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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.

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Getting and Understanding Press

Posted By Musician Coaching on February 16th, 2010

Mike Shea is the president and founder of Alternative Press, a magazine that he started as a fanzine in his hometown of Cleveland Ohio in 1985.  I thought Mike would be an ideal interview as he knows first hand what developing artists need to do to get press and was likely to have an interesting [...]

What does the web say about you?

Posted By Musician Coaching on February 11th, 2010

Recently I was approached by an artist through my website that wanted me to listen to his music.  His pitch was that he had thousands of fans but just needed help “getting to the next level” with his music.  I was kind of perplexed by email because quite frankly if someone has thousands of real [...]

The Desk Where Dreams Go To Die

Posted By Musician Coaching on February 9th, 2010

No interview today.  I apologize, I’m quite behind on interviews but I just wanted to write a bit about a disconnect I have been noticing with many of the musicians I know and have been working with in the last few months.  When you cold call someone who is the one of the gatekeepers to [...]

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.

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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 [...]