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Tip Jar: Personal Relationships: Better Choose the Right Partner
Choosing to be a music creator comes with certain, shall we say, pitfalls. While it is tough enough to put in years of hard work, ... -
Industry Profile: Your Music Company
By Victoria Patneaude Crowdsourcing and crowdfunding have raised many questions about the future of record labels, since the movement enables bands to go directly to ... -
Expert Advice: How to Land--and Keep--Those Great Gigs
By Paul "Chico" Fernandez This year I performed at the 2015 Oscars. I played timbales with Gary Valentine and his band Malibu Mariachi. He and ... -
Power Networking at Music Conferences
By Glenn T. Litwak Whether you are an aspiring recording artist, music producer, artist manager or music industry executive, music conferences can provide cutting-edge information ... -
Five Mixing Mistakes and How to Avoid Them
By Bobby Owsinski Sponsored by Alfred Music As someone who publishes a music production blog every day, and with several mixing book credits like The ... -
Tip Jar: 6 Strategies to a More Balanced Promotional Campaign
Internet marketing (i.e., social networking, posting videos, getting reviews on blogs) is one of the most convenient and low-cost methods of promotion today, but ... -
CreativeLive: Free Guitar Tech Workshop
CreativeLive "Music & Audio" announced an upcoming course, "Guitarist's Tech Workshop," set to stream live for free on March 23 from 9am - 4pm PST ... -
AIMP Presents: How to Get Paid What You’re Owed!
YouTube is a large streaming platform, and music is heavily featured in well over half of the Top 100 YouTube channels. In order to take ... -
Expert Advice: Money Gigs vs. Day Jobs
Instead of office jobs, waiting on tables or working at Starbucks did you ever consider going after high-paying wedding or corporate gigs? On an hourly basis ... -
Expert Advice: Make Your Live Show Amazing
As a talent manager for the past 15 years, as well as an A&R scout and music publicist, I’ve been to hundreds and hundreds of ...