Mak Grgic
I provide consulting services to bring your creative brand to the next level. I am passionate about sharing my love for sustainable career growth, branding, wealth building, stage performance, and being hands-on in today’s music business climate.
CREATIVITY
& ARTISTIC EXPRESSION
Understanding who you are to maximize and unlock your unique potential and inborn creativity.
Business
& Entrepreneurship
Identify long-term goals and create a plan to achieve them; business basics such as bookkeeping, residual income strategies and diversification; networking, developing a brand, and building a fan base.
Marketing
& Digital Strategy
Digital marketing strategies and content optimization, creating content and distributing through social media platforms to attract and gain the attention of the target audience.
Career
Self Management
Self management basics to gain an understanding of all areas required for success in an entrepreneurial venture; manage time effectively, set priorities, and avoid burnout.
Recording
Audio & Video Production
Building a solid foundation in the basics of audio and video production, directing, creative direction, editing, and mixing and mastering techniques.
Money
Growing Your Net Worth
Financial success leads to creative freedom. Basics of company structuring, taxes and business expensing, saving, investing, retirement planning, negotiating contracts, and more.
What to Expect
Beginning with a general overview of your career, we strategize the path forward to fully actualize your creative, business, and financial goals.
Flexibility: one-time consultation or ongoing career coaching is available. I offer free rescheduling of sessions with a 24 hour notice, with respect to the varying schedules of creative professionals and any last-minute opportunities that may arise.
Why me?
3x Grammy-Nominated Musician
Mak|Bach (2021), A Night in Upper Town (2022), Entourer (2024)
Co-founder and Artistic Director of EuroStrings, fundraised $4.5+ million
Co-founded and led five successful international organizations including Virtual Guitar Orchestra
Full time professor at University of South Carolina
Previously visiting professor at Universities in Portugal, Slovenia, Bosnia
Co-founder and CEO of Notey Inc, creating a mobile gaming app for music education
Spearheaded and developed the Elemental Guitar Program for developing musicians
Work archived by Library of Congress
Fluent in 5 languages