Posts Tagged ‘Music’

How to Build a Fan-Worthy Facebook Page

Posted: March 12, 2012 in Free Education, Free Knowledge, Helping Others, Music Artist, Music Business
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As Facebook continues to enhance its fan page options, businesses are not only struggling to keep up with the changes, but they also are still trying to figure out how to brand and market their pages. Because of some of the changes, strategies you used just last month to increase your “likes” and interactions with fans may not be as effective.

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Here are a few quick branding fixes that will make it easier for prospects to find you, as well as some tips on getting more fans or what I prefer to call interested prospects. (more…)

The Truth Behind The Music Industry

Posted: October 23, 2011 in Entrepreneur, Free Education, Free Knowledge, Helping Others, Marketing, Music Artist, Music Business
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Whenever I talk to a artist who’s about to sign with a major label, I always end up thinking of them in a particular way. I imagine a trench, about four feet wide and five feet deep, maybe sixty yards long, filled with runny, decaying shit. I imagine these people, some of them good friends, some of them barely acquaintances, at one end of this trench. Then I imagine the faceless industry at the other end holding a fountain pen and a contract just waiting. Nobody can see what’s printed on the contract, because it’s too far away. The industry shouts to everybody that the first one to swim the trench gets to sign the contract. Everybody dives in the trench and they struggle and fight to get (more…)

Overcoming Adversity

Posted: October 17, 2011 in Free Education, Free Knowledge, Helping Others
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Here’s a question for you: What are you made of? What are you really made of? When push comes to shove, when the rubber meets the road, when the chips are down, what lies at the very core of your character?

You learn what you’re really made of only when things go wrong and you are tumbled, end over end, by some adversity or setback that hits you like a Mack truck coming out of an alley. Since your behaviors on the outside are the real indicators of who you are on the inside, only by observing how you behave when things go wrong can you tell what you really have inside you. (more…)