Remixes are good for your career. The right remix can lift your career onto the international level. Like my buddy Economics. Economics is a musical project that has some big fans…… like DJ Shadow. Economics got a chance to remix a DJ Shadow song and is now gaining new fans from all over the world. All [...]
I came across this great web show series where renowned photographer Chase Jarvis interviews various characters and talks photography. It’s a great little series and he’s developed quite the following. Geared towards photographers, a musician can still get a lot out of it. A couple shows I wanted to share include 4-Hour Workweek/Body Author, Tim Ferriss and Mr. ICanMakeYouRich, Ramit Sethi. [...]
While we were in Italy giving one of our many talks I made a comment saying that “Talent alone is not enough.” One person took issue with that statement saying that he though talent was enough. He went on to give the example of Amy Winehouse, as she was a phenomenal talent who didn’t need [...]
Of course Coldplay’s anti-streaming strategy worked. Duh. I wrote about this recently when the world first learned that Coldplay won’t be giving their album to Spotify, Rdio, and other such streaming sites. It was a straight up money grab, and now the evidence is in. Mylo Xyloto has sold nearly half a million copies during it’s first week. That [...]
Just heard the new single from Florence + the Machine’s new album and totally into it. It’s a great tune that’s turned me on to the artist. I’ve heard her name before but never cared to check her out. Gotta love hearing a song randomly and being driven to find out more. Anyways, while I [...]
As an artist you want to get your music out there even if you’re against marketing/capitalism. You want people to hear and dig what you do, otherwise you wouldn’t be reading this here blog. Do you stop and think about how you discover new music and why you choose to check out something new? 1. [...]
I have been thinking about Mixtapes for bands for a while now. Hip hop artists make mixtapes all the time. Sometimes it’s all original content, but quite often it’s remixed hits of today. They throw down new verses on their remixes and boom, they have another hype bit of music to promote. Bands, or rather most non-hip-hop [...]
I’ve been meaning to write about Viinyl for a while. The site is a interesting idea that can work for any musicians who’s looking to add something special to a song that they’re actively promoting. “Viinyl lets you turn your music into a song-based website optimized to showcase and promote your music the way you want. Each site comes [...]
I’ve been following Ryan Leslie on and off for awhile now after being recommended by my R&B seeker friend. I actually checked out his sunday morning set at Coachella. This guy built his fan-base on YouTube, taking you inside the making of a track, celebrity encounters, and his cash-money lifestyle. The videos are so instrumental [...]
We’ve been talking about crowdsourcing for a while now, but if you still have some questions then perhaps the infographic below will help you (click on it to make it bigger). It’s got a lot of info so let me draw your attention to the very bottom; The Cons of crowdsourcing. Some things that many [...]
