Find Your Lantern: A conversation with 36 Crazyfists You’ve probably heard it said that the best thing about music is the fact when it hits you feel no pain. While that may be true in certain circumstance, I don’t agree… Continue Reading
Month: September 2017
How to break into the American music scene You know what’s harder than breaking into the music industry in 2017? Breaking into the music industry when you’re an artist based in any place outside of North America. You may be… Continue Reading
Accept the fact you are going to fail As much as you may like to believe your career in music is infallible, or that you have a gift for songwriting no one will be able to deny, I can guarantee… Continue Reading
Inside Music #114: Michael Kaminsky (Adventure Cat Records) On this episode of INSIDE MUSIC, host James Shotwell calls Adventure Cat Records founder Michael Kaminsky to learn who in their right mind would launch a record label in 2017. Michael is… Continue Reading
New openings (September 24) Coordinator, Consumer Relationship Marketing (WMG – NYC) The CRM Coordinator’s primary role is to support hands on, the design and implementation of processes, solutions and tools Fan Engagement programs as outlined by the Sr. Director of… Continue Reading
Inside Music Podcast #113: Enter Shikari (Rou Reynolds)
On this episode of INSIDE MUSIC, host James Shotwell explains where we’ve been, what we’re doing, and (hopefully) where we’re headed from here. We also talk to Rou Reynolds about Enter Shikari’s new album, The Spark, which is now in… Continue Reading
10 questions to determine if you ‘need’ a manager (with Scott Waldman) Long Island, NY native Scott Waldman is what you might call a true renaissance man. The musician/artist manager/a&r executive and host of the weekly show Waldman Words, heard on… Continue Reading
Blog Tips: Language matters when covering assault Often in music journalism it feels as though every step forward is immediately followed by half a step back. A rather harmless example of this would be people learning that diversity in content… Continue Reading
New openings (September 18) Associate Digital Merchandising Manager (Sound United – Vista, CA) Reporting to the Digital Marketing Manager, the Associate Digital Marketing Manager- Merchandising will be responsible for driving the strategy and business results of an assigned online category of… Continue Reading
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circlesandsoundwaves: As a music journalist, my inbox is flooded with emails about new music. “That’s great, right?” Sure- there’s a lot to discover- but it’s also overwhelming to sift through it all. Press releases and pitches have been sent my… Continue Reading