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I always use Jill as an example of someone who’s been grinding out a living as a working musician in between crazy label signings. She’s successful because she builds great relationships with her fans and she’s not afraid to pull some clever stunts to meet new listeners. Riding the wave of attention around net neutrality, [...]
Coran Capshaw was on to something when he founded Musictoday as a connector between fans, artists, and venues. Taking what he learned from the successful fan club he built for Dave Matthews, he and his team have been building solid e-commerce operations for lots of folks. And they’re solid because they’re built around access — [...]
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MIT researchers used a computer to generate 10,000 “fake” band names, though I suspect at least a few of these will show up on MySpace in the next few months. I’m already poised to join the street team for “Retribution Jenny.”
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Bob Baker’s saying it better than I can, but I’ll elaborate.
If you’re sitting around, pissing and moaning about your scene or the business or the A&R guys that don’t get it, you’re never going to succeed as a working musician.
Musicians that thrive in this business focus on four things:
writing music
performing music
building audience
staying healthy
If there’s anything [...]
Ray Beckerman’s looking for evidence that the record industry actively uses BitTorrent, Kazaa, or other P2P platforms to get tracks to radio stations.
While I doubt that there’s a studio executive who would authorize such a thing (on paper), it wouldn’t surprise me if an eager intern were purposefully leaking tracks to P2P so radio [...]
Since my little vacation, I’ve been meaning to write something up based on a recent comment. I linked to a debate about whether to put your own face on your album cover. The business consensus says, “no.” And the reality, for most working musicians that can’t afford to be photographed by Annie Leibovitz, is that [...]
It’s almost like our own version of the swallows returning to Capistrano.
Over in the comments, some folks are stirring the pot around a cabal of companies that we have repeatedly called out for separating working musicians from their cash and providing not a whole lot in return. And by “we,” I mean the never-ending discussion [...]
I had a great conversation with a professional network marketer during my trip to Philly and the Jersey Shore. We agreed that the very best opportunities to make money require lots of hard work, but shouldn’t necessarily involve an upfront investment. There should be a clear path to profit for anything you get involved in, [...]
