Maintaining a dedicated fan base is one of the most daunting tasks faced by musicians. We all know the importance of social networking, working the press, and promoting shows. If only there was a way to incorporate all of your promotional efforts into one source that could be easily