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SFJAZZ Appoints Donald Derheim As Chief Executive Officer
First-ever CEO will work in partnership with the organization’s Founder and Executive Artistic Director Randall Kline San Francisco, CA SFJAZZ, the leading nonprofit jazz organization on the West Coast, announced today that Donald Derheim will assume the position of Chief Executive Officer beginning January 2, 2014. Mr. Derheim joins SFJAZZ as it enters its next ...
Musicians Are Finding Licensing Opportunities in Foreign Markets
By Eduardo Loret de Mola from Berklee College's Music Business Journal. The music licensing market is actively expanding its scope within the entertainment industry. Musicians' net earnings from traditional licensing deals are decreasing with each passing year. Nevertheless, there are still opportunities to be found if one is creative enough to spot them. The prospects for ...
Between Art and Business: A Musician as a Startup
By indie musician Tommy Darker of Think Beyond The Band. It all starts with a problem... I'm Tommy and I'm a musician. I moved to London 10 months ago, knowing nobody. Early days, I didn't want to feel alone, so I started peering with other musicians, asking them about music in London. The most common — ...
Musicians and Health Insurance: Getting Help
After writing an introduction to Obamacare for musicians, I was contacted by Kristin Thomson about resources related to health insurance for artists developed by the Future of Music Coalition (FMC). They've actually been helping musicians with insurance advice for a number of years. They also recently partnered in a poll of artists across disciplines about health ...
10 Things Musicians Need to Do Now to Prepare for the Holiday Season
By Chris Mooney, Senior Director of Artist Promotions and Strategic Relationships at TuneCore. The holidays represent a lot of things: time with family, a break from work or school, food, gifts, and some more food. But something that may not be so obvious is that the holidays present great opportunities for musicians. As the holiday buzz ...
SEO for Musicians: "Don't Chase the Algorithm"
There are a number of technical things one can still do to have a higher presence in Google and other search engines. But, unless you're really into playing search engine games, most of the time it's better to set up your site correctly and then focus on creating and sharing content, such as pics and blog ...
5 Tips for Improving Your First Live Shows
Live shows are important at every stage of most musician's careers whether or not they are touring artists. Live shows are where musicians and hardcore fans fall in love, break up, reunite and grow old together. For some folks live shows are the only place music truly exists. So whether you intend to be a touring ...
Obamacare for Musicians: An Introduction
Obamacare is here and musicians have to start figuring out how it affects their world. We're now in open enrollment and, though the site has had some problems and isn't always available, you can sign up now or just get additional information. Obviously some will pay more and some less. But keep in mind that in ...
5 Ways to Throw an Epic Album Release Party [Kosha Dillz]
By indie rapper Kosha Dillz (@koshadillz) whose album release party for Awkward In A Good Way takes place tonight in New York at Webster Hall. It's release party time and it has to be special. You have been posting about your album release on your Facebook for months and things have happened and unfortunate events followed. ...
The 7 Essential Elements of Your Digital Press Kit
When reviewing websites for Bandzoogle, I advise artists to think about the different kinds of people that will be visiting their site. These can be your current fans, and potential new fans, but also media/bloggers, bookers and other industry people. For that latter group, they're likely looking for different information than your fans are, and you ...


