Thursday, June 18, 2009

Sifting, sifting - weekly highlights


I have come across some great stuff this week. Here it is, short and sweet:

1) Brian had a great blog about the 'Online, Artist Report Card'. This was a good eye opener and a good general checklist to keep you focused when you are are starting out and as a check in later on.

http://www.thornybleeder.com/index_files/the_online_artist_report_card.html#unique-entry-id-212

2) I found another cool site MTT that seems to have some interesting bits of information, like this article about booking agents:

http://www.musicthinktank.com/blog/how-do-i-get-booking-agents-to-take-my-band-seriously.html

3) And one more quickly to watch, a video about Pandora. Of course, we can't use it in Canada, but the conversations are interesting and the advice is good at the end.

http://sivers.org/pandora

Melissa and I were talking about it tonight, about how even though you can be a 'solo' artist, it's difficult make it solely on your own. It really takes a team, it makes it a lot easier and way more fun. She even says, wise person that she is:

"I think it's so unfair the artist gets the biggest piece of the pie...it's a team effort...we all make each other stronger...I think anyways./ The artist doesn't have to negate business or his art, s/he can focus on music, but get a team together, like we've got, and it's all part of the machine. No one part any less important than the others. "

Have a great week everyone!

(Art by Melissa Endean)

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