Social Media: A New Way Of Thinking
The benefits of social media for musicians have been discussed for a few years now. Things like building social networks to connect with fans, creating a tribe, and finding new avenues for monetization.
Learning When To Listen
As a musician–a creator of sounds–it can be difficult to understand the concept that music is mostly about listening, not creating. It’s about listening for just the right amount of silence between notes. Listening for the sounds that give you cues how to act next, and how to hone your performance.
How To Get Your Track Info To Show Up In iTunes
As a music fan, there are few things more annoying than inserting a new CD into your computer, ready to import it, only to find that none of the track names show up. Forcing your listeners to enter all your song information manually is not a good start to their listening experience.
The New Music Industry Tool Box
The biggest claim from naysayers, against the freedoms of the new music industry environment, is that the Internet has not helped enough artists gain fans, grow sales, and spread the word.
Creating Shareable Content
To create a fanbase that loves to spread your name around, you need to be creating shareable content. That is content that is new, interesting, fun or just plain great.
Capturing That Great Idea
If you’re anything like me, then you probably have had the experience of a great ideas coming to you at the most inopportune moments. Perhaps while just nodding off to sleep, or maybe driving in a car, walking down the street, or any other ill-suited time. I always tell myself that I’ll remember it when I wake [...]
Why Pirating Music Will Make You A Better Musician
The Internet is a magical place where you can discover music from everywhere on Earth, not only in the present, but also from the past (in the form of old recordings or old sheet music played by modern musicians). Never before in human history have we had access to the amount of music that we have today.
Identifying The Vampires Who Drain Your Creativity
In all aspects of life there are certain people who seem to drain us of energy and leave us second guessing ourselves. For musicians, these vampires can be all around you and can do detrimental damage to your psyche. There will always be the heckling stranger at a gig, or a person from another band [...]
Music: Do You Have “It”?
There is this perplexing question that gets passed around to anyone in the entertainment industry. “Do they have ‘it’”?
Is This Right For You?
The music industry is teeming with millions of people trying to earn a living from their music. Whether you are an indie rocker in Japan or a classical cellist in the USA, the drive to keep going is usually intertwined with the goal of living solely off the art you create. However, every once and a [...]
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