Music Biz Insights From The Trenches.

The answer to this question is simple, straightforward, but not necessarily the easiest to hear.

The best way to get booking agents to take you seriously is to ignore them, not worry about them at all and wait for them to eventually approach you.

There are many ways to record a demo. Whether you’re a solo artist or a twelve piece percussion group, there are some pretty standard ways to go about recording a demo

Obviously, depending on the intention of the recording you could consider the following:

It has been a few weeks since I’ve posted anything and today was the big breakthrough day.

Today, I had a moment of what I like to call, “A moment of transcendence” A moment when I finally broke down that big wall of doubt, fear and being blocked up and finally pushed through to the other side.

Yes, this is still a music industry blog so please don’t think it’s a self help site and that I’m about...

So you want to sign a record deal huh?

Doesn’t everyone? What sort of a question is that.

Join the cue, stand in line and take a ticket – says the guy at the reception desk at most record label offices.

Let’s face it, a record deal is the one thing every band desires for, but for whatever reason they can’t seem to secure one.

I’ve written previously on various other posts about the enormity...

So you think you need a music marketing service? Or something along those lines that will help you get your name out there in the public and in the media?

Before you answer that question consider the following -

One thing I love about the internet is that for every piece of good information you can find there is probably over one hundred other pieces of really bad articles and advice. I was recently doing to some research around music...

Believe it or not, just like all serious bands who don’t have time to get all the work done themselves and source the efforts of a band manager, music producers also have managers who look after their mundane affairs.

This might come as a blatantly obvious statement to some but for many out there, a music producer management organization is solely committed to booking their schedule, collecting payments, arranging meetings and much...

When it comes to conceiving big ideas such as laying the foundational seeds to start your own record label, most people would freak out and panic at the thought and as a result, never do anything about it because of the enormity of the project at hand.

On the contrary, the seeds you must plant to start your own record label is so simple and straight forward, however it really comes down to a matter of perspective.

If you feel that...

Music artist promotion can be trickey and difficult at the best of times, however one of the biggest reasons why some bands will never make it anywhere is because they are scared of making mistakes.

Check out this clip by Derek Sivers – This clip outlines very clearly what I believe to be as the number one music artist promotion mistake around.