Category Archives: Resources
How Will You Accelerate Your Music Career In 2017?
Suggestions for moving your music career dramatically forward in the coming year. Remember, you CAN make money making music!
100 Quick Tips, Tricks and Resources
Avoiding Road Fatigue or Cabin (bus/hotel) Fever Find ways to keep yourself occupied, such as video games, board games, writing a book etc. Initiate interactive dialogues with friends and family via phone, email, Facebook, Twitter etc. Challenge yourself to do things you’ve never done rather than get stuck in a rut. Clean and repair your…
100 Valuable Tips For Indie Artists
10 Things That Keep A Musician From Being Hired For A Lot Of Gigs Unkempt (messy, dirty, etc.) Poor equipment or equipment that keeps breaking Bad attitude Foul mouth Putting down others Sloppy playing Not a team player Not willing to carry his or her own weight Inability to memorize songs and licks Unwillingness to…
100 Tips and Ideas For Indie Artists
10 Ways To Utilize Your Street Team: Recruit people to come to your shows Pass out or hang fliers Request your songs on radio (within reason) Help man the door at shows Help man your merch table Promote your music to their friends Promote you on their social networks (Facebook, MySpace etc.) Run your fan…
Music Registries For Weddings And Other Private Parties
Updated 5/2015 These are websites that provide lists of vendors for weddings and other private parties. If you perform at, or want to perform at these kinds of events, it would be worth while to list yourself on these sites. Wedding Wire Party Pop GigMasters Wedding Music USA Decidio Gigsalad BookaBand Eventective Note: Inclusion of…
Stolen Equipment Registries
If you have had any of your equipment stolen, these might be of great service to you! The following websites offer databases for registering and searching for stolen musical instruments. In the event you suffer the loss of a musical instrument, contact the appropriate law enforcement authorities first and then consider contacting all local music…
Popular Performance Circuits
© 2015 Vinny Ribas A circuit is a series of similar gigs that an act is well-received at and that fills much of their calendar with. For instance, you can travel from fair to fair or college to college all across the country, with those gigs making up 75%% of your gigs. Another example is booking…