Articles about Music
- Valuable to others, or only you?
- How I became Ryuichi Sakamoto's guitarist
- Successful SxSW: the Tao of the Conference
- Seth Godin on spreading music and selling intimacy
- Musician feedback on Ignore Everybody
- Put buskers online
- Fela Kuti
- Venue for audience to mix their own audio
- Emphasize meaning over price = More paid sales
- Idea: Musician's own website as definitive source of all info
- Listen to my music, and let me know what I should do
- The mirror: It's about you, not them.
- Why do we get some songs stuck in our head?
- MusicThoughts update : inspiring quotes for music-makers
- What do musicians and entrepreneurs have in common?
- Interviewed by CIRAA
- Talent increases. Resourcefulness decreases. Are you sustainable?
- video interview about promoting and marketing your music
- Interview
- What do you do for feedback on a new song you're writing?
- A free, open song contest idea
- MusicThoughts.com
- Success Stories : Amber Rubarth (how to be a full-time touring musician)
- Advice for a 19-year-old guitarist who wants to be a session musician.
- Double-speed! Half-speed! Up an octave! Down an octave!
- Should I put my music on LOTS of websites, or just a few?
- Is your album a starting line or a finish line?
- Should you go digital-only, and skip the CD?
- Songwriters / Lyricists / Composers (who don't perform)
- Who to ask for recommendations
- Action-Reaction
- Heartwarming compliments about my e-book
- A Musician's Advice About the College Market
- Across the Universe
- Selling music by solving a specific need
- Avoid advance promotion. Be buyable first.
- Rule-breaking songs?
- two three four ONE, two three four ONE
- Aim for the edges.
- Lyric inspiration : listening in to others' loves, hates, wishes, feelings
- Restrictions will set you free
- Get specific!
- If I had a record label, would you be signed to it?
- How would microcredit work for musicians?
- What's really keeping you from where you need to be? (It's not piracy.)
- 5 tips for musicians
- What should I do when someone says, “Let me know what you think!” of their music?
- Best articles on piracy I've ever seen
- Happy 10th Birthday to CD Baby - and an announcement
- the public you is not you
- Compass in Your Gut
- If this is draining your energy, please stop!
- Be a novice marketer, not an expert
- Have someone work the inside of the industry
- Assume the basic sale, and go for quantity
- Go where the filters are
- Photos of your audience on your website
- Make your success a we or us. Include everyone.
- Put your fans to work
- Call the destination, and ask for directions
- Your Interactive Website
- Promo box on your desktop
- Know the important skills
- Or you can not talk at all
- Have fun - do NOT be corporate
- Think like a person or poet, not a musician
- Blah blah blah... What NOT to say
- Tell people why they should care
- Hillbilly Flamenco
- How to describe your music
- A short description - 10 seconds or less
- Why words matter more than ever
- More thoughts about people
- Make these habits, and they won't seem hard
- Shining example: Rayko
- Life is like High School
- Small gifts go a long way
- Don't be afraid to ask for favors
- Get personal
- Always think how you can help someone
- Meet three new people every week
- Database tips
- Get used to the idea of database and quantity
- Stay in close touch with hundreds of people
- Persistence is Polite
- Be a friend, not a mosquito
- Someone you know
- Captain T
- Business is Creative
- This is only a test. See what happens.
- DIY = Decide It Yourself
- Was 10%, now 90%
- A good biz plan wins no matter what happens
- Test. Improve. Perfect. Announce.
- Well-Rounded Doesn't Cut
- Even conservative legends were extreme
- Be an extreme version of yourself
- Imagine a play with 1000 actors on stage
- Leave 'em wanting more
- Never use corporate-speak
- Touch as many of their senses as you can
- Bad Targeting Example: progressive rocker targeting teenybopper
- If you target sharp enough, you will own your niche
- The Most Expensive Vodka
- Proudly exclude some people
- If you don't say what you sound like, you won't make any fans
- Read about new music. Use the tricks that worked on you.
- They know nothing about you. Don't assume anything.
- Reach them like you would want to be reached
- Constantly ask, What do they really want?
- Keep in touch!