Band management: Blog 26: Back to Work
For the next two weeks I will be in Connecticut on the shore. There’s no genius on the Connecticut shore – so I’m actually going to put in some serious exploration of the music industry.
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Band Management: Blog 25: The Tribute Album
First, I am managing a band for a year – “Band A” – and I am blogging this exploration of the music industry. This gives me the platform to send “Band A” info everywhere, actively looking for scams and angles that bands can use to reach a larger audience…
Album Review: “WEIRD VIBES” by The Power, by Vinnie Minnie
What if after 1994 rock music got systematically catchier and more fun instead of more counterfeit than mundane?
Experiment: Band Management: Blog 24: Press Packet
I’m going to do this once – a mass mailing of Band A’s CD to radio stations and publications. It seems that some radio stations want CDs (WNCW, KDRW, WFMU) – so I’m sending out a PRESS PACKET to 30 stations and publications.
Experiment: Band Management: Blog 22: On the cusp..
I am managing “Band A” for a year – I like them and I have free reign to use them in my exploration of the music industry. But I want to be very clear – I am not making claims that “Band A” is better than other bands we play on the podcast or other bands I know from the Asheville scene.
Experiment: Band Management: Blog 21: The Artist
I am managing “Band A” for one year, because I’m fascinated by the music economy, and by the question of how artists become economically self-sufficient.
Experiment: Band Management: Blog 20: The Tooth and the Label.
I am managing a band for a year – “Band A.” I am attaching photos just so there is proof of this next part of the story: How I had toothache and how “Band A” got on a label…
Experiment: Band Management: Blog 19: Dauntless Promotions
This year I am managing “Band A.” The stated goals are to get “Band A” onto a record label, to play at a festival, and to get 100 people to a regular show. I started this investigation because no one seemed to understand the current music business.
Experiment: Band Management: Blog 18: The Nitty and The Gritty
The nitty and gritting of getting a record out. Band management is not all-sexiness, all-the-time. Although, my style of band management is mostly being sexy all-the-time. How do you get your music out into the world? In physical form and on major online platforms?