“How On Earth Did I Get Nominated For A Grammy?” by Zak Morgan
On December 4th, 2003, I listened to an unbelievable phone message from my good friend and PR agent Betty Hofer in Nashville. “Congratulations Frogman, you’re a Grammy nominee.” I wish everyone could have the feeling that I had at that moment. I have a new understanding of some of the ridiculous NFL [...]
“Airplay 101″ by Bryan Farrish
How To Use Radio To Boost Your Online Sales
With indie distribution now firmly established on the web, we’ll now cover how to use radio to make online CD sales happen. We will focus on album CD sales that are purchased through CD Baby, the largest online CD sales site devoted to indie releases; [...]
“Marketing Your Music, The Big Step” by Randy Tobin
Did you know that recording songs or making an album, although actually the easiest (and most fun) part of the equation, is only the first step to success? The second step (and probably the more challenging of the two) is getting the finished product out to the listening public.
Before the internet, some artists [...]
“Marketing Like A Lion” by Doug Hay
Every morning in the African plains, a gazelle awakes knowing it must outrun the fastest lion or it will take its last breath. Every morning a lion awakens and knows it must outrun the slowest gazelle or it will starve to death. It doesn’t matter if you’re a lion or a gazelle; when the sun [...]
“Creativity” by Tom Fair
According to major religious traditions, the original Creative Spirit (or Spirits) was (or were) some form of God (or gods). This entity, apparently got it all started with an immensely vast inspiration that created the heavens, the earth, the flora, fauna, and finally our ol’ buddy – Mankind. From there on out, as we [...]
“What’s My Style? Part 1″ by Jeannie Deva
Some singers seem to fall into it automatically, while others, like kids in a candy store, seem to have too many items from which to choose, and so are left in a perpetual state of indecision. Is there some way of selecting, of narrowing down the playing field and of being sure? Is it [...]
“What is Music?” by Tom Fair
What is music?
MUSIC IS A SCIENCE – AN ORGANIZED BODY OF KNOWLEDGE.
There is a difference between music and noise. We can count the vibrations of each musical sound. A single musical sound is called a tone, and is made by the vibration, or back-and-forth movement of all or part of a musical instrument (including the [...]
“If You’re Doing It for the Money, You May Not Make Any” by Harriet Schock
Sometimes I have to pinch myself and remind myself it isn’t Kansas anymore-or wherever I came from way, way back, when I formed the belief that everyone shot straight from the hip, or at least straight.
Last week, one of my Advanced Class students said something which has bothered me ever since. It’s not that I [...]
“Artistic Criticism: Constructive or Destructive?” by Jeannie Deva
You might realize that you are most creative and sound your best when your creativity is not being challenged and you are free of self doubt. This safe environment must start with you, from within yourself.
I’m talking about being your own best friend.
This does not mean you claim yourself as the next messiah [...]
“An Artist’s Dilemma” by Tom Fair
You are an artist.
You live on a planet that is in a terrible state of turmoil. Lives are ruined daily by domestic violence and drug abuse. Criminals, roaming the streets of sprawling metropolitan areas, create an atmosphere of fear, uncertainty and danger. Pollutants infest the air, the water, the very food upon the [...]
