhere
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Tim Henson of Polyphia is arguably one of this generation's most influential _ guitarists,
who has taken the internet by storm with his pop-centered technical guitar playing, unique
aesthetic, and music writing philosophy. _
_ Outside of being an exceptional guitar player, it's hard not to take notice of his personal
brand and its selling power.
_ Through collaborations and partnerships with companies like Ibanez and Neural DSP, Tim
has managed to do what many musicians consider to be a Herculean feat, actually making a
living off of the guitar.
_ It's not until you begin peeling the layers back that you'll see there are many factors
to his income-generating success that those who are curious and or are looking to one
day support themselves financially as a musician can learn from.
_ In this video, I'll go over all of Tim's sources of income and share a few of the secret
factors that have allowed him to do the impossible.
_ Let's start breaking this all down. _ _ _ _
Surprisingly, Tim doesn't really make any money playing the guitar. _
As a matter of fact, no professional guitarist has ever made money with the instrument alone,
because guitars don't make money, they make noise.
_ _ _ As you can see on your screen, here is a list of all of the ways Tim generates income that
I can confirm.
His portfolio is diverse, with some of his income-generating activities coming from rendering
services like music production for other artists and performing live shows with his band Polyphia.
_ He also utilizes more passive approaches that come from selling digital products and a membership
subscription available to his audience on his YouTube channel.
_ Notice how none of these really have anything to do with the guitar?
_ _ Tim leverages his guitar-playing skill and merges it with complementary in-demand skills
to be able to open himself up for more money-making opportunities.
_ _ This is known as upskilling, and it is one of the secret factors that contributes to
his selling power and success.
_ On the Goons podcast, Tim Henson had this to say about learning new skills.
_ _ _ _ I started doing graphic design in high school, and to kind of like fun things in the band,
like I would just go get jobs that would kind of teach me skills _ that would be important
to the band.
From there, _ I wanted to get like really good at graphic design, so I took on an internship
at this place called Signazon, [E] which is _ basically _ e-commerce, but for signs.
They taught me so many things, and I learned just, I learned so much, and I always remember
telling them like, [B] yeah, you know, like one day, like I want [N] to like own my own company
and like, you know, do all this like entrepreneurial _ shit, but you know, mix it with music. _
Since his humble start learning graphic design in high school, Tim has gone on to learn audio
engineering, digital marketing, e-commerce, and everything else associated with developing
and executing on the list of his income sources I displayed earlier.
_ It's hard not to see the value in taking the time to learn new abilities and gain knowledge
that will help propel you in the direction of your goals.
Tim is a prime example of this.
_ _ _ The second hidden factor that allowed Tim to direct cash flow towards his brand is creativity.
_ The internet has opened up avenues for making money that were impossible just a few decades ago. _
Creativity, a basic understanding of business principles, and great marketing is pretty
much all you need to have to monetize your passion.
Tim has identified opportunities to better serve his audience based on their shared interests,
wants, and needs. _
Because of this, he can create products that are unique and exchange them for dollars.
_ A great example of this can be seen in the way he sells tablature.
_ Tim will use his songwriting, guitar playing, and audio engineering skills to write a short
form song he knows his audience will go crazy over.
He'll then put together a video to accompany the song and provide a lesson showing how
to play the song and the story behind it.
The song, tutorial, and background story is content that is being used to direct traffic
to his online tab store.
_ He'll have a call to action on the videos to let viewers know they can purchase this
item to make learning the song easier and provide them with backing tracks as well,
giving them additional value.
This is known as content marketing.
_ If we can use one example to show how Tim effectively uses his creativity and skill
set to sell tabs, we can look at the numbers for Blood Moon, one of his short form songs.
_ At the time of this recording, Tim's Blood Moon video and Blood Moon tutorial slash making
of video have over 9 million views combined. _
Let's say just .1
% of the viewership turns into a sale.
That means his creativity would have netted him about $18,000 in revenue.
It is likely Blood Moon has made significantly more money than this considering I used a
very conservative .1
% for sales.
_ _ When you take into consideration he has 18 tabs on his store and tens of millions of
views for his short form songs, you begin to see how getting creative in making and
delivering products just for his audience made Tim what equates to an absurd sum of money. _ _
The final factor that helped Tim Henson achieve a living with the guitar is positioning.
_ _ Through his own pursuits, Tim has crafted a unique sound and approach to the guitar
many players appreciate and want to hear more of.
This type of innovation would not have happened if Tim did not lean into his strengths, interests
and skill set to create something unique and align it to an audience he would be better
equipped to serve than anyone else.
This is called developing a market dominating position and it is often times what can make
or break an individual's ability to generate income or find success in any endeavor.
_ The skills you develop, the experience you have and the interests you possess can all
be used to position yourself in a way in which you can provide groups of people with things
they can't get anywhere else.
_ This is the fundamental building block of attracting an audience or building a business.
_ The degree to which it impacts your success has to do with if there are people out there
that give a damn about what you have to offer and the amount of money that can be made is
based on how large the market is that you have positioned yourself in, with things
like creativity being something that can boost your earnings even in a small market.
_ The internet amplifies this and I predict in the future untold opportunities for musicians
to thrive will be created with smaller and niche audiences.
We are already seeing it happen today with bands that would not have been commercially
viable without the internet.
The reason the internet is such a powerful tool for money making is because people congregate
on it in ways that are physically impossible in the world outside of it.
Things that would have no way of becoming commercially successful suddenly work because
people of similar interests, wants and needs can now be together in one place to make a purchase. _
You can see this with how guitarists congregate towards Tim's brand.
