Within the last 3 years artists have begun to see more options available for selling their music digitally. In the early days a band simply needed to send their shiny disc to CD Baby and viola, within a few weeks they were on iTunes. Thankfully TuneCore showed up and offered a much needed alternative. In [...]
Recently Adam @Gizmodo.com wrote a very evenhanded feature on the future of record labels, titled; Record Labels: Change or Die. Hoover and I were lucky enough to be interviewed and featured in the editorial. It’s a good read with many a point to ponder. In other NewRockstarPhilosophy news we’re still working on our layout for the [...]
As if you need another reason to put your music up on YouTube, now they’ve added a revenue sharing program specifically aimed at musicians called Musicians Wanted What is revenue sharing you ask? Well, because your videos are so engaging and you have so many views you can now get paid for clicks. YouTube makes some [...]
We musicians are good trusting people and it saddens me when our good nature gets taken advantage of. So I’ve compiled a quick list of the most common scams that look for us. It’s important to note that most scams targeting musicians come through MySpace. Scammers have written bots (programs) to scan MySpace and bait [...]
Reevaluating the Importance of an Artist’s Home Base
In the internet age, you can be from anywhere and create interest in your music. Being in Los Angeles or New York doesn’t matter if you want attention. That being said, a recent visit to Toronto reminded me of the value of being face-to-face and the peripheral benefits you get from being in a larger [...]