One of the most common mistakes musicians make when it comes to social media is that they focus their attention on the wrong metrics: Facebook Likes, Twitter followers, posts per day, etc. These are vanity metrics – you can brag with your friends at a pub about having...
As the faith-based music community gathers Tuesday night (Oct. 7) for the 45th Annual Gospel Music Association (GMA) Dove Awards, there’s more to celebrate than just the top songs and artists of the past year. Evidence points to businesses growing beyond music to...
Musical Mentors I can say with confidence that NONE of us would be where we are today without the teachers, coaches, and mentors that have graced our path. The next generation of artists and those who aid them will need these people even more. I speak on panels...
Have the major labels given up on selling music, and instead started praying for a Spotify windfall? Absolutely yes, according to BitTorrent CEO Matt Mason, who helped to orchestrate the recent Thom Yorke deal and sees little happening when it comes to real music...
As record labels repeat tired formulas and watch their business model collapse, they should turn on the television to see how another outmoded industry came back from the brink. Of all the lies told to musicians, here’s the biggest lie of them all: you have to give...
1. Trashing other bands in your scene isn’t hurting their rep. It’s hurting yours. 2. Acting disinterested with folded arms at the back of the room at other bands’ shows does not make you cool. Singing along at the front of the stage does. 3. Looking like a rock star...
