Even though it’s about film, it applies to all entertainment… "It’s a huge, huge learning curve with a lot of human wreckage behind." – Steven Soderbergh, in the New York Times.
Making yourself work…
If you’re already hitting a block on those new year’s songwriting resolutions, check out these suggestions for patching your personal suck…
SoundExchange is working…
We’ve had lots of chatter on the IndieBoard about songwriting and mechanical royalties, and while I was knee deep in the whole formation of SoundExchange because I worked in radio at the time, it’s amazing that word of SoundExchange is…
Get Health Insurance, Today.
David Hooper and I were talking about health insurance on one of our IndieBiz calls the other day, and he came up with a link to the company we were talking about. You’ll hear me rant about this issue a…
Today’s happy fun e-mail tip.
So if you are in a band and you spam everybody in the industry (including yours truly) with a "look at our site" message and someone somehow actually wants to respond to you, why would you ever send it from…
We Can Work It Out (In Post)
The next time you’re agonizing over your ProTools rig, remember that if you’re writing really great songs, fans will even come to love your "recording anomalies."
Announcing our Happy New Year Career Development Special!
Okay, I’ve been on the bench enough already this year. How about you? Are you serious about achieving greater success in 2005? I want to talk to ten more emerging musicians who want to grow their audiences this year, and…
Submit your songs…
One of our clients is looking for a few more songs to round up an upcoming recording session — follow the instructions (don’t submit directly to me!) and have fun! Artist w/ major industry interest seeks songs for upcoming EP.…
Could You Use a “Stop Doing” List?
The few hours I got to work last week, I spent working with my clients on their master plans for the new year. And instead of focusing on what they should start working on, I let them off the hook…
The Post-Payola Slippery Slope
The folks over at Downhill Battle are understandably excited about Spitzer’s investigation. For their part, labels are a little excited and a lot relieved at the prospect of removing some of the promotion bulk from their budgets. (It’s not like…
Tapping Friends and Family…
On this afternoon’s conference call, I name dropped Heidi Drockelman from Indie-Music.com, who worked with us when I was over at World Cafe. Heidi’s got a great article about tapping the deeper resources of friends and family that you really…
Validations for 2005
Our friend, Ann O’Brien, has an excellent suggestion to replace "resolutions" with "validations" in the new year. Simply use her exercise to visualize what went well for you in 2004 and ask for more in 2005…