Never show it when you make a mistake on stage. I don’t particularly care for Gene Simmons. I think KISS, as a band, are really not that good at making … Continue reading
Author: Brad
Leave ‘em wanting more (instead of wanting you to get off the stage)
We’ve all been at a show or played on a bill where a well-intentioned opening band has taken liberties. Maybe they had a few too many comped drinks before their … Continue reading
Promoting your newest music with a series of YouTube videos
How Eleanor Dubinsky spans genres, crosses borders, and communicates it all through video(s). Eleanor Dubinsky didn’t start creating her new album Soft Spot of My Heart with a particular genre … Continue reading
Steve Lacy: Making the most of what you have instead of being held back by what you don’t
The 19-year-old nabbed a Grammy nomination, as well as a production credit on the new Kendrick Lamar LP – using only his phone. Steve Lacy spent his early teenage years … Continue reading
Should You Stand at a Seated Venue?
I went to a show last night at a downtown concert hall. It was a classy-ish affair, with a veteran headliner and a crowd that leaned older – averaging somewhere in … Continue reading
A Tribute to Larry Coryell, jazz-fusion pioneering guitar player and CD Baby artist
I can’t remember where I was, or exactly when it was, but I think it was Chicago and I’m pretty sure it was the tail end of 2015. It doesn’t … Continue reading
What’s it like at the DIY Musician Conference? Let some of our 2015 attendees show you.
We had an awesome time at the first-ever CD Baby DIY Musician Conference in Chicago last year, and we want to share the fun with YOU this time around. What … Continue reading
Rapper Royce Rizzy found out where his fans were. Then he moved there.
Royce Rizzy is an up-and-coming young rapper, originally from Atlanta, GA. The music scene in Atlanta represents one of the major hip-hop hotbeds in the country, and Rizzy was right … Continue reading
I wanted to spend $40 at your show last night but instead I spent $0
I went to see a great, great band last night – a band that I already know and have seen live before, but am still not fully engaged in a … Continue reading
Mac Lethal’s got more invaluable (and NSFW) advice for aspiring musicians looking to get rich
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QGHisVNUb0k (Did we mention this is totally NSFW?) Seems like every week Kansas City’s Mac Lethal reminds us why he’s the go-to, unfiltered, unapologetic straight shooter that every independent musician … Continue reading