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 [...]
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, [...]
Change. Sometimes we want it. Sometimes we don’t. The only thing for sure is that it happens. Industries that thrived in the last decade are now struggling to survive due to change. That same change has created new industries and new jobs. Societal norms of today are much different than they were 25+ years go [...]
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. [...]
Conscious composition is composing not only chord changes, say for instance a 4-chord progression in a pop or rock setting, but also thoughtfully writing the lyrics and melody line above it. It’s the exact opposite of “get in a room and jam.” -John Mayer Enough with the John Mayer posts right? But before you telepathically [...]
“Song writing is about getting the demon out of me. It’s like being possessed. You try to go to sleep, but the song won’t let you. So you have to get up and make it into something, and then you’re allowed to sleep.” – John Lennon You’re reading this blog because you’re a music fan [...]
So I’m casually YouTubing for some new John Mayer material. I’ll admit it, I’m a fan. Continuum was gold. I still find myself listening to it on a regular basis. I listen and hear new things all the time. From the tone and feel of Pino’s bass on Vultures to all the background vocals during [...]
PPF House-Promoting The Collective
Some friends of mine are in town to start their Canadian tour and they just put on a fund raising beer night to get some cash right out the gate. They were selling advance copies of their new album, and the cool thing was that it wasn’t a CD! That’s right, they sold me a [...]