Recent Posts in ‘The Rant’
You Can’t Teach Drive
Several years ago a friend of mine was approached in a bar by a young band of not the youngest guys. These guys were hell bent on getting a deal and making it in music. They had several EP’s recorded. They were playing gigs around town and building a following. They had songs online, social
Bob Lefsetz on the Topic of Entitlement
Bob Lefsetz shares his thoughts on entitlement. Personally…. I love it. Join his email list: lefsetz.com I’m sick and fucking tired of people telling me they’ve put in their 10,000 hours, so they should be rich and famous. It’s 10,000 hours of HARD PRACTICE! Let me put it to you this way… If you spend
How To Not Cancel A Gig
I’ve said it once and I’ll say it again. Just because you’re in a band doesn’t mean that you are entitled to anything. I don’t know if it’s a generational thing or if all “creative types” have a built in napoleonic complex or if parents are just doing bad job of teaching their children proper
Your Fans Are More Than Just Dollar Symbols!
Commercials on TV are always a telling sign of what time of year it is. It seems as though companies bounce from one excuse driven sale to the next. We just came out of the Thanksgiving sales -> Black Friday Sales -> Extended “Black Friday” Sales -> Almost Christmas Sale -> Christmas Eve Sales ->
Do It Yourself
The first show I ever produced was early in the year 2000 and It was NIV, xDisciplexAD and The Deal. I had helped with promoting local shows in the past and I had gone to quite a few shows, but I had no idea what I was doing. I just new I wanted to try
