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Widespread Panic is a $14 million-per year corporation, and staffers receive health, dental, and retirement benefits. Also, Steve Miller knows where every [...]
No longer content to portray an audience, those improv agents stage their own concert, with hilarious results.
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Ten common dream blockers [via Curt R.]
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ROFL: Goth, Metalhead Overcome Subcultural Differences To Find Love
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It’s one of the most common questions in the music business: “When should I get a manager?” David’s got a really insightful overview of the strategies you can use when answering that question for yourself. I wrote about this issue in my third book, from the point of view of a friend or family member [...]
Since most of my coaching clients want to segue out of their current day jobs into full time careers as working musicians, we’ve been talking a lot about “multiple streams of music income.” As frustrating as teaching music lessons can be, they can bolster your legitimacy as a working musician while forcing you to stay [...]
Check out these shirts from our friend Rhonda…
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David Hooper and I have been exchanging some tongue in cheek posts about how someone could make a lot of money by setting up a crowd rental service or a flash-mob-for-hire company, to help new bands look really good in front of talent buyers. (Sure, it would come under the “fool me once…” school of [...]
WFUV: Let’s Get Digital Panel:
On Thursday of this week (May 19), WFUV-FM, Fordham University’s excellent progressive and eclectic radio station, will present a panel discussion about the future of digital music:
“If the new world of mp3 blogs, mash-ups, downloads and ringtones boggles your mind, tune in to Let’s Get Digital on Thursday, May [...]
Lots of folks have been asking me about how to raise capital for recording projects. Fundable is a new website that lets your fans contribute toward a financial goal. If you break down your budget into manageable chunks (say, 100 people @ $50 each), you can make it happen. The cool thing about fundable is [...]
