Tips

L*A*M*P founder Leslie Waller just posted a great article… At a recent seminar this month, a guest was telling me about how difficult it is to get people to listen to his music. It’s difficult to get heard; it’s difficult…

David Hooper has just posted audio from his recent conference call, including 24 tips to get the most out of music seminars and conferences.

A recent article by Bobby Borg in Music Connection, Vol. XXVIII, No. 2, he gives 20 tips on how to get the best deal on equipment.

Mike Denneen of Q Division in Boston talks about how you know you’re ready to be in a recording studio.

David Hooper has this nugget and more in his lasted Music Business Blog posting.

Ex-Geffen, DGC and Grand Royal A&R Mark Kates, now Owner and Founder of Fenway Records, talks about what he looks for in a band.

In my seminars and books, I often talk about the power that you have to visualize your own success. And, although it usually gets met with a pack of rolling eyeballs, folks that follow through on the exercises have tended…

Fox’s Dan Aquilante has a list of tongue-in-cheek — but actually really accurate — tips for surviving an American Idol audition, or any other audition, for that matter.

Instead of worrying about getting distribution into all the big-box stores, meet some of the retailers who can really help you move your career forward.

The folks in the band Granian have put together a really compelling promotion which takes advantage of the Creative Commons license and actually REQUESTS that folks “burn” their free MP3’s onto CDs and “share” the discs with others. It’s this…

Here’s an interesting idea. A band is running a sweepstakes, an X-Box is the grand prize, and the winner will be chosen from everyone who registers to listen to an MP3 of their song. Though a stunt like this might…

I’m making good on my promise to answer some leftover questions from the Monster Call. Here’s one: I have a student at an university who wants to use a couple of our songs for her film. She will be giving…