The annual music industry slowdown is coming As much as things are always changing in the music industry there is still a lot that remains the same. Beginning at the end of October every year, the music business as a… Continue Reading
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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
So you want to work in the music business… Here’s something you don’t want to read: Your dreams might not come true. In fact, it has famously been said that many live lives of quiet desperation, longing to be the… Continue Reading
Be a Better You: Try Something New Some people look to the first of January as a date made for pursuing new things, but here at Haulix we believe such thinking is born solely out of a desire to remain… Continue Reading
Want to save music blogs? Work together. In case anyone out there is still believing their music blog will change the world allow me to temper your dreams just a bit. As much as we would all like to believe… 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
One thing young artists can learn from Gregg Allman We lost a giant over the weekend. Gregg Allman was a pure, unbridled rock and roll icon whose talent and contributions to music cannot be overstated. His work inspired and will… Continue Reading
On PWR BTTM, controversy, and the incredible power rights holders wield in 2017 It took less than a week for the career of PWR BTTM, a two-piece punk band from New York, to unravel. After months of digital hype and… Continue Reading
How to Avoid Becoming A Real Estate Agent
The following post was written by Rey Roldan, founder of Reybee Inc. and a longtime Haulix client. “What do you call an ex-music industry person,” a friend asked me recently. “I dunno, what,” I asked. “A realtor,” he chuckled, and… Continue Reading
The value of a hashtag
The hashtag turns 10 years old this August. (#HappyBirthday) Think about that. In just one decade a symbol that used to be thought of as little more than a largely unused button on a phone has become one of the… Continue Reading