I am a big advocate for following your gut. But there are exceptions to this as well. Especially us musicians, we can prioritize things based on our gut feeling. When it comes to choosing between paying for some online promotion,…
So some of you know I have been dealing with a quite dramatic hard drive failure in the past few days. As I write this, I am sitting in a cafe next door to the “computer hospital,” waiting it to…
Ok, before I get in to it, I’ll admit the subject is a bit of a trick… But there is a very important lesson here. First of all for those of you who don’t know, DAW stands for Digital Audio…
I always talk about the importance of breaking down your tasks in to small manageable blocks. This has served me well in the past. Often music business can seem like almost impossible mountain to climb, but if you break down…
How many of us dread Monday morning? Here’s something that has become a big game changer for me. I used to live for the weekends. Now I have taught my self to see Monday as a fresh start, as a…
We can have the greatest of ideas and plans in the world, but we need to motivated to get it done. I don’t mean like taking out the trash because you must to avoid a rodent infestation. I mean the…
So you think you are an artist? You write songs? Great. Now let me set some ground rules. As an artist you are a window, that reflects the world and whats going on in it. It is your job to…
If you are a musician, you either work in a band, or you are a solo artist. Being a part of a band definitely has more of a social aspect to it. But it has its downsides as well. I…
Yesterdays Quick tip was a bit of tough love, you can read it HERE. If so many people around you doubt what you do and don’t see it as a real job, how can you keep your spirits high? And…
People will doubt you. They will doubt what you do. Sure you don’t have a real job. You only work a few hours a day. Ever heard of anything like that? As a musician, or an artist of any kind…
