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Musician's Guide Turns One, Founder Posts on MTT
This AM on Music Think Tank, The Musician's Guide founder Marcus Taylor opens up on the importance of learning how to build fans by being a fan. In retracing the steps he took to becoming a loyal fan of Jason Mraz, Taylor demonstrates the long path that it sometimes takes to become a devoted to an ...
Video: A2iM's Rich Bengloff on the Myth of DIY Artists and Next Big Sound on the Analysis Paralysis
In this next set of footage from the Bandwidth Conference, Danny Dee talked with Rich Bengloff, the President of A2iM. He gives an overview of the gathering, talks about why labels still matter, and sheds light into the myth of DIY artists. Then Next Big Sound CEO Alex White weighed in on paralysis of analysis . In this ...
Does the "Freemium" Model Work for All Artists?
This guest post is by Chris Bracco; he is the digital marketing coordinator at Intrigue Music, LLC, a music company in NYC and author of the Tight Mix blog. With every month that passes, more and more artists are jumping on the bandwagon and deciding to give away some of their music for free. Some artists ...
What Do the Record Labels Do Now?
(A New Yorker Piece Gets It Right... And Wrong “The difference between major and indie labels now has less to do with aesthetics than with the way bands conceive of their careers," writes New Yorker columnist Sasha Frere-Jones in a piece that looks at the future of both indie and major record labels using the rise ...
Bands Collaborating Instead of Competing: Cross-Promoting with Headliner.FM
This blog re-post is by Hilke Ros (@colorlessgreen) at Music Music Manager. In my opinion, there is changing something in the economy because of the internet. Before the internet, it was the best strategy to protect your goods from your competitors if you wanted to be successful and get rich. Nowadays, you get rich on ...
NEA Survey Finds Jazz Musicians Are Well Educated But Underpaid And Lacking Benefits
Washington, D.C. - The National Endowment for the Arts today released survey results suggesting jazz musicians are largely male, middle aged and well educated, although they make less money than the national average for their education level and many lack retirement and health benefits. Changing the Beat: A Study of the Worklife of Jazz Musicians, produced ...
