March 20, 2015

Quick tip 55 Momentum

It is hard work to get the momentum going in the music business. But once you start to have that momentum, that is when the real work starts. When things start to move, people start to show interest in your…

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…

Quick tip 49 Quick videos

I talked about Perfection v Progress before and how not to get hung up on the meaningless details. One of the most powerful promotional tools you can have, is video. Of course a great quality video is powerful promotional tool,…

Quick tip 47 Advertise

This week is turning out to be very business oriented week in these Quick tip posts. And rightly so, you need to learn the business! Yesterday’s Quick tip talked about the importance of being able to sell. Now I know…

Quick tip 45 Twitter DM

Today’s Quick tip is all about using Twitter’s Direct Message (Also known as DM) to promote your music. I’m sure some of you will have a critical view of this, but then again if us musicians stayed away from everything…