09 Apr What Bands On Tour Can Learn From Target’s Adventure In Canada
Why Target failed in Canada, and how bands planning their out-of-town tours can learn from them....
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04 Apr How To Catch Attention In The Music Industry
Today I want to focus on, from my experience and the way the industry is going, what good managers, labels and others are looking for in artists in 2017....
27 Mar Stefan Jurewicz on All Day Breakfast, Coffee Snobbery and Onionface
Stefan is the lead vocalist and guitar player. His other project, a long-distance duo called All Day Breakfast, is keeping him busy, as the release date for their debut EP was March 23rd, 2017. Oh, and he’s also an audio engineer....
20 Mar 17 Musician Resolutions for Spring 2017
This list is called “17 Musician Resolutions for Spring 2017” - I didn’t just make it for myself, so feel free to join in, and add your own in the comments after!...
18 Mar “Buy Us A Beer” Tour Recap – Ottawa 2017
When Kyle Ivanich messages you with a complimentary ticket to the Ottawa stop of his tour, playing alongside Charlie The Kid and featuring The Ramblin’ Valley Band, one feels very useful indeed. ...
10 Mar Do Free Songs And Email Lists Go Together?
When the same song is basically free in a more convenient way, why should anyone care to give you their email address?...
06 Mar Inside the mind of a music critic: an interview with Ear To The Ground’s Greg Jones
“I will listen to 200 bands today,” Greg Jones smiles, sipping from a custom Ear To The Ground coffee mug, a gift from his wife. “We get the rumblings before the rest of the world, and I want to cover someone before they take off.”...
17 Feb We Are Bandicoot on Festival Vibes, Playing a Deserted Island, and Letting The Deal Come To You
“Our parents told us to be something,” says Simon Briley, “so We Are Bandicoot.” The five piece Alt-Rock band from Kent, England, was in fact called that because they liked the name of the small Australian animal, made popular by the Playstation game, Crash Bandicoot....
10 Feb How to be an irresistible wallflower: make them come to you!
Over the years, I’ve gone to numerous events alone, built up a repertoire of strategies that work almost every time, and today, I’m going to share some with you. These are a few ways to be an irresistible wallflower....
05 Feb The Top 10 Industry Tips Given at MEGAPHONO 2017
From February 1st-3rd, 2017, my hometown of Ottawa, Canada was host to the MEGAPHONO Music Showcase and Conference. I really wanted to do was add value and draw lessons from the various conferences that were hosted. ...