What is Apple’s Ping? and What Does it Mean for Musicians?

What is Apple’s Ping? and What Does it Mean for Musicians?

So today was the day Jobs announced ‘Ping’. Apple seem to have decided that the world is one social network short and could do with one that does everything that we can already do using services like Rdio, and Last.fm but with one major difference which is likely to make it an absolute hit –

21 Cats Caught Trying to be Rockstars

21 Cats Caught Trying to be Rockstars

The next time you’re looking to recruit a new band member, don’t feel obliged to limit yourself to humans – these furry little amigos seem just as enthusiastic.. and they won’t tell you that your song idea sucks!

What ‘The Four Hour Work Week’ Means for Musicians

What ‘The Four Hour Work Week’ Means for Musicians

Hey all, So I recently finished reading Tim Ferris’ awesome bestselling book ‘The Four Hour Work Week‘ and I now feel obliged to share this with you all – as not only has it been incredibly inspiring for me, I think that the lessons to be learnt in this book are highly valuable to musicians. My Summary

How to Get Signed to Warner Bros Records – Learn to Decorate.

How to Get Signed to Warner Bros Records – Learn to Decorate.

So it’s been a pretty bad week for Warner Bros Records getting sued, but as they say – every cloud has a silver lining, and perhaps this is it. This week Warner Brother Records have announced that they have signed ‘the find of the year’ with a group of vintage-loving painter and decorators from London

Don’t Underestimate the Importance of Band Promo Photos

Don’t Underestimate the Importance of Band Promo Photos

As a musical artist it’s natural to prioritise your music as the most important asset that you can offer your fans – after all, that’s what you set out to do; make music. This is fine, because without the music you probably wouldn’t have fans, which the point that I’m going to make in this

Are Headphones the New MP3’s for Idolised Artists?

Are Headphones the New MP3’s for Idolised Artists?

So it seems the latest craze amongst entrepreneurial music artists is launching a line of swish branded headphones. But why? What’s so special about them? Surely they can’t compete with the pioneers of the industry like Sennheiser, Bose, and AKG. Beats by Dre is the latest venture by Dr Dre, who has opened his line of

Are Warner Bros Records Monetizing Your Sexual Preference?

Are Warner Bros Records Monetizing Your Sexual Preference?

This week I have read several stories around the recent case that Warner Bros Records, as well as their partnering companies have been sued, but not for releasing Harry Potter condoms (yes – they also got sued for that!) but for supposedly ’spying’ on their web visitors by recording videos of what the visitor is

How Musicians Can Use The iPad

How Musicians Can Use The iPad

So with all the hype around the iPad dying down I thought I would do a bit of a round up on some of the coolest apps built for musicians, most creative uses of the iPad by musicians and talk about some of the future plans for the iPad that might benefit musicians. The Seven Coolest

The New Age of Building Music Industry Contacts

The New Age of Building Music Industry Contacts

Ok so over the past few years the strategy for building music industry contacts has kind of changed in favour of musical artists, because it’s now easier than ever to build a relationship with whoever you want to – because chances are they’re online and on social networks. You’re now in charge Unlike five years ago when

Should Musicians Write Blogs?

Should Musicians Write Blogs?

For those of you who follow me on Twitter you’ll know that I’ve recently been working on my first video training course called ‘Advanced Online Music Marketing’, which contains an episode called ‘How to Speak Bloggernese’ – an explanation of how to contact bloggers and get online promotion and new fans built through music blogs.

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