It’s an age old question that every artist seems to have a different answer to. Some bands release an album, then follow it up with radio silence for five years, whilst others seem to be releasing new music constantly. In a recent video, The Music Career Killer, I said that as a band or songwriter, [...]
Whilst Instagram is undoubtedly a great way to promote your music, sometimes posting content can feel like shouting into the void. So how can you get yourself out there, and make sure you’re not being drowned out by everyone else’s yelling? First off, there is a difference between being a great musician and being a [...]
My music education started in the 90s, when the choice of where to study music was either your local college or the one specialist music college in London called Guitar Institute (Basstech for us bassists). As a 16-year-old who had failed his GCSEs TWICE, I enrolled on a performing arts course just outside of my [...]
While success is subjective and each of us have different definitions of what success looks like, there are some definite ways of improving your chances to achieving where you want to be. The creative brain thinks and acts in a different way to most humans. We have a natural desire to create, build and experiment [...]
I’m currently sat in the splitter van on day 3 of the Music Industry Conference tour. Each night there are different music industry speakers giving their time to help the musicians, like you, with their bands & careers. What is great about it is listening to the innovation being used by different areas of the [...]
If I had a pound for every time I got asked what format a band should release music, I would easily have enough money to pay my monthly Spotify subscription! But it’s a legitimate question which every band and artist needs to ask - and by ask I don’t mean in a rhetorical Shakespearian way, [...]
Have you got the following info written down and communicated to the band (not in your head)… 1. What are your weekly content targets? 2. Do you have weekly pillars and routine in your content creating? 3. Do you have a diary with time for content preparation? 4. Do you have time in your diary [...]
