Another Open Phones Session Today!

If you missed yesterday’s open phones call, you missed the chance to talk about running your own record label, booking more shows, discovering non-traditional places to play, keeping you time management in check, and lots of other topics. If you’re…

Conference Call: Mentoring and Managing Young Artists

Whether you’re the parent of a talented child, or someone that wants to help elevate the profile of a young performer, you face a gauntlet of scams and roadblocks on your way to success. Knowing what works can save you…

Open Phones on Tuesday!

Our music business conference call series rolls back up to speed on Tuesday with another of my “open phones” teleseminars! If you’ve never been to one, it works kind of like a music business talk show. You ask me questions…

Remaindered Links: September 02

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The Offer Still Stands

I originally asked folks to send in their donation receipts to our special e-mail address by this morning at 7am, so I could process all of your gifts before leaving for vacation. With gas shortages in our part of Georgia…

Revenge of the Singer/Songwriter: The LIVE Shuffle

Over the past few months, I’ve been advising artists to make some waves by forming collectives and staging great collaborative events. Philadelphia’s Mick Choder just upped the ante — in reaction to the Shuffle Nights at clubs in town, he’s…

MP3’s of Every Rock Star: INXS Performance

Honestly, I’m not sure if I’m going to keep watching now that Ty’s out of the race, but if you want to hear what the contestants have been doing to impress four million fans each week, some folks have posted…

CBGB’s Loses Its Lease

The inevitable happened. Now, what will I use as my example of the world’s worst club bathroom in my live seminar?

Remaindered Links: September 01

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Musician, Your Audience Needs You.

Dear Reader, Many of my clients and many of the folks in our mentoring program have expressed to me a feeling of insignificance after the events of the past few days. Musicians have asked me questions like: “How can I…