…as you can see, we’re doing a little renovating. Some of the menu items might result in “file not found” for the next 24 hours, but they’re worth waiting for!!!
Catching Up with Tracy Bonham
Steve Safran, who normally covers the news business for Lost Remote, has a fun extracurricular Q&A with Tracy Bonham about returning to indie labels after leaving Island Records, and all the inherent changes in marketing, touring, and getting paid.
What Grokster Means for Independent Musicians
This is a troubling ruling. As we have discussed on our conference calls, file sharing has always been a threat to labels and a benefit to artists. Yes, as some folks will probably e-mail me later today, a file that…
Grokster Loses
I think I just heard brains exploding at Downhill Battle. More posts as we try to comprehend what this actually means for working musicians.
Four Critical Internet Music Promotion Principles
Our friend Bob Baker has devoted his last few blog posts to covering four of the most important tactics that you can use to effectively promote your independent music project online. Principle #1: Understand that you don’t need to attract…
Direct a music video. Get a little famous. Win Stuff.
Two of my favorite folks are teaming up for a very cool video contest…
How Musicians, Writers and Filmmakers Make Money Today
Robin Good shares some key insights about multiple streams of income for musicians and other creatives.
Ten ways to jumpstart success
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.…
GYBA Glitchy
Apparently, folks who sign up for free chapters of Grow Your Band’s Audience are not getting all the e-mails. It’s a technical problem on our side, and we’ll have it fixed very soon!
CDBaby’s Derek Sivers gets “Love” from LA Weekly
Derek reminisces about how a clerk at CDNow inadvertently reshaped online music distribution for thousands of working musicians. He also talks about the dual-tracking trend (where folks play music but don’t want to give up a day job) and how…
Working in Unusual Places
Steve Pavlina blogs about how author Malcolm Gladwell wrote most of his recent bestseller at coffee shops, and how Steve himself works on projects away from his usual desk to stay focused and connected to the work. I wrote all…
Forecast: Flurries
This will be another one of those “light posting” weeks for me. I’m trying to wrap a big project, after which I’ve got a fairly longish post that riffs on the “Everything I Know About My Audience I Learned From…