Another edition of the classic workshop where artists discover their perfect gig and meet five types of tastemakers who can help grow their audience. You can learn more about these tips and techniques in Grow Your Band’s Audience, and you…
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Joe Taylor Jr.
Seeking Performance Coaches
We’re compiling a listing of music *performance* coaches (as opposed to *business* coaches like us). If you’re a performance coach or know one we should be listing, e-mail me or drop a line in the comments below…
Dealing With Rejection By Observing Rejectors
No matter how much you love your work, SOMEONE’s going to pan it. So just be ready for it. Check out the Amazon Knee-Jerk Contrarian Game for some great examples of how you can’t please all the people all the…
Paging Dr. Maslow
Maybe you’ve seen this somewhere before, but in these weeks leading up to our big learning events at 2NMC, I’m going to throw out some tools that you can use to see where I’m coming from. Michael Port has posted…
Paying To Play
How labels are gaming the playlist system to affect sales…
Comments Policy
Some housekeeping…
You Can’t Say We Didn’t Try!
Originally scheduled as a chat with Talent2K owner Carlo Oddo, our featured guest declined to appear. With help from Fox Chicago’s consumer reporter Danielle Serino, we led a group discussion about avoiding scams and learning to understand the difference between…
Today’s Town Hall Meeting
As I posted to this morning’s newsletter, it’s increasingly unlikely that Carlo Oddo will be present for today’s Town Hall Meeting. He simply fails to see the value in telling his side of the story in an open, unedited, public…
Chicago Internship – Learn The Ropes of Promoting Gigs
Here’s a great, in-the-trenches opportunity from our friends at Metro, one of Chicago’s best clubs. This positions consists of distributing flyers/posters to local retail outlets (record stores, etc.) on weekly, as well as possible specialty routes as needed. Routes are…
Another Indie Rock Doc Needs Your Help
Kathryn’s looking for grassroots financing for her indie rock documentary… PayPal a buck or two if you can…
July 8: spinme.com Goes “On The Record” with Carlo Oddo
Thanks to everyone from our newsletter subscriber list who gave us feedback about the projects we should be working on in the second half of the year. Loud and clear, we heard that you want more opportunities to connect with…
HostYourOwnConcerts.com is Live!
The companion site to Host Your Own Concerts is finally online! Thanks for your patience. The members area is freshly painted, and ready for you to populate with chat and networking. Next on my list, overhauling the Grow Your Band’s…