Despite my intention to not stir up debate, a whole mess of folks are rolling through the site looking to defend Burnlounge. Judging by some of the e-mail I have received, some readers might have confused my opinion with what other readers say in the comments.
So, to reframe my previous post, here’s what I think [...]
Joan Stewart passes along advice against “execution at dawn” photos, and suggests that you take some publicity photos at angles other than eye level. Here are some other tried and true tips to create a photo that won’t get your band laughed at:
No photos in front of brick walls (oldest cliche ever).
Remember to take close-ups, [...]
A great prompt this morning from Jason Womack:
If (and I think this is the big if) everything were up to date, your workstation were organized, your projects were identified, and you had a strong/complete/total inventory of “hi-po*” activities…I have a questions:
How would you choose what you choose to work on?
When I speak with musicians [...]
While technology lets you do some amazing things on stage, the power of your songs can sometimes be muted when your audience focuses too much on the gimmick. It doesn’t sound like this is the case for Pamela Z and other attendees at the Edgetone Music Summit, profiled on Wired News this morning.
What little tricks [...]
New media, same old hijinx. Tony Brummel’s been vocal about his distaste for selling individual downloads, to the point of refusing to let some of his acts sell music on iTunes. Now, there’s news that Hawthorne Heights is accusing Brummel and the Victory Records team of cooking the books. Not only do they feel that [...]
Annette Warren’s got a great article up at GoGirlsMusic about how to be a good stage manager, and how musicians can get the most out of a working relationship with a stage manager. In my experience, the musicians that are talented enough to get away with treating people poorly tend to be supremely awesome. It’s [...]
Music management contracts are always a hot topic around here, and I have broken out some extra information and tips from my music management book in a special, free mini-course…
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We have a lot of new readers rolling through the site this week, so I thought I’d sum up my philosophy on how to make money making music. I just typed out a quick note to one of the members of our music business mentoring program that frames things up nicely…
The challenge with being a [...]
I think a tipping point for my love of music was the first time I visited the Piccadilly Circus store of Tower Records in 1992. Up until then, my record retail experience was limited to the awful chain stores around Philly, and the little shops in Ithaca that carried a few stacks of used and [...]
UPDATE - APRIL 27: Big, huge, fun American Idol liveblog + discussion happening on our new discussion boards.
UPDATE 4.5.07: American Idol Songwriter Contest Rules Now Online
UPDATE 4.4.07: American Idol Songwriting Competition Signups Open!!
Now that’s something I wasn’t expecting.
Along with the routine awful auditions and awkward evolutions of the next round of Idol contestants, we’ll get [...]
