Music business is full of obstacles. Things will go wrong, things will seem hard, sometimes nearly impossible. Not a week goes by I don’t hit another dead-end. Not a single tour goes by where something don’t go wrong. Flights get…
Being a great musician requires the ability to work through what ever a live show throws at you. Things will go wrong, and you need to improvise. You need to be able to keep a cool head and just pretend…
If you are faced with problems to do with sound or equipment while playing a show, who is responsible? Well it depends. There are situations where things are out of your hands, like festivals, where there is a sound crew…
I am extremely lucky to have had a chance to play with some fantastic musicians over the years, I still do almost everyday. But to choose who you work with can be a tricky business. Artists often are volatile people….
So you have had some success. You have toured the world a bit. You get recognised from time to time when you walk down the street. You feel like you have made it. You feel like you are someone. Us…
How often do you answer “busy” when asked how you are? I know I do all the time. But then again, I like keeping myself busy. I am slowly but surely becoming into terms with what actually makes me happy,…
Last night I was playing a show where the venue had hired an external company to provide the sound. The world of live sound is slowly but surely going digital. The speaker technology is getting more compact, where we are…
We like to think there is a big break around the next corner. But the truth is there is very few big breaks in music business. It is usually a combination of many little victories that paves the road to…
Most artists like to make plans boasting their chest how they are going to take over the music business and how they are going to be an overnight success due to tactical planning and a short burst of intense work….
Music business can be a real labyrinth these days. It’s hard to know if you are doing the right thing, if you are on the right track. It is a good idea to learnt to recognise some warning signs of…
