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How to make it in the music industry.

Posted By Musician Coaching on September 21st, 2009

Other than How do I get a record deal? or How can I License my music? the question that comes up the most is How do I make it in the music industry?”
“Making it” to me just means making a living playing, writing and recording music.

Top 5 Behaviors that will help you make it in [...]

 

Music and Technology

Posted By Musician Coaching on February 4th, 2010

Steven Masur is an entertainment and technology lawyer by way of being a drummer in several rock bands and a lawyer in the cable and TV industries.  He currently has his own firm called Masur Law based in New York and his clientele range from musicians to mobile companies to Media based technology firms.  I [...]

Sweet Relief

Posted By Musician Coaching on February 2nd, 2010

Rob Max is the Communication Director for the Sweet Relief Musicians Fund, an organization that provides financial assistance to career musicians who are facing Illness, disability or age related problems.  Prior to working at Sweet Relief Rob was a musician, the manager / promoter of a music venue and ran a record store.

Music [...]

Paul Conroy on Fighting the Good Fight

Posted By Musician Coaching on January 28th, 2010

Paul Conroy is a music manager and co-owner of the company Good Fight Entertainment.  Prior to running this company Paul had been an A&R representative, a music publisher and… ah hell I’ll just have him tell you…

Musician Coaching:
Give me the really quick glance over your career. You started in the music business [...]

State of the Music Industry Part 4

Posted By Musician Coaching on January 27th, 2010

Tom Silverman responds after returning from MIDEM:
If you missed parts 1-3 check out the interview that started here
Parts 1-3 were discussed here and mentioned on:
Music Think Tank , Hypebot , Digital Music News , TechDirt, Billboard.Biz , Cnet, Lefsetz and several other blogs. (email me if I missed yours)

TS:
It occurred to me that part of [...]

Music and Business with Rachael Sage

Posted By Musician Coaching on January 26th, 2010

Rachael Sage is a singer, songwriter and record label owner.  She has toured the U.S. and Europe and has been pursuing music professionally for more than a decade.

Music Consultant
Tell me how you got into the music business.
RS:
I’ve been doing music as long as I could walk. I had a piano in my [...]

What is SoundExchange and why you should care

Posted By Musician Coaching on January 21st, 2010

Neeta Ragoowansi is the Director of Artist-Label Relations for SoundExchange.  She is also an attorney, a keyboard player and the singer for an eight piece group called the Oxymorons.  Her experience as a musician, as the Assistant General Counsel for the Kennedy Center and The National Symphony Orchestra and as an advocate in the music [...]