A client asked me the other day about helping her make cold calls more effectively. And I launched into my “I don’t believe in cold calls” speech. You should be warming up talent buyers with your Perfect Press Kit before dialing those digits. If you hit the spot, they’ll call you first. If not, they’ll [...]
Concert Update + Merch Sales Tips
April 28, 2005 By 1 Comment
Busy, busy week. Angie Aparo killed at Earthlink Live the other night. Elvis Costello and David Hidalgo knocked out favorites from three of my all-time favorite acts last night (they did a couple of Nick Lowe tunes). And Cracker’s in town Friday. And folks ask me why we moved to Athens? I wanted to share [...]
Hustle. Passion. Resiliency.
April 28, 2005 By Leave a Comment
I collected tons of clippings during my semi-sabbatical. This post from Jason Calacanis strikes me as important for working musicians on two levels. First, I think the three keys Jason cites as essential for business are even more important for you. You probably love your music. That’s passion. But can you hustle? Can you get [...]
Internship No-No’s
April 23, 2005 By 2 Comments
At this risk of turning this into an internship weblog, I know a bunch of our readers are hustling for some music business internships for the summer. I used to (among a million other things) coordinate production internships when I worked at WXPN, so I tend to sympathize with the folks who have to choose [...]
Angie Aparo in ATL
April 22, 2005 By Leave a Comment
IndieBiz.com Conference Calls
April 22, 2005 By Leave a Comment
For the handful of IndieBiz members who haven’t dropped by the IndieBoard in a while, I’ve got regular office hours from now until June 30 for group coaching. During these times, I take 45 minutes on our conference call bridge to work with artists who want to make more money with their music: TUESDAYS @ [...]
Chicago Internships: The Saga Continues
April 21, 2005 By Leave a Comment
Way back in 2003, I tried to do a colleague a favor by listing an internship opportunity here on the weblog. Amazingly, that posting is still in the top five search results for “Chicago Internship” on a few major search engines. Sadly, I keep seeing folks apply for that internship in the comments. Sigh. That [...]
Oops!
April 21, 2005 By Leave a Comment
Get those gigs on tape.
April 21, 2005 By Leave a Comment
