I’m so excited to tell you about the launch of my fifth music business book, “Audience Supported.” I started writing about the music business when I was still working as a public radio producer. My then-girlfriend, now my wife, took me out to a neighborhood bar that was packed to the gills with an audience [...]
Good News from Bob Baker
April 4, 2007 By Leave a Comment
Bob just announced that the new edition of his stellar Guerrilla Music Marketing Handbook is available at Amazon and the other usual places. You can also get an autographed copy directly from him. Your homework is to get yourself a copy. (My homework is to get crackin’ on the Second Edition of Grow Your Band’s [...]
Music Management Contracts Guide
August 7, 2006 By Leave a Comment
New rock memoir hits shelves this week
February 10, 2006 By Leave a Comment
Back in the mid-90s, Boston singer-songwriter Jen Trynin was the subject of a major label bidding war. A few years and two unsuccessful albums later, Trynin left the major label game, went back to school and into hiding for awhile. Her new book “Everything I’m Cracked Up to Be,” based on journals she kept during [...]
Self-promote yourself into other people’s CD players
February 9, 2006 By Leave a Comment
If you want people to recognize your name, you have to get out there and find your fan base. Bob Baker, who has been involved in the music industry for years, just came out with an audiobook, What Every Musician Should Know About Self-Promotion. This article, an excerpt from the book, offers a few ideas [...]
We promise you that Scott’s not on the payroll.
November 9, 2005 By Leave a Comment
But perhaps he should be? For the second time in as many days, Scott Andrew flatters me and the research team with positive reviews of our music business books. I’m proud that musicians like Scott can use the action items in all four of these books to make specific changes in the way they approach [...]
Looking for September’s Book Club Candidates
August 10, 2005 By 1 Comment
Next month’s book club selection: Getting Things Done
July 25, 2005 By Leave a Comment
Ever since I started working personally with musicians on improving their income, I’ve noticed that 80% of my first discussions revolve around time management and task management. For years, I subscribed to the Franklin Covey school of prioritizing tasks. While I still believe in the "four quadrants," I love the way that David Allen’s book, Getting [...]
Getting the most from your music business books…
July 22, 2005 By Leave a Comment
David’s got a great set of suggestions to maximize your investment in books about the music business. As I discussed on our member call about The War of Art, you can easily trap yourself by reading about success without doing anything about it. (Scott and others call it music business porn!) So, as someone that’s [...]
