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
Calling the Jazz Police?
Sometimes, you have a track on a disc that you spend the rest of your career living down. Just keep plugging away. It gets better.
On Critics, Criticism and Remarkability
On Critics, Criticism and Remarkability: Do we prevent ourselves from creating truly great music because we’re afraid of what people are going to say? Seth notes that great art and culture seeks out criticism.
Bye Bye, Miss American Pie
Anita’s 13-year-old explains why radio doesn’t matter to a new generation of music listeners.
The Best Gig Ever
Even though the band had no clue this was organized by an improv group, this is exactly the kind of thing you want talent buyers to see at your first gig in a new town.. [via JPF]