Tips for playing well with live-sound engineers If you’ve done any amount of touring, you’ve probably had to work with some surly live-sound engineers. And I’ll bet it went one … Continue reading
Music Career Tips
Being a musician is more than just plugging in your instrument. Learn tips on how to advance your music career on stage and beyond. Here you’ll find information about touring, how to make money with merch, how to brand yourself, and other ways to develop your music project into a business.
Surviving a Bad Music Review — or “Does Pitchfork Matter?”
Is all press good press? You’ve heard it a hundred times: “There’s no such thing as bad publicity.” But five or six years ago, it seemed like a bad review … Continue reading
Keeping Your Band Together: Top Tips to Blend Your Differing Tastes
[This article was written by guest contributor Rob James.] It can be hard sometimes to reconcile the different tastes of your band — you might want to play nothing but … Continue reading
10 Busking Tips from June Caravel (of “Busking in Australia”)
How to Make Money Busking [French singer June Caravel spent the summer of 2012 Busking in Australia. She had busked 1h15 minutes in her life before she left for Sydney and vowed to … Continue reading
How to Earn a Living Touring with Your Band, Pt. 2: Making Money
[Disclaimer: This article (written by the guys in the band Marbin) is intended for those who want to make a living touring with a band that plays original music. Click … Continue reading
George Benson’s Return to Pop: The CD Baby Interview
George Benson has got it. It? Yeah, it! What’s it? It: guitar chops to-die-for, a soulful and versatile voice, 10 Grammy’s on the mantel (I’d assume), an international jazz following, an international … Continue reading
How to Make a Living Touring with Your Band, Pt. 1: Booking
Disclaimer: This article (written by the guys in the band Marbin) is intended for those who want to make a living touring with a band that plays original music. How … Continue reading
Your Friends are Liars: What People REALLY Think of Your Music!
Your friends are not true fans Look, your parents and your partner and your neighbors are not going to tell you that your music sucks. Neither will your co-workers, your … Continue reading
Wedding Gigs: Why You Should Forget Everything You Think You Know About Being in a Wedding Band
[This guest post was written by our friend Drew Stoga from GigMasters.] Chicken dances. Bad tuxedos. Mullets. These are the unfortunate stereotypes surrounding wedding bands. You need to forget all … Continue reading
A Musician’s Guide to House Concerts: How to Build Your Fanbase & Earn More Money Performing in Peoples’ Homes
House Concerts – The Lifeboats of the Music Industry? [This post was written by guest contributor Fran Snyder, an artist and the founder of ConcertsInYourHome.com (CIYH), DinnerAndSong.com, and ListeningRoomFestival.com.] “You never change things by fighting the … Continue reading