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Are You Treating Your Music Career like a Charity or a Corporation?

By Kevin English Wednesday July 21, 2010

I would guess that around 9 out of 10 musicians have the charitable philosophy,“Money isn’t an issue. I’m in it for the love” when it comes to writing and performing as an artist. While I have endless amounts of respect for this attitude, we’ve all got bills to pay and ultimately if you can create a successful business from your music it will empower you to spend a larger portion of your time doing what it is that you love; writing and performing music. Continue reading

Why labels should cut down on CD promos

By Kevin English Friday July 16, 2010

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I never copy and paste news from another site (we have enough bloggers regurgitating material out there) but this article really resonated with me. I’ve been a strong advocate of the digital promo for quite sometime now, so hearing actual cost savings coming from the label perspective is refreshing. The original source is from a paid subscription I have to Music Week. Please don’t sue me MW…I’ve given… Continue reading

Don’t Forget to Breathe

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The one thing that there is absolutely no explanation for is forgetting to breathe. How many times have you been at home, in the studio or even around friends and subconsciously forgot to breathe? I’m not talking about the short shallow breaths that have kept you alive all of these years.

Music Business Propaganda

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Just over the Hudson River stands a world that used to thrive on the sales of recorded music. Manhattan has had its moments of decline and eras of overspending, but nothing quite like the mess that the major record labels headquartered there find themselves in today. Executives were like Emperors in the 80’s & 90’s when I first started my journey as a music professional. Has their reign ended?

Where Has The Music Gone?

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I started this blog last year hoping to provide a mixture of posts ranging from music to marketing and business. It’s turned out that most of what I’ve written about recently has discussed the latter. The reason for that is not because I’ve stop listening and discovering new and exciting music. In fact, it’s quite the opposite. It’s very possible that I’m now surrounded by more music than ever before. Continue reading to the end of the post to learn how you can earn $100 by telling me what topics to write about in the future.

Geeks Can Be Rock Stars Too

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Music Hack Day San Francisco gave me that awkward feeling that tends to surface when I am slightly outside of my comfort zone. It was an event like none I had ever seen, in a city that I’d never been, so I guess it was normal that I’d have some nervous excitement. As native Californians sipped their early Saturday morning coffee, geeks from around the globe gathered at Automatic Lounge, headquarters for the creators of Word Press, for 48 hours of unadulterated programming.