A position like Tim's and other pioneers in the guitar space can only come from building
something great and meaningful that people want and can't get anywhere
who has taken the internet by storm with his pop-centered technical guitar playing, unique
aesthetic, and music writing philosophy. _
_ Outside of being an exceptional guitar player, it's hard not to take notice of his personal
brand and its selling power.
_ Through collaborations and partnerships with companies like Ibanez and Neural DSP, Tim
has managed to do what many musicians consider to be a Herculean feat, actually making a
living off of the guitar.
_ It's not until you begin peeling the layers back that you'll see there are many factors
to his income-generating success that those who are curious and or are looking to one
day support themselves financially as a musician can learn from.
_ In this video, I'll go over all of Tim's sources of income and share a few of the secret
factors that have allowed him to do the impossible.
_ Let's start breaking this all down. _ _ _ _
Surprisingly, Tim doesn't really make any money playing the guitar. _
As a matter of fact, no professional guitarist has ever made money with the instrument alone,
because guitars don't make money, they make noise.
_ _ _ As you can see on your screen, here is a list of all of the ways Tim generates income that
I can confirm.
His portfolio is diverse, with some of his income-generating activities coming from rendering
services like music production for other artists and performing live shows with his band Polyphia.
_ He also utilizes more passive approaches that come from selling digital products and a membership
subscription available to his audience on his YouTube channel.
_ Notice how none of these really have anything to do with the guitar?
_ _ Tim leverages his guitar-playing skill and merges it with complementary in-demand skills
to be able to open himself up for more money-making opportunities.
_ _ This is known as upskilling, and it is one of the secret factors that contributes to
his selling power and success.
_ On the Goons podcast, Tim Henson had this to say about learning new skills.
_ _ _ _ I started doing graphic design in high school, and to kind of like fun things in the band,
like I would just go get jobs that would kind of teach me skills _ that would be important
to the band.
From there, _ I wanted to get like really good at graphic design, so I took on an internship
at this place called Signazon, [E] which is _ basically _ e-commerce, but for signs.
They taught me so many things, and I learned just, I learned so much, and I always remember
telling them like, [B] yeah, you know, like one day, like I want [N] to like own my own company
and like, you know, do all this like entrepreneurial _ shit, but you know, mix it with music. _
Since his humble start learning graphic design in high school, Tim has gone on to learn audio
engineering, digital marketing, e-commerce, and everything else associated with developing
and executing on the list of his income sources I displayed earlier.
_ It's hard not to see the value in taking the time to learn new abilities and gain knowledge
that will help propel you in the direction of your goals.
Tim is a prime example of this.
_ _ _ The second hidden factor that allowed Tim to direct cash flow towards his brand is creativity.
_ The internet has opened up avenues for making money that were impossible just a few decades ago. _
Creativity, a basic understanding of business principles, and great marketing is pretty
much all you need to have to monetize your passion.
Tim has identified opportunities to better serve his audience based on their shared interests,
wants, and needs. _
Because of this, he can create products that are unique and exchange them for dollars.
_ A great example of this can be seen in the way he sells tablature.
_ Tim will use his songwriting, guitar playing, and audio engineering skills to write a short
form song he knows his audience will go crazy over.
He'll then put together a video to accompany the song and provide a lesson showing how
to play the song and the story behind it.
The song, tutorial, and background story is content that is being used to direct traffic
to his online tab store.
_ He'll have a call to action on the videos to let viewers know they can purchase this
item to make learning the song easier and provide them with backing tracks as well,
giving them additional value.
This is known as content marketing.
_ If we can use one example to show how Tim effectively uses his creativity and skill
set to sell tabs, we can look at the numbers for Blood Moon, one of his short form songs.
_ At the time of this recording, Tim's Blood Moon video and Blood Moon tutorial slash making
of video have over 9 million views combined. _
Let's say just .1
% of the viewership turns into a sale.
That means his creativity would have netted him about $18,000 in revenue.
It is likely Blood Moon has made significantly more money than this considering I used a
very conservative .1
% for sales.
_ _ When you take into consideration he has 18 tabs on his store and tens of millions of
views for his short form songs, you begin to see how getting creative in making and
delivering products just for his audience made Tim what equates to an absurd sum of money. _ _
The final factor that helped Tim Henson achieve a living with the guitar is positioning.
_ _ Through his own pursuits, Tim has crafted a unique sound and approach to the guitar
many players appreciate and want to hear more of.
This type of innovation would not have happened if Tim did not lean into his strengths, interests
and skill set to create something unique and align it to an audience he would be better
equipped to serve than anyone else.
This is called developing a market dominating position and it is often times what can make
or break an individual's ability to generate income or find success in any endeavor.
_ The skills you develop, the experience you have and the interests you possess can all
be used to position yourself in a way in which you can provide groups of people with things
they can't get anywhere else.
_ This is the fundamental building block of attracting an audience or building a business.
_ The degree to which it impacts your success has to do with if there are people out there
that give a damn about what you have to offer and the amount of money that can be made is
based on how large the market is that you have positioned yourself in, with things
like creativity being something that can boost your earnings even in a small market.
_ The internet amplifies this and I predict in the future untold opportunities for musicians
to thrive will be created with smaller and niche audiences.
We are already seeing it happen today with bands that would not have been commercially
viable without the internet.
The reason the internet is such a powerful tool for money making is because people congregate
on it in ways that are physically impossible in the world outside of it.
Things that would have no way of becoming commercially successful suddenly work because
people of similar interests, wants and needs can now be together in one place to make a purchase. _
You can see this with how guitarists congregate towards Tim's brand.
A position like Tim's and other pioneers in the guitar space can only come from building
something great and meaningful that people want and can't get anywhere