Music Business Radio – Street Teams

I’m one of the guests on David Hooper’s Music Business Radio this week, and we talked a lot about street teams and growing your own audience. (We talked a lot about Music Hates You, in fact — the guys have been experiencing tremendous success by really getting obsessed about locating and playing for their fans.) [...]

Celebrating Independent Music

On Feb. 2, NYC played host to the Plug Awards — an awards ceremony that recognizes Indie bands and singers and celebrates Indie music as a whole. The Plug Awards, only a few years old, “seeks to create an awards show that escapes all of the evils of other awards shows that focus on sales, [...]

Duman & Fiero Set To Debut Independent A&R Clinic

Bay Area readers: Gian Fiero is hosting a series of Independent A&R Clinics in Oakland in September and November. They’re free, and if you send your material in advance, Gian can give you an unbiased professional opinion of your work.

FREE Open Phones Session on Tuesday at 3pm ET

I’m pulling back the curtain to let you hear what happens on one of our members-only “open phones” conference calls. About six times every month, I reserve some time for members to ask me any question at all about achieving success as working musicians. On past calls, we’ve talked about marketing, licensing, soundtracks, contracts, and [...]

WFUV: Let’s Get Digital Panel

WFUV: Let’s Get Digital Panel: On Thursday of this week (May 19), WFUV-FM, Fordham University’s excellent progressive and eclectic radio station, will present a panel discussion about the future of digital music: “If the new world of mp3 blogs, mash-ups, downloads and ringtones boggles your mind, tune in to Let’s Get Digital on Thursday, May [...]

Rock ‘n Roll, Inc.

Joe from Entertainer’s Secret (which is a pretty cool vocal soother that a few of my clients have used) is teaming up with my database hero Charlie Cheney for a one-night only workshop in suburban Philadelphia on May 22nd at 6:30. Charlie’s going to walk you through the steps he uses with his own band [...]

IndieBiz.com Conference Calls

For the handful of IndieBiz members who haven’t dropped by the IndieBoard in a while, I’ve got regular office hours from now until June 30 for group coaching. During these times, I take 45 minutes on our conference call bridge to work with artists who want to make more money with their music: TUESDAYS @ [...]

Happy St. Patrick’s Day!

Enjoy some fine indie Celtic tunes over at TradTunes.

Open House Conference Call, Wednesday, March 9th @ 12pm ET

Eat lunch with me! Well, I won’t be eating. What I will be doing is another "open phones" conference call recording for the podcast. Normally, I invite only folks from IndieBiz.com, but every so often I fling the doors open to see what questions folks have. One catch — only subscribers to my e-newsletter get [...]