We’ve got another conference call class coming up three weeks from today that can help you learn more about achieving success in the music business. Once you register for the event, we’ll e-mail you a telephone number that you can dial to join Joe Taylor Jr. and an audience of musicians just like you.
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…whatever will be, will be, if you don’t put your two cents into the latest Capitol Hill copyright fight. The Section 115 Reform Act (SIRA) would revise the way that businesses and consumers pay for the right to make “incidental” copies of songs.
For instance, when I worked in radio, we had to make incidental copies [...]

Here’s one final reminder about tomorrow’s conference call!
Music Retail Promotion
How can you mount a successful record release campaign when you can barely get shelf space at a record store? We’ll share five insights that can shape the way you release your next record.
If you’ve never attended one of our conference call classes before, it’s [...]

I guess with folks dissing MySpace and the Sandi Thom incident souring fans on the idea of an internet-generated music superstar, it makes sense that YouTube is the new meme on the block. I’ve been digging all the tracks from Panic! at the Disco that I’ve heard on Sirius, but I saw an article cross [...]

We talk a lot about “getting out of our comfort zone.” But, for many of us, that means dealing with anxiety that can pretty much shut you down. It’s why a lot of musicians fail to grow their audiences beyond the first twenty-five or fifty fans they attract — that constant feeling of not knowing [...]

Analysts are already calling Taylor Hicks’ post-Idol career an uphill battle. Will the folks that phoned in to see him win actually plunk $17.98 for a Taylor Hicks record?
Two things going on here:
1. Record company expectations are too high. In our “first or worst” record business, if Taylor doesn’t make a double-platinum record out of [...]