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Music Business Jobs Part 2

Music Business Jobs Part 2

A few weeks ago I posted a blog in response to a lot of inquiries having to do with getting a job in music. This blog is to be the add-on to “Music Business Jobs.” If you are not looking to create something new, but rather you are trying to get your foot in the

The Parallels Between Bands and Startups

The Parallels Between Bands and Startups

Over the past 9 months I’ve been working on launching a software product into the market place. I have been up to my eyeballs in executive summaries, fine-tuning business plans, tweaking pro-formas, marketing plans, sales strategies, beta testers, data, and…well… you get the idea. What’s interesting is that the further down the road I get

Music Business Jobs

Music Business Jobs

There have been a lot of questions lately relating to the jobs in the music industry. If you want to get into music, you have to be strategic. There are so many people wanting to “break into” music. Universities are offering music business degrees, there are trade universities like Full Sail that are growing exponentially

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14 Jun jobspart2

Music Business Jobs Part 2

A few weeks ago I posted a blog in response to a lot of inquiries having to do with getting a job in music. This blog is to be the add-on to “Music Business Jobs.”

11 Jun Start Today

The Parallels Between Bands and Startups

Over the past 9 months I’ve been working on launching a software product into the market place. I have been up to my eyeballs in executive summaries, fine-tuning business plans, tweaking pro-formas, marketing plans, sales

20 May Music Jobs

Music Business Jobs

There have been a lot of questions lately relating to the jobs in the music industry. If you want to get into music, you have to be strategic. There are so many people wanting to

22 Apr textingfeatured

Free Text Messaging Platform for Musicians

Ever think about having a phone number that your fans could use to communicate with you? Years ago there was a tool called SayNow that gave bands the ability to send voice messages and text

30 Mar conversion-in-a-box

Offer a Free Download Instead of a Stream

In recent months, I have given great consideration to the value of offering free streams of new music. All the way back to when I was just starting out in the business, there was a

25 Mar stillremains2

Still Remains Kickstarter

There is a lot of debate going on out there about whether or not it is “cool” for bands both new and old to ask their fans to fund their album-making and marketing process.  My

13 Mar drip marketing

Email Marketing For Musicians V.4 (Drip Marketing)

Email marketing is more than just writing a newsletter and hitting send. There has to be some strategy behind it.  Do I sound like a broken record? STRATEGY.  Drip Email marketing is an automated method

8 Mar musiciansandtheweb

Musicians Need Websites

Years ago, one of the first things a band would do once they formed was build a website. Sometimes it was before a single song was recorded and, in many times, even written. The URL

15 Feb Sponsorship

5 Steps to Landing Event Sponsors

It has been said that promoting a concert is akin to gambling.  The reason being that you cannot force the general public to purchase tickets and you certainly cannot control the variables that could impact

13 Feb Drip Email

Email Marketing for Musicians v.3

Did you start off with these: Email Marketing for Musicians v.1 Email Marketing for Musicians v.2 By this point you should have a list started and, with any luck, it should be growing daily. Before

9 Feb Band RV

Q&A: How Do We Get A Booking Agent

From: Ross Question: My band is one of the more solid and fairly popular bands from our area, however, despite countless weekends spent out-of-state, we can never seem to book more than a few days

1 Feb concert

Be a Concert Promoter 5.0: Day Of Show!

Read these first: Be A Concert Promoter (Overview) Be A Concert Promoter (Make an offer) Be A Concert Promoter (Market your event) Be A Concert Promoter (Produce your event) Over the years, I would stress