Like peanut butter and jelly… Fashion, Turn To The Left. Notice how rock and fashion have always gone hand in hand? There has always been a kinship between the two – and I don’t mean rock stars dating models. Like peanut butter and jelly, or salt and pepper, music and fashion together just make things […]
Should I Stay or Should I Go When you’re launching your music career, one of the first things you need to do is get on social media. This is not news to anyone who is reading this. Social media is just another part of the job now – making sure you’re accessible to people via […]
Please release me, let me go So you want to release your album independently. It’s so good that you want to get it out NOW, but how? You’re confident the fan base that you’ve developed will love it, and you don’t want to waste time with a major label dog and pony show. You know […]
Music promotion in all it’s forms As indie artist, may wonder how you can promote your music and yourself. Let’s take a look at all the ways you can… be your own promoter! A successful musician I know once told me that he would make music and perform for free, and it’s everything else that’s […]
Want to win music promotion and radio tracking across North America? Sometimes our blogs can give you straightforward advice – like, how to make your social media pages better or why radio airplay is still important. Other times, we may have a bias – like this blog where we are going to go over ALL […]
SONGWRITING CAN BE CATHARTIC Unrest is, well, difficult, right? It doesn’t feel good to be disrupted, chaotic, to not know which end is up…unless you’re a songwriter. Some of the greatest songs have come from a writer’s frustration, anger, sorrow, unease. No matter where you stand politically, it’s a time of change, and not just […]
Much music happened in 2024 We are heading toward the end of 2024 – and wow, what a year it has been. To list but a few music-centric things that occurred within the last 12 months: ^Country music exploded – Beyonce and Post Malone released country records and Morgan Wallen had a #1 […]
We talked about publishing in the last “Tuned In” blog, and while it’s a topic I want to revisit, writing it got me thinking about songwriting and how to make the most out of songwriting sessions. Let me help YOU – collaborate and conquer. I am music, and I write the songs There are several […]
Songwriting versus songwriting splits What do Red Hot Chili Peppers, Duran Duran, REM, Radiohead, Rage Against the Machine and Coldplay all have in common? They split their songwriting royalties equally, no matter who did the actual ‘work’ on a specific song. Seems like a smart choice to make if you want your band to stay […]