Top 10 Ways to Get More Money from a Gig

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The 5 Types of Failure You Should Make Friends With

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Kylie in control - The Age

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Top 10 Ways to Get More Money from a Gig
Why would Pitchfork need an “independent lifestyle communications … - Chicago Sun-Times
Does Archuleta have a future in the music business? - [...]

USAToday profiles Regie Hamm, the winner of the second American Idol Songwriter competition.
Last year, our boards were pretty heated up, with folks so excited about the opportunity to get their songs discovered. Unfortunately, nothing in the rules specifically stated that an amateur songwriter would win the contest — just that they couldn’t submit a song [...]

All of Lou Pearlman’s crazy schemes have finally earned him something — 25 years in jail. Here’s someone who was, at best, a shrewd but successful music manager who bilked artists out of earnings and sought to get his company name or logo on just about every building in Orlando. And it would have actually [...]

He’s singing the National Anthem at the Coca-Cola 600 this weekend, so the Sporting News checks in with Darryl Worley about how he got to where he is today. He converted a degree in organic chemistry into a successful business, then used the proceeds to fund his full-time music career.
Then he lost it all, and [...]

Russell Davies covered the front of his laptop with blackboard…
Gordon Ramsay “battle[s] with Fox ” over contestants who are a “liability,” has an ulcer

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It’s an unassuming title for a free e-book, but Derek Sivers has created the most important piece of literature you will read this year, hands down. In it, he documents the shift in indie music culture from “Do It Yourself to Decide It Yourself,” and he uses real world examples of music marketing and promotion [...]

Bob asks this morning whether there’s a new “indie pecking order” that makes it difficult for bands to get booked at “indie-friendly” venues.
Absolutely, there is.
The house concert circuit among folk performers is probably the best example of this. As I wrote in Host Your Own Concerts, pretty much anybody has the ability to stage a [...]