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There’s a movement underway to kill off the press release. Some folks can’t wait for the release to hasten its own demise. Others feel like the problem is that too many folks write bad releases. Here’s my own checklist (from…

So this case has to do with a radio personality and not a musician, but the lesson’s the same (as I have written before)… When you’re building your success team: Your manager and your attorney should always be two different…

Wrapping up our look at this year’s favorite posts, here’s what we talked about in May and June: Clever online tools have emerged to let your audience fund projects like recordings and release parties. It started as a joke, but…

Back in April, we were talking about: Dual-tracking, where you get a little help from your day job (either emotional or financial) while you build a second career. Concertpodding: the experimental practice of offering folks the ability to load iPods…

More flashbacks to our most popular posts from the past six months: Chris Anderson’s Long Tail gives working musicians an easy phrase to describe the phenomenon that supports so many back-catalog sales. Poor e-mail messages could be costing you at…

I’m on the road this week, which means I don’t know when I’ll get to add any "live" blog posts. So, in the spirit of Jason Kottke’s "Last 100 Posts" series, I’m going to spend the next few days reviewing…

Marcus Vorwaller lists ten habits he relies on to jumpstart success: 1. Read or listen to something motivational every day. 2. Keep a journal. 3. Rewrite your goals/to-do list daily. 4. Keep track of everyone you meet. 5. Invest. 6.…

I’ve been talking to clients a lot lately about ways that their day jobs can incubate their music careers. Check out this very subtle plug for a CD on this design company’s product page. If your music can help your…

Along with some really solid arguments about why compact discs are less and less relevant, Mark Cuban coins the phrase “concertpodding.” Bring a laptop to your merch table, and let folks hook it up to their own MP3 players for…

The inspiration for this post may come from a waaay-off-topic place, but it got me thinking (again) about the kinds of e-mails and phone messages my colleagues and I get every day. When you tell potential managers, talent buyers, and…

I talk a lot with clients about how club bookers only want to know how many audience members you can bring in the door — what you actually do on stage, most don’t care about. It’s a slightly different story…