This morning I launched The League of Musicians – a 10-part newsletter series with only 1,000 free spaces that I can proudly call the best newsletter in the music biz. The League is designed for 1,000 smart proactive musicians who want to learn the insider tips and secrets on music promotion and developing a music
As you will have undoubtedly of heard by now, Google has launched its new social network ‘Google+’ and as Ariel pointed out in her post the other week, musicians need to be signing up and using it. Over the past few months I’ve been experimenting a lot with Google+ and keeping on top of things
An interesting setting can make or break your band’s music video’s success. A thought-provoking, unique, or unusual music video will get people talking and sharing your video, widening your appeal and publicising your work to different people. The UK has a huge range of places where you could potentially shoot a music video, with many
This is a guest post written by Juan Lopez, a legal consultant at Altarboy Music. Altarboy Music are one of The Musician’s Guide’s partners and are the supplier of our wide variety of music contracts. The purpose of this blog post is to clarify several common misconceptions about music industry law that are often discussed
The music industry is a business and operates like any other business. Success can take a small amount of luck, but you can increase your chances by heeding a few lessons. Those who are looking at music as a career must understand that the music business is essentially selling a product. There are many books,
If you’re lucky enough to be going on tour with your band you might feel that all you have to do is pack up your instruments, get on the road and let the good times roll in. Don’t forget though that there are a few things that you’ll need to bring with you to make
Christmas is just around the corner, so I thought i’d create the ultimate list of gift ideas for musicians to help you find the perfect present for your musical boyfriends / girlfriends, friends or family, just in case you were struggling to come up with ideas. General Gift Ideas for Musicians DVDs about musicians As
For those of you who don’t know, my music career started out as a drummer playing for a local metal band. In todays post I decided to focus on the very specific topic of drumkeys, lord knows how many I managed to lose and acquire so I wanted to share tips on not only buying
You may have read the latest headlines from Bieber HQ that Justin has allegedly gotten a girl pregnant. I don’t buy it. As much as I dislike his music, I respect his marketing efforts and find it pretty interesting to observe how he stays in the public eye and constantly trends on Twitter – the
Digital sales continue to drive the music industry; so much so, in fact, that CDs are fast becoming obsolete. How long music CDs will be able to survive depends largely on consumers, the majority of whom are now switching to online digital providers such as iTunes. In this digital revolution, free services such as Music
