Tweet 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 […]
Tweet It is amazing how much music can unite people. Traveling around the world only proves that. Even though you and your new friends may not speak the same language, a round of beers and Wonderwall can bring everyone together. So traveling with solid number of covers in your brain can go to a long […]
Tweet Over at the 99 Percent blog they’ve got a very interesting interview with Garret Kramer, a man who’s 20 year research with top level athletes has led him to write a book called Stillpower: The Inner Source of Athletic Excellence. In the interview below Kramer talks about athletes and how they get in zone, but as I was reading this I […]
Tweet Internet music hype is usually based around New. The newest sound, song, or band, can go from putting a demo onto the internet, to being the most hyped track on the internet in mere hours. This is because the internet, or more specifically, the music blogging internet, wants more to talk about and listen […]
Tweet Check out the video below. It’s a little bit of music wisdom from Howard Bloom. Bloom could be the most important figure in the 70s/80s music industry that you’ve never heard about. Billy Joel calls Bloom THE public relations guy if you needed your image authenticated to the masses. …With his company, the Howard Bloom […]
Tweet Have you seen the interviews that Ian from Topspin has been conducting on the “This Week In” web TV series? The videos are a pretty kick ass in depth look at so many things that working musicians will care about. I’ve just finished the video with Kina Grannis and her manager and I am definitely going to […]
Tweet Jay-Z has been riding high on a few succesful creations recently. His collaboration with Kanye West broke was critically acclaimed, his performance at the VMA’s was huge, and he knocked up Beyoncé which turned out to be big news. But behind every success there are probably more failures than you know about. That’s because […]
Tweet Last week I was interviewed on Ariel Publicity’s New Media Maker Panel about why music should be free. It’s classic New Rockstar Philosophy stuff, but I thought I’d post all my answers because they bee so good. What marketing techniques can artists use to leverage free music to build a bigger (& more loyal) […]
Tweet If the book Welcome To The Music Business You’re Fucked had been around in 2007, I don’t think Hoover and I would have written The New Rockstar Philosophy. Welcome To The Music Business Your’re Fucked, written by Martin Atkins in 2010, is packed with real world music business advice, innovative thinking, wrapped together with a good dose of hilarity. […]
Tweet James Murphy has retired from LCD Soundsystem. His band’s triumphant Madison Square Garden shows will go down in history as some of the most desired tickets in indie music. Why? Well for the past decade Murphy has been crafting a kind of music that record store clerks have been losing their mind over. In fact, […]
