The outdoor patio at Spiderhouse Cafe in Austin. (Image via spiderhouseaustin.com) Practically every Austin business becomes an event space during SXSW. The immense number of artists, bands, and fans demands an overflow into nontraditional places – and we aren’t talking just bars and clothing shops. Anything’s fair game, as shows even spill into the city’s […]
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30 Tips From Music Industry Entrepreneurs
Article originally featured on VentureHarbour.com Over the past few weeks I’ve asked 30 extraordinary people in the music industry for their most valuable words of advice for aspiring entrepreneurs. Without further ado, here are 30 pieces of advice from 30 music industry entrepreneurs. Read More on VentureHarbour.com
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How Did the Music Industry Do in 2014? A Look at the Numbers
Image via music-mix.ew.com Now that 2014 is through, it’s time to kickstart a new year with plenty of resolutions and new ideas of what 12 more months can bring. It also means it’s time to look back at the previous year and analyze what worked and what didn’t, who won and who lost. Last year […]
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How to develop short, mid, and long-term music career goals
By Keith Hatschek The secret to reaching your music career goals is to define and achieve the smaller steps that will help you eventually achieve your long-term goals. Many of us have been taking stock of our accomplishments from the past year and are now thinking about how to increase our productivity and success as […]
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Versatility Doesn’t Cut It: Why Dance Music Producers Need to Brand Themselves
As of 2014, electronic dance music has turned into a $6.2 billion global industry. Simultaneously, producing and making music have become far easier than when New Order dropped “Blue Monday” in 1983: old, physical, analog equipment has been replaced by easily accessible and affordable software. And with the internet as your audience, bedroom producers have […]
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Google Just Made It Way Easier for People to Find Out About Your Shows
This article originally appeared on Billboard. Finding concert information and tickets at Google is getting easier. The search giant announced Thursday code-based improvements to the ways official ticket links, event listings, comedian events, and venue events are displayed in search results. Now a web developer can write the markup – or HTML code – directly […]
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How to Get Hired as a Music Teacher
Do you want a job as a music teacher? In my line of work I often find myself interviewing teachers and deciding who to hire. It occurred to me that many potentially good candidates don’t know what their prospective employer is looking for. Here are a few tips from inside to help you with your […]
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How to Get Your Music to Top of the Charts
This guest post was contributed by Ditto Music. Find out more about Ditto Music in their company profile at the bottom of this post. So, you’ve worked for years to perfect your music, you’ve laid down some tracks, and now you are dreaming of reaching number one in the album charts. While the quality of […]
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The Ill Effects of Multitasking
When I was growing up, I learned that multitasking is a positive thing. The better at it you were, the more efficient you could be, and you would have more time for things you actually wanted to do. Simple…right? Well, actually I don’t believe multitasking is that great for you and your musicianship. I’ve done […]
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5 Time Management Tactics Every Musician Must Know
The discussion of the intersection between independent musician and entrepreneur is not a new one. Both are responsible for shaping their own careers, building their own teams, setting their own goals and working towards the proper milestones that will turn dreams into reality. Musicians and entrepreneurs also suffer from a similar issue: time management. And […]
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If you ain’t measuring, you ain’t marketing
By Bobby Borg Want to increase the effectiveness of your music promotions? The importance of measuring when marketing your music can’t be ignored. A student recently approached me with a complaint that only six people showed up to his live performance. He sent out an email to 1,000 names, posted on a few social networks, […]
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DIY Musician Debunked: Of Course You Don’t Do It All Yourself
I first heard the term DIY when perusing a scrapbook store. It’s simple. Whatever it is you do it all by yourself…without any help. That’s what that term means. Understand? Good, glad that’s settled. Now what about DIY musician? When I hear the term “DIY musician” I interpret that to be stuff that musicians normally […]
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How to launch a music publicity campaign
By Randy Chertkow and Jason Feehan If you’re sitting down to tackle making an album, there’s a lot to think about; from clearing the rights for your cover songs to converting the cover art to the right format. These issues can trip you up, or cause the album to take a lot longer than you’d […]
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The Case of the Lost Bass
Bassist Malcolm Gold’s story about the benefits of MusicPro instrument insurance doesn’t involve theft or damage. It was just a momentary lapse of focus on a long commute. You’re scrambling to get to your gig in New York, carrying your instrument on your back and an array of other bags and gear for the long […]
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Has Shazam Become The New A&R Department for Major Labels?
In 2000, a Stanford Ph.D. named Avery Wang co-founded, with a couple of business-school graduates, a tech start-up called Shazam. Their idea was to develop a service that could identify any song within a few seconds, using only a cellphone, even in a crowded bar or coffee shop. At first, Wang, who had studied audio […]
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Spotify Paid Taylor Swift HOW MUCH??!!
If you thought we’d heard the last of the heated exchange between TAYLOR SWIFT’s camp and SPOTIFY — you’d be wrong. TUESDAY (NET NEWS 11/11), SPOTIFY CEO DANIEL EK took to the company blog to address TAYLOR SWIFT’s decision to remove her albums from the streaming service. He wrote, “TAYLOR SWIFT is absolutely right: Music […]
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NYC busker arrested for playing music (lawfully) in a subway station
Over the weekend, Andrew Kalleen was arrested for singing and strumming his guitar in a subway station despite the fact that the New York transit authority allows artistic performances (and the collection of tips) in such locations. And the whole incident was caught on camera, including the moment when Kalleen cited to the police officer […]
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Top Music Industry Mogul Wants To Derail YouTube’s Music Key
GOOGLE’s announcement of the launch of music streaming subscription service YOUTUBE MUSIC KEY was blunted by music industry power player IRVING AZOFF, who told the HOLLYWOOD REPORTER that he is prepared to remove the music of 42 of his clients — including THE EAGLES, PHARRELL WILLIAMS, BOSTON, FOREIGNER, JOHN LENNON, SMOKEY ROBINSON, CHRIS CORNELL and […]
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