Quick tip 53 Patience
When you are starting your career in music, you naturally try to emulate what the big stars do. As a result many of us spend years pretending to be something bigger than we are. We see the path of the…
March 18, 2015
Magical ingredient
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I am back from Sliotar’s St. Patrick’s day show in The Porterhouse. It was the bands 18th birthday. I have played with them for 15 years. It is the longest by far I have ever held on to a job….
Quick tip 52 Know what you want
Posted at March 17, 2015 by
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When you set out to climb a mountain, your target is to reach the summit. You work towards that goal, you practice your mountain climbing skill, you study the route, you gear up for the journey. Sure things will happen…
What makes you happy?
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When your back is against the wall and you don’t know where to go, that is when you are truly tested. Life throws bricks at us, that is when we learn what we are made out of. If you want…
Quick tip 51 Do something different
Here’s one I got reminded of lately. As musicians we need to learn our own field of music. No matter what genre our music is, we need to know what others in the same genre are doing. This is important….
True men
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Sometimes I get tired of screaming against a gale force wind. You shout from the bottom of your lungs and no one hears you. I’m sure you all know what I mean, we have all been there. But I am…
If I can do it, so can you!
Posted at March 12, 2015 by
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Once again yesterday I found my self in a middle of a conversation about what I do. When you tell people you release a song a week and have been doing so for the last 62 weeks, they think you…
Quick tip 48 Bigger is not always better
Posted at March 11, 2015 by
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I’m sure your dream as a musician is to play in front of as many people as possible, share your music with as many people as possible. I’m sure you have dreamed about playing at a festival in front of…
Survival of the fittest
It is not always what you take in, but also what you pay out. You can be successful with very little, as long as you know how to manage your finances. Music business is a tough game at the best…
Quick tip 46 Sales
Today’s quick tip is one of those hard cold facts of music business that every one try to pretend it does not matter, but it is the key to the success of your career. You need to accept the fact…
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