Author Archives: Vinny Ribas
Giving The Gift Of Music
© 2019 Vinny Ribas In these tough economic times, everyone is cutting corners. One place we tend to cut back is on gift-giving. Since you have musical talent, here are some ideas that can save you money and just might mean more to your family and friends than the anything you could buy from a…
Don’t Wait To Make A Difference
© 2010 Vinny Ribas I am pleased at the number of artists that I meet who just want to be famous enough thatt they can ‘make a difference’ in the lives of others. However, I am concerned that they think they need to wait for celebrity status to have an impact. I believe that you…
Sales 101 for the Indie Artist
© 2011 Vinny Ribas If you’re an independent artist, let’s face it; unless you have a full-time booking agent and a strong marketing team behind you, you are in charge of sales and marketing. In fact, even with those team members in place, the most important sales job is still yours – turning listeners and…
Leveraging Your Talents And Your Skills
© 2011 Vinny Ribas As a singer, musician, songwriter or band, you have talents and skills that can be used to your benefit in other ways than playing the usual gigs and selling your CDs from the back of the room. Here are some out-of-the-box ways to leverage your talent and skills:
The 6 Stages Of An Artist’s Career
© 2011 Vinny Ribas An artist who has ‘made it’ has most likely reach several major landing points in his or her career. This happens in many different areas of the artist’s career, such as the gigs they played, the recordings they released and the fan base they’ve amassed. After all, success is a process.…
Guarding Your Brand And Reputation
© 2011 Vinny Ribas Let’s face it – we are all human. And as human nature would have it, sometimes we do or say something that we wish hadn’t. It might be a quick slip of the tongue, telling a joke that offends someone or sending an email that is construed wrong. And if we…
The Differences Between Songwriting in NYC & Nashville
© 2011 Cliff Goldmacher www.EducatedSongwriter.com As a transplanted songwriter from Nashville to New York City, I’ve had the chance to observe, up close, the approaches to songwriting and the songwriting communities in both cities. While there are of course many similarities, there are also quite a few differences. By the way, I feel I should…
An Aspiring Songwriter’s 2nd Job
Part Two of a Two-part series By Rand Bishop At the risk of appearing arrogant, pedantic, professorial, or even coldy academic, I have distilled the work required to become a successful professional songwriter into three general job descriptions:
An Aspiring Songwriter’s First Job
By Rand Bishop www.RandBishop.com I find that I really don’t know exactly what I know until I express it, sometimes verbally, but more often via the written word. My compulsion to keep reminding myself of the many things I’ve learned over the course of more than four decades in the music biz (went quickly, believe…
How To Be Taken Seriously By Influential People In The Music Industry
© 2011 Vinny Ribas There are an unprecedented number of artists who do nothing but shoot their websites, EPKs, CDs, social network pages etc. out to everyone they can find in the music business in the hopes that they will be heard by one person who will launch them to stardom. Some get pushy and…