Trent Reznor wins his lawsuit.
When will your band start its own 401K?
Widespread Panic is a $14 million-per year corporation, and staffers receive health, dental, and retirement benefits. Also, Steve Miller knows where every penny of his royalties have gone…
Even Better Than the Real Thing
No longer content to portray an audience, those improv agents stage their own concert, with hilarious results.
What’s blocking your dream?
Ten common dream blockers [via Curt R.]
What’s gonna happen when Danielle starts playing some Sisters of Mercy?
ROFL: Goth, Metalhead Overcome Subcultural Differences To Find Love
Tips for Bands and Artists Seeking Management
It’s one of the most common questions in the music business: “When should I get a manager?” David’s got a really insightful overview of the strategies you can use when answering that question for yourself. I wrote about this issue…
Private Lessons as Another Stream of Music Income
Since most of my coaching clients want to segue out of their current day jobs into full time careers as working musicians, we’ve been talking a lot about “multiple streams of music income.” As frustrating as teaching music lessons can…
Friends Don’t Let Friends See Cover Bands
Check out these shirts from our friend Rhonda…
“Rent-A-Crowd”
David Hooper and I have been exchanging some tongue in cheek posts about how someone could make a lot of money by setting up a crowd rental service or a flash-mob-for-hire company, to help new bands look really good in…
WFUV: Let’s Get Digital Panel
WFUV: Let’s Get Digital Panel: On Thursday of this week (May 19), WFUV-FM, Fordham University’s excellent progressive and eclectic radio station, will present a panel discussion about the future of digital music: “If the new world of mp3 blogs, mash-ups,…
Group funding
Lots of folks have been asking me about how to raise capital for recording projects. Fundable is a new website that lets your fans contribute toward a financial goal. If you break down your budget into manageable chunks (say, 100…
And you thought house concerts were just for folkies…
Destiny’s Child Performs at $7.4M Bar Mitzvah