Quick tip 194 Work hard!
So you all know by now that music business is no picnic in the park. To succeed you need to work hard. But here’s the thing, no matter how proud of your work you are today, there is someone else…
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Can you do better?
Today I came across something beautiful, and I just had to share it with you. This is a short film by Erez Sitzer, and it beautifully expresses how someone with a humble job, takes pride in what they do, and…
Quick tip 193 Work hard to make time
Once again I find my self writing you guys a quick tip from what’s going on in my own life right now 😀 Well, at least it is honest 😉 I have several things on a back burner at the…
The so-called plagiarism
I’m sure many of you heard the story that made the front page music news about Irish singer songwriter Hozier and the plagiarism claims. In fact it is so well documented, that I won’t even go in to the details…
Quick tip 192 Offer value past the physical product
In the old music business model the artist would record an album, go out on a tour to promote the album and hope to sell enough albums to make both the artist and the record label a substantial amount of…
Think positive and dream big
Have you ever in your life walked from one opportunity to another? By this I mean if you did something that you thought first was a great opportunity, but then ended up fading away, and almost out of nowhere another…
Quick tip 191 Harness your ego
Lets face it, our ego gets on the way of pretty much everything we do every day. To be successful at something, you need to believe in your self. To believe in your self, the ego comes into play. But…
Are we caging art into a product?
What was the product in music 150 years ago from today? I mean surely most people had music in their life in some form. Granted, they did not have access to endless albums at their fingertips. Still, there were professional…
4th October Blog update
It’s hard to take it in that it is October already. It’s Saturday night as I write this. I am just back from The Porterhouse, where our show with Sliotar was slotted between two rugby matches. Now I have a…
Upside down business model
Yesterday I heard some rumours about an industry showcase / festival here in Dublin not paying the artists for their performances. The artists are expected to do it for the “exposure.” Unfortunately my landlord does not accept “exposure” for rent……
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