Is it a good idea to depend on the venue to promote your appearance there? Or should you take matters into your own hands? (I bet you know the answer already…)
[ Click here to get the rest of the story ]Five years after they started their zero-tolerance, haul-em-all-into-court campaign against users of file-sharing services, what has the RIAA accomplished? Are their tactics helping the recording industry? Or are they simply extortionists using questionable legal tactics to shake down innocent people?
[ Click here to get the rest of the story ]So, you’ve got some home studio recording equipment. Why not save some cash by doing basic recording yourself, and just having a studio mix and master? Whether that’s a good idea depends on what results you want.
[ Click here to get the rest of the story ]What does it take to get a performing career off the ground? Talent is great, but there are loads of talented people who’ve never made a dime off their music. So what should you do if you want to make a living as a musician?
[ Click here to get the rest of the story ]Radiohead says they aren’t going to repeat their name-your-price download experiment, along about the same time that Metallica decides this interwebs thingie maybe isn’t quite so bad. Where do you stand?
[ Click here to get the rest of the story ]Do you have what it takes to be your own music producer? Or would you be better off hiring an outside producer?
[ Click here to get the rest of the story ]In the last article, I took a look at the “1,000 True Fans” concept. This time, let’s examine some ways to implement the concept using social networking sites.
[ Click here to get the rest of the story ]I came across an interesting article that claims musicians (and other artists, for that matter) can make a good living with only a relative handful of True Fans. Fascinating idea and well worth a closer look, IMO.
[ Click here to get the rest of the story ]Dave Barry has proclaimed this the “Musical Product of the Millennium.” I think he was kidding. The name is priceless; if you play brass or double-reeds, the product might actually be useful.
[ Click here to get the rest of the story ]The recent experiment by Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails and an earlier one by Radiohead have generated a lot of discussion, not just online, but in mainstream media as well. Do these ideas represent a new (non big-label dependent) success model for working musicians?
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