What You Need To Know Before Pursuing A Career in Music
You’re not crazy for wanting to work in the music business, but there is something you should know before your journey begins. Continue Reading
Career Advice
The Best Career Advice That No One In Music Takes Seriously
The best advice for avoiding burnout and developing your career in the music business is the advice that requires the least amount of work. Continue Reading
A crash course in avoiding music industry burnout
Everyone in music works too much and has a million things they feel they must accomplish, but taking time to recover is just as important as getting ahead. Continue Reading
Job Hunting Tips for the Music Business
Working in the music business is a dream shared by countless thousands of people around the world, but there are no clear paths to entry. Some get their start by booking shows or playing in bands, while others take the… Continue Reading
You need a back-up plan in music. Always.
Everyone who dreams of working in music rarely pictures the day they will lose their dream position. Having spent the better part of fifteen years working in the business of music I have seen people at every level of success… 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
Learning to trust ‘The Pinch’ Next March will be a major occasion for me. I don’t know the date specifically, but that month will mark seven years of full-time employment in the music industry. I will be thirty when it happens… Continue Reading
The truth about ‘making it’ in the music business today If every idea or plan I ever heard in every conversation I ever had with an aspiring industry professional or musician the music business would be a vastly different place than… Continue Reading
PRO TIP: Control your high There is a lot of bad things said in regards to the music business and how it can sometimes appear to be an endless party where adults are able to act like perpetual children as… Continue Reading
Don’t quit your day job (yet)
This morning I came across post from a young industry professional hoping to offer guidance to those aspiring to follow their path into the music business. The article outlined four things everyone should do in order to pursue a career… Continue Reading