Music Business Skills Your Day Job Can Teach You
"I can't wait to quit my day job and do music full time!" How many times have you said that to yourself and everyone around you? The...
Pro Tips to Find Music Supervisors and Get Your Foot in the Door
Now, more than ever, songwriters and producers hunger for visual-media placements as opportunities for sync licensing surge and...
Steps to Music Licensing Success
In 2008, many a teenage heart was broken over indie-rock group The Format's break up. Soon after the split, singer Nate Ruess scored huge...
Ways to Boost Your Music Income Without Leaving Home
Making it as a musician isn’t easy. It takes a lot of grit, determination, and long hours to make your mark and, if you’re lucky, start...
Why Your Demo Isn't Enough to Make It in the Music Business
In today’s world, musicians are expected to be a one-stop shop for their own marketing, production, PR, and everything in between. Long...
5 Albums Recorded in Strange Ways That Still Sound Great
Most audio engineers will tell you that there’s a right way and a wrong way to record music, and if you’re going into the studio to make...
Ways to Get Fans Buying Tickets to an Upcoming Show
Concerts are one of the primary ways you’re going to make money as a musician, so while it can be exhausting to promote all of your shows...
Ways to Make Fan Photos Part of Your Music Marketing Strategy
As a musician or music artist, you're going to be taking a lot of photos with your fans. This is an undeniable fact whether you’re just...
Things Music Journalists Expect After Reviewing Your Album
It finally happened: that hot music blog called your album "inspired" and urged its voracious readers to give it a listen. You do a happy...
Famous Musicians Who Waited Forever to Quit Their Day Jobs
If you’re working a day job to fund your music career, you may feel like you haven’t “made it” yet as a real musician. But when you...
