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1. | And The Winner Is: Will Awards And Contests Lead To Bigger Things?
Imagine this: you're a huge rockstar. You're pool is filled with hotties and your bathtub with champagne. You have a coffee table made out of your signature guitar and your Cadillac Escalade has beer on tap and a flat screen high definition TV. ...
[Added: 01 Feb 2007 Hits: 45 Words: 1148]
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2. | The Green-Eyed Monster: Are You Friends Really Happy For Your Success?
Ideally, it should always be the way you've imagined it in your daydreams. You get the phone call you've been waiting for: the big live review, the hot music management company wants you to sign with them, the A&R rep from that major label is coming to your next showcase, ...
[Added: 08 Jan 2007 Hits: 67 Words: 1189]
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3. | It's All Good: There Is No Such Thing As Bad Press!
It's one of the oldest riddles in the history of music: If a band rocks hard in the forest and there's no one there to hear it…did it ever really happen? It's a fact: you may be the most talented musician in the galaxy, but if no knows about you, ...
[Added: 02 Nov 2006 Hits: 84 Words: 973]
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4. | Opening Acts!...Does Playing Before A Rock Star Make You One?
It's the dream of many a musician to open up for either: their favorite band or the favorite band of their childhood. For many, the ultimate in true rock star status is to share a stage with the musicians who made you want to play music in the first ...
[Added: 02 Nov 2006 Hits: 83 Words: 1377]
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5. | Scandalous Behavior: What Happens At The Afterparty, Stays At The Afterparty!
Musicians work hard. They write for days. They rehearse like fiends. Drag heavy gear here and there. Sweat like pigs on stage. Put marathon hours in at the recording studio. Work their fingers to the bone…well, at least into some pretty gnarly calluses. ...
[Added: 05 Oct 2006 Hits: 90 Words: 1124]
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6. | Be Committed!...You'll Never Be Famous If You Don't Show Up!
Everyone wants to be famous: live in a mansion, drive a sports car, tour the world in your private plane, date a model, float around in the pool while collecting royalties for CD sales, and drink beer right out of your ...
[Added: 04 Sep 2006 Hits: 69 Words: 914]
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7. | Show Me The CD...If You Think Your Music's Great, Record It!
Throughout the history of modern music, there hasn't been a musical artist/band who doesn't think that their songs are all #1 hits just waiting to be discovered. Many of these artists have been correct and ...
[Added: 02 Aug 2006 Hits: 77 Words: 941]
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8. | Stop Burning Bridges…Or Your Career Might Go Up In Flames!
Hey, nobody said the music business was going to be easy. It truly is a jungle out there filled with: snakes, rats, rabid carnivores, sharks…well, you get the picture. In the course of your musical journey, ...
[Added: 06 Jul 2006 Hits: 112 Words: 897]
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9. | Every Song Tells A Story…But Does It Need To Be An Abstract Novel?
For a musician, your songs are your art. They are the physical embodiment of your creative gifts. Every bit of anger, happiness, angst, joy, pain, elation, knowledge or humor goes into the story known as your song. You write and re-write it, scouring over each note and ...
[Added: 06 Jul 2006 Hits: 113 Words: 829]
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10. | To Tour Or Not To Tour…That Is The Question!
It's every musician's fantasy. The tour bus rolls up to the arena (full of groupies, beer and pizza). Fans are crowded out front hoping to catch a glimpse of America's hottest band. The group is escorted to their dressing room (full of more groupies, beer and pizza). ...
[Added: 06 Jul 2006 Hits: 102 Words: 834]
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