Let’s face it. We live in the era of song singles. Why fight the tide when we can swim with it? With this in mind, I have come up with what I believe to be the best strategy for new and emerging bands or artists. I am in a band [...]
"A lazy person, whatever the talents with which he sets out, will have condemned himself to second-hand thoughts and to second-rate friends." - Cyril Connolly Success demands hard work. History has proven we can't escape it if we want to achieve great things in life. Just look at the former jobs [...]
So you've written some songs, maybe played a few shows, and now people are asking "Where can I get the album?" You’re excited that people enjoy your music so much that they want to hear it over and over again! But how do you create an album? Unless you plan [...]
I wanted to dig in a little deeper about a blog I wrote a couple weeks ago about the Future of the Music Industry. Remember the acronym T.E.A.M from your high school sports? Together everyone achieves more. We all give lip service to it, but at the end of the [...]
In these challenging economic times, it's becoming very difficult for a lot of musicians to produce a high quality album. Many are choosing the DIY (Do It Yourself) approach, and that’s all fine and good, but you might not be getting the best sounding final product. A major reason musicians [...]
It’s the question on everyone’s mind these days: what does the future hold for the music industry? Illegal downloading and file sharing are rampant, record sales are dropping; if we took our cue from the major labels, they seem to be scratching and clawing their way into every aspect of [...]
Music has a tendency to do one of two things: either it will create and define a culture, or it will echo and promote the current culture. If the past is any indication of the future, then there's really no question of what's coming next. Study the history of music [...]