The Digital Music Doctor unveils his latest Pro Audio Software Shootout, and the $599 version of Cubase comes out on top. If you’re inclined to whine about the $599 price tag, remember that it was only about ten years ago…
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…
What do YOU want to be when you grow up?
Bob Baker asks that question of independent musicians in today’s insightful blog post.
Forget Napster, Forget KaZaA, just Bluetooth those songs like the Europeans Do!
Lefsetz has some insight into today’s Music Managers Forum conference in the UK — sounds like lots of whining with not much in the way of solutions. But he makes two great remarks that independent, working musicians should note: First,…
Snow Patrol’s Manager Issues a Wakeup Call Re: iTunes Royalties
UK music manager Jazz Summers and the Music Managers Forum are sponsoring a mini-conference to spotlight the fact that artists still get a tiny percentage of the profits from digital downloads through iTunes and elsewhere. Commenters over at iPodNN rightly…
Understanding Scenario Planning
In both Grow Your Band’s Audience and More Gigs Now, I use a stripped-down form of scenario planning to walk readers through the first few steps of forming a long term success plan. If you’re not familiar with how scenario…
Making It Easy for Folks to Talk About You
We have talked about this on more than a few calls. Audience members go for “high concept.” No matter how you’ve positioned your music, it’s always going to be easier for folks to talk about you in the context of…
Remaindered Links: September 25
Scattered band reunites in NYC: Keywords: katrina
You’ve Got Three Hours to Live.
Would you be okay with that? Seriously, if you knew the clock was ticking, and you had little more than the length of a Kubrick movie to roll over the highlights of your life… What conversations do you still need…
Remaindered Links: September 22
Bill Strickland on artists and entrepreneurs: Keywords: entrepreneurship, leadership, music, thisbizlifelinks
What We Learned from Tonight’s Apprentice Elimination
Without giving anything away for our West Coast friends, tonight’s Apprentice (which was the best episode in a while — maybe since season two) showcased what can go wrong when you choose to be negative about a situation. I see…
Just because I’m a nice guy…
“…doesn’t mean I’m not sexy.” Mig wonders if he didn’t get chosen as the new lead singer of INXS because his fans are a little older. It certainly won’t hurt him when he releases his solo record…