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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 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 [...]