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…
Michael Jackson Verdict
Apparently, the judge will read out the verdict in the Michael Jackson case at 4:30pm ET. When my clients and I have discussed this case over the last few months, I’ve always held that this is the extreme example of…
Tupperware Parties for Musicians
Our friend Abnu from WordLab points out a quick MSNBC piece on the way that listening parties can make or break your record release.
The Roll Call
I’m a little run down today, so I thought we’d have some fun. Before the site redesign, we used to have a little "bandroll" on the sidebar with links to bands that were readers or clients of ours. As spinme.com…