With the major labels focusing on quick returns rather than musician development and the arrival of downloading music On-line, the traditional record company/artist relationship has become blurred to the point of being obsolete.
Nowadays, being independent has real advantages.
How many times have you heard or read somewhere that the Web has vary d the face of [...]
(For the purpose of this article I’m going to make a couple of assumptions before I go any further. They are that you have a little bit of vocal or musical instrument knowledge and that you additionally have a fledgling network of companions and contacts)
Starting up a performer is a eminently rousing time in a [...]
Most people would say the first thing to do is to find a name for the band. Lets start from there s club we??
The auditions are over, you’ve found your bass player and you all seem to get along really well. The excitement is in the air and you’ve had your first performer bonding celebration.
Now [...]
Here is probably the most vital music business tip you will ever receive:
Join up and subscribe to every indie music business and DIY performer promotion email list, newsletter and resource that you can get your hands on and read everything that you receive.
I mean it when I say that too much information is much better [...]
Having many individuals that know who you’re is always a value and not a hindrance.
Just the other day I got a call from an individual who wanted to find out if I has been available to play bass with their band. I declined due to not having the room to take on another project but [...]
I’ve met many performers along my journey and some of those I’ve gotten to know pretty well. All of them have a similar story as to how they started in the music industry and it goes a bit like this.
I do not know how I started really, I just sort of fell into it and [...]
Did you ever study creative writing in English class? When you started your creative writing process you initially may have thought…I do not know what I am going to write about, I am suppose to just write something without spend ing time thinking about what I am writing about? opening s are, you may have [...]
And What You may Do About It
As I clicked on a popular music business forum, I was greeted with a question. “Why won’t commercial radio play music by Indie musicians?”
My reply to this individual has been as follows:
“As a former Operations Manager and Music Director on both the Comm and Non-Comm sides, Let me break [...]
Indie music is well known for its low profile and refusal to conform to current trends. The artists take pride in their individuality and their ability to survive in a cutthroat industry in the absence of compromising on their beliefs. But even the the majority dogged and persistent artists need a bit of advocate and [...]
When it comes to independent music, there are many hotbeds of skill but Sweden is not normally one you would naturally think about. Unfortunately, the music history of that nation appears to start and end with Abba for many individuals, but over the past decade or so, there have been a increasing number of artists [...]