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5 (Mostly Free) Things To Give Away at Your Next Gig To Turn Attendees Into Fans
Everybody enjoys free stuff, but many artists just starting out can't afford to chuck expensive items like t-shirts and vinyls into the crowd without any kind of compensation. Still, giving things away for free can be a great way to show fans you care. Here are ten items that can be gifted the crowd at a minimal loss. Guest ...
Warner Music No Longer Selling To Small Record Stores
As if they didn't already have it bad enough, mom and pop music shops have been dealt yet another blow with the news that Warner Music will no longer allow direct accounts with stores which do less than $10k in business with them each year. Guest Post by Bobby Owsinski on Music 3.0 In another blow ...
Claude Williamson (1926-2016)
Claude Williamson, a West Coast jazz pianist who was deeply influenced by the bebop piano of Bud Powell and was perhaps the last surviving member of the Lighthouse All Stars, often unleashing centipede-like speed on the keyboard along with sinewy improvisational lines, died July 16. He was 89. His son, Marc, said last night that his ...
Self-Imposed Music Scarcity In The Digital Era
Although streaming is the dominant form of music consumption, and seems to be here to stay, many listeners are turning to vinyl-only, or cassette-only record labels to obtain their music. By Glenn Peoples of Pandora Pitchfork has an interesting article today on vinyl-only record labels. They reside in music’s underground but for some people they’re a necessary ...
Most Musicians Are Not Entrepreneurs
This article examines how, in the modern era, artists need to be able to not only make music but also effectively sell themselves, something which most musicians are not naturally good at, meaning they need a good entrepreneurial team on their side. By Matt Voyno of The New Rockstar Philosophy In my internationally published, award winning book, ...
Is YouTube Not Music's Boogie Man After All?
Although YouTube been taking a lot of heat from the music community of late owing to its alleged failure to pay sufficient royalties, some of the numbers used to make this claim may be not be clear enough to fully condemn the service, a service which seems to be waning in popularity. Guest Post by Bobby ...
The Inimitable Teddy Edwards
As part of its reissue of select albums on the Xanadu label, Resonance Records has just released The Inimitable Teddy Edwards, which was recorded in June 1976. The album is important because it features tenor saxophonist Edwards in spectacular form accompanied by a sterling trio—Duke Jordan (p), Larry Ridley (b) and Freddie Waits (d). By '76, ...
6 Successful Music Managers Discuss Launching Their Careers
Here an impressive roster of several talented managers offer advice and share their experiences launching the careers of not only the artists in their charge, but also of they themselves as managers. Guest Post by on Pigeons and Planes In the latest installment of Inside Track, we’ve partnered with P&P to explore the challenges faced in the early stages ...
Vinyl Sales Up Another 17%, Used Sales Surpass New
The growth in of vinyl music sales makes for great headlines. But the vinyl market is really a dual market, according industry analysts MusicWatch- new vinyl sales and used resales. The later, which is the larger market of the two, goes largely ignored by the music industry. The headlines from Buzz Angle’s mid-year music report focused ...
Music Education Monday: Jazz trombone tips from Robin Eubanks, and more
This week for Music Education Monday, here's a grab-bag of material of interest to trombonists, including a video in which Robin Eubanks talks about “music, jazz, and developing as a musician." The brother of guitarist Kevin Eubanks and trumpeter Duane Eubanks, Robin Eubanks probably is best known for his work with bassist Dave Holland and as ...
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