Could your next album qualify for a Grammy? If you’re in the Philadelphia region, my home chapter of NARAS is sponsoring a free “Grammy Awards 101” session for performers, producers, and music managers to learn everything about submitting your recordings…
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British gospel artists prepare to take on the USA
In Grow Your Band’s Audience, I wrote about the subtle differences between the US and the UK markets for independent musicians. In a nutshell: US audiences crave familiarity. It’s hard to break in to the music business, but you can…
04/22/10 – Music Management for the Rest of Us Q&A Call – Online – Conference Call
03/25/10 – More Gigs Now Q&A Call
02/25/10 – Grow Your Band\\\’s Audience Q&A Call
01/28/10 – Music Management for the Rest of Us Q&A Call
Music at SXSW is just the afterparty for tech bloggers on their way out of Austin.
It’s tough enough to be a record executive these days. Your budget’s shrinking, your staff keep leaving to join tech startups, and you keep having to figure out which one of your interns is the one who’s leaking your biggest…
“Falling Slowly” Wins Best Original Song Oscar
Remarkable acceptance speeches from Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova:
Music Nation: Cringing and Backlash?
It’s always interesting to see music business posts on places like TechCrunch, since tech writers approach so many things with a community-oriented, “Web 2.0” perspective. The issue with Music Nation isn’t that it’s necessarily a ripoff, or that anyone there…
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…
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…
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.