Despite being some of the coolest music on earth, the musicians who play jazz aren’t usually making big money. A lot of the famous musicians have earned their respect over many years and maybe started to make real money much later in their career. So let’s say you’re a young twenty something jazz musician who [...]
There’s been more and more debate on the pros and cons of music being free. The comments from a recent hypebot article and this recent post all are trying to make sense of free. Chris Anderson (the Long Tail guy) is even putting out a new book about the future of Free and Seth Godin [...]
Passion plus talent….You can’t go wrong. – Andy Gould Came across a vid interview with Andy Gould, manager of Guns N’ Roses. Aside from his firm belief that Chinese Democracy is a piece of art, he stated that talent and passion are the two things he looks for with a new artist. Sounds pretty obvious, [...]
Met some friends who came into town for the Bloc Party show on Saturday. Somehow we started talking about the pressure bands must have releasing a sophomore album after experiencing debut album success. One argument was that if you got into a band because they had a specific sound, why should they change and try [...]
As we gear up to release The New Rockstar Philosophy Book, it made me reflect on how many times we re-wrote the book. We thought we’d have it done months ago. It’s not as easy we thought. People need to be able to read the book and make sense of it. You can’t just write [...]
Was just on Twitterholic.com, checking out the tweeters with the largest following. Barack has had less time to tweet as he’s got a country to run, so CNN has taken over with 897,969 followers. I thought about following, but who wants a steady stream of 98% negative news? I like the idea of being informed, [...]
So you’re working your ass off trying to live the dream. Along the way you’re probably going to deal with disappointments and obstacles that may make you wonder why they hell you’re on this path. Playing to 10 people a night on tour, having no money, parents on your case, etc… It can be draining. [...]
In one way, music is a spectacle. You go to a live show, maybe just for the show itself. The music doesn’t really matter as long as you have a good time. I’d go see Gwar even though I’m not really into the music. I’ve heard plenty of crazy things about their live show to [...]
It’s been almost one year of consistent blogging here at The New Rockstar Philosophy, and we haven’t even really touched on the Metal scene. On a random YouTube search, I came across some vids of Dave Mustaine of Megadeth doing a Q & A on his life in the business. He goes on about songwriting, [...]
What Does Making It Really Mean?
When are you a success? What does success as an artist actually mean?? Is it signing a record deal? Is it being artistically satisfied with your creative output? Is it selling a million songs on Itunes? Is it all those things? When will you be happy?? Everyone’s answer will be different, but the important thing [...]