I had the great pleasure last Sunday, of going to watch the final concert of the latest Weekend Warriors course run by Allans Music in Sydney. The concert was at the Empire Hotel in Annandale and featured five great bands who had played together all of about 5 weeks. The atmosphere was brilliant and the [...]
David Hooper has written one of the most sensible and straightforward articles I’ve ever read on the subject of “success” in the music business. It should be compulsory reading for anyone even slightly interested in a career in music. It is entitled 10 mistakes that bands and musicians make.
Here is point 7 which talks about [...]
We are very excited to announce the release of our first eBook, “Taking Your Music Online.” It is a collection of some of our best articles as well as some exclusive new material. We take the “business of music” very seriously here as this is the area where most musicians fall down. Time after time [...]
One of my hobbies is running an internet radio station and consequently I deal with bands and musicians trying to get airplay on a regular basis. The thing that strikes me most of all is not the variance in the quality of music, but the variance in the quality of the correspondence I receive. To [...]
We have recently looked at a number of online services that can help the “less famous” bands and artists release their own music to the paying public. Services like Tunecore and CD Baby allow you to distribute your music to a very widespread marketplace and to completely bypass the whole record company thing. But is [...]
Nothing beats the experience of playing with other musicians. No matter if it’s performing with a band, jamming with a friend or writing a song with someone. The act of sharing is a big part of music for a lot of people. However today’s busy lifestyles make it hard to spend as much time as [...]