If you’ve been listening to any of my recent teleclasses, you’ll know that I’m big on the idea that the centuries-old concept of direct patronage is coming back in a huge way. And here’s another example: commissioned songs for special…
Category
Songwriting
Lori McKenna Made Oprah Cry
Here’s exactly the kind of story that I wish I could tell more often. Catching today’s Oprah with Faith Hill, the show opened up the songwriting process and laid it bare as Lori McKenna played a song on the cream…
From the Mailbag: Co-Writing and Works for Hire
Great question in today’s inbox… a reader wanted to know what to do about a song that was co-written with a session player:
Is songwriting a more viable career opportunity in Europe?
This Slate article has got some bulletin board posters’ panties in a bunch elsewhere, but it makes a good point. Here in the States, we have used “singer-songwriter” as a filter to winnow down the number of folks who can…
Here’s a specific problem — solve it.
Folks in the members area have been talking about songwriting, which is simply the most challenging part of anything you will do in your music career. So it was neat to stumble on a post about Eno on the Microsoft…
Poor Man’s Copyright
Snopes chimes in on the status of “poor man’s copyright,” the practice of mailing materials to oneself to assert a date of creation in case you ever find yourself in dispute over ownership of a song or any other creative…
Jumping out of the brainrut…
As usual, Curt’s got some great ideas to spark some creative ideas… Jumping out of the brainrut by Curt Rosengren in Creativity
How Musicians, Writers and Filmmakers Make Money Today
Robin Good shares some key insights about multiple streams of income for musicians and other creatives.