This is a tale of a DIY musician who hasn’t quite made it yet, but is well on their way. There are lessons that everyone who reads this blog can take from her story so far. This is the sort of post that I’d normally put on our Daily Tips for musicians site – kind [...]
We are beavering away behind the scenes – updating our MySpace book, finishing a book on the use of Facebook for musicians, and, most excitingly, a site revamp and the full-on ‘how to make it’ year long course. Honest! I was writing a section of that today and thought I’d use that thought process to [...]
by Ian on November 30, 2009
Apologies for the distinct lack of posts over the last month or two. Rest assured that we are working very, very hard to get to the next stage of what we’re hoping to achieve with the site. With that will come very regular blog posts and emails to subscribers and a lot, lot more usable [...]
by Amanda on May 26, 2009
There will come a point where you think you’re ready for a record deal, a manager or a publishing deal (or that other much touted ‘new model’ deal with some music related company). You’ll want to get yourself heard by the right people so what better way to do it than to send out a [...]
Strange title but it kind of says what I want to say in this post, or at least, I hope it does! I saw a couple of blog posts this week that were different takes on the same theme. This one from Bob Baker on how we need to stay on top of and maintain [...]
by Amanda on April 24, 2009
Playing live is incredibly important to bands at every level. If your band is unsigned, then playing gigs will help you to build up your fan base and attract the attention of press and media. Maybe, if you do the job properly, it’ll even draw interest in your direction from record labels and all the [...]
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