This article lists 5 categories of measurement to stop attaching your success to, and 5 to look at in new, radiant lights. Let’s begin…

Now, I’ve broken down the six main types of blogs that would be relevant to you as an artist. Here are some general overviews and tips for each:

If you are an active member of the music industry, you’re going to need business cards.

Lauren and Dre are, without a doubt, the kind of friends anyone in the music industry needs. They are the best example of being humble and letting talent and hard work take you far in the business.

Like many aspects of the music business, record deals have also adapted with the new, digital age. Because there is a lot less extra money to throw around in the industry, labels are taking fewer chances on promising talent, and are carefully calculating the risks and ROI (return on investment) that every act they are considering brings.

Every creative entrepreneur (that would be you) has their strengths when it comes to managing professional social media. Today, I boiled them down to the main four and created a personality quiz that identifies where you feel most comfortable. Bonus: it’s Harry Potter themed.

These are ten ways to distribute your EP, loosely ranked from bland to brilliant.

NOTE: THIS ARTICLE IS PREACHY, PEACHY AND MOTIVATIONAL SPEECHY.

With the modern stat that less that 1% of albums breakeven on sales alone, many independent artists are left asking themselves “how the heck will I make my money back?” The answer is to have fans to sell it to.

“Ottawa is booming with talent,” says Ted Adler from across the coffee table. “There are high standards for excellence, but not enough audience turn out. It should be stronger.”

If you ask artists what their dream in music is, a lot of them will answer “to hear my song on the radio!” and they’re talking mainstream, countdown of the charts radio.

Rose is also a big fan of artists supporting other artists, “it’s the grease in the wheels. The music industry should be about collaboration, not competition. Musicians need to collectively fight to be treated professionally and fairly,”

For an unpaid performance, there are quite a few ways that separate the amateurs from the artists. This article will try to cover most of them.

Grab some popcorn, and pretend I’m your cool older brother, giving you advice learnt from experience.

Jeff describes Annihilator’s upcoming Canadian tour as “almost like a super-energetic rehearsal with 250-1000 metal friends.”

Anyways, what does this have to do with mailing lists? Well, both sports have their own moves and rules. In the rush of everyone in my city being so darn happy, I’m going to compare different mailing list “moves” to both sports.

So, your friend wants to set up automated Direct Messages on their Twitter account. Do us all a favour and show them this article – after you finish face-palming, of course.

 We believe that being awesome clients can be a key differentiator. We are thus starting a series to inspire other musicians to use this strategy to advance their careers.


hile it seems like young artists are releasing quick singles every month for fear of losing relevance, adult contemporary/pop (with an edge!) singer-songwriter Chantal Hackett is on the edge of jumping back into her own show after half a dozen years.

Congrats, you landed an interview! You’re excited, we’re excited, we’ve set up a date and time, and you’re counting down to it. Here are a couple of things myself and other music bloggers would love to let you know.