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Steven Bacon’s Best Gig Ever

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See what happens when your biggest new fan has a fan base of their own.

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Country Music Star Darryl Worley: 15 Years of Digging

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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 [...]

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Music Business Education Reaching High Schools

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After hearing so much great response from our profile of Drexel’s campus-based music business program, I’m noticing more stories about schools that model their student-run record labels and booking agencies along the same principles. This week, the Los Angeles Times profiles a school that’s offering the same kind of real world experience, only at a [...]

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Tip: Write The Press Release First

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I was in a meeting at the day job today when one of the marketing folks mentioned an awesome, mind-exploding idea that fits perfectly with setting music career goals: write a press release, then work backwards.
The idea is to sit down and write the ideal make-believe press release for your project. It’s a powerful, imaginative [...]

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What would you do if your to-do list was empty?

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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 [...]

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Let me tell you about the ORIGINAL Soul Patrol.

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When I first started working in radio, one of our station’s specialty DJ’s was a fascinating guy named Bernie Milton. He actually fronted a band called Bernie Milton and the Soul Patrol WAY back in the day. He had a dance hit called “The Waddle” back in the 60’s, and hit the charts again in [...]

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Embrace Obscurity

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Let us now sing the praises of not being in the public eye…
I love this article: Embrace Obscurity. The author is talking about business but it certainly applies to musical pursuits as well:
When no one knows about you you can make mistakes quietly. Learn at your own pace. Fail without the fear of failure. Failing [...]

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How to be miserable as an artist

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Print this out and stick it on the door of your studio or practice room. Or, if it helps, your forehead (via Brad).

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Spoon frontman waxes about work ethic

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Here’s a cool article on Brit Daniels and his band Spoon, and his workman-like approach to music:
The singer-guitarist-songwriter says his years intently listening to radio hits were like “extensive research.” Knowing from the beginning that he cared most about music, he set out with realistic, step-by-step ambitions. Now, he even treats the studio like an [...]

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5 Questions with Evan Brubaker of Cake Records

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In the mid-90s producer/engineer Evan Brubaker founded Cake Records as a boutique label, producing and collaborating on records by artists such as Holly Figueroa and Kym Tuvim. Since then, Cake has undergone a dramatic growth spurt, embracing a wide range of musical genres, securing national distribution and garnering lots of press interest as the Little [...]

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