The so-called plagiarism
I’m sure many of you heard the story that made the front page music news about Irish singer songwriter Hozier and the plagiarism claims. In fact it is so well documented, that I won’t even go in to the details…
October 7, 2015
Quick tip 192 Offer value past the physical product
In the old music business model the artist would record an album, go out on a tour to promote the album and hope to sell enough albums to make both the artist and the record label a substantial amount of…
Think positive and dream big
Have you ever in your life walked from one opportunity to another? By this I mean if you did something that you thought first was a great opportunity, but then ended up fading away, and almost out of nowhere another…
Quick tip 191 Harness your ego
Lets face it, our ego gets on the way of pretty much everything we do every day. To be successful at something, you need to believe in your self. To believe in your self, the ego comes into play. But…
Are we caging art into a product?
What was the product in music 150 years ago from today? I mean surely most people had music in their life in some form. Granted, they did not have access to endless albums at their fingertips. Still, there were professional…
4th October Blog update
It’s hard to take it in that it is October already. It’s Saturday night as I write this. I am just back from The Porterhouse, where our show with Sliotar was slotted between two rugby matches. Now I have a…
Upside down business model
Yesterday I heard some rumours about an industry showcase / festival here in Dublin not paying the artists for their performances. The artists are expected to do it for the “exposure.” Unfortunately my landlord does not accept “exposure” for rent……
Quick tip 190 Improve yourself
Any sensible business should try to improve their product all the time. Music business is no different, and nowhere else is this more evident than in the independent music business. So you should work on improving your product at every…
Better Man
Better Man by J.P. Kallio We all messed things up somewhere along the way, no denying it. And if you try to tell me you haven’t, well then you haven’t lived life. Relationships are complicated at the best of times….
Are we on the brink of war over control in the music business?
I’ve had this thought for a while now. We have all been pretty wrapped up in the streaming music conversation for a while now. First we were all throwing daggers at Spotify. hen things stabilised a bit, and just when…
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