Category: Music business
One of the major challenges for many musicians is to balance time and money in music to maintain predictable income. I have often blogged about the hyped expectations created in music colleges and with online…
I was in discussions with a music professional recently about up and coming artists and building a body of musical work. He remarked that sometimes aspiring artists produce a very small amount of material and…
I was talking to a producer recently who was lamenting about how music students were taught at music college. His main complaint was that students were given an unrealistic set of expectations when they left…
music business, drooble, bandcamp, soundcloud
I was recently involved in a discussion about whether social media platforms should be advert free. The owners decided on a policy that they would only have their own banner ads and none from third…
I have just started working on the promotion for the Caravan of Dreams debut album and this is proving to be a big learning curve. The reason for this is that “the music business” is…
I’m a massive music fan and music collector. I also run two bands which play original material. Over the last five years I have had the pleasure of talking to any artists at all levels…
I was talking to some musician friends recently about the changing dynamics in music circles and the increasing movement from “bands” to collaborations and projects. Personally, I’m a big fan of working with a variety…
In the last year I have had the opportunity to talk to a number of artists and producers in the music business. This has been extremely revealing and everyone I speak to comments on how…
There really is nowhere quite like New York when it comes to music except perhaps Nashville and Austin. NYC for me wins by a nose as it has the superb Vanguard and in the last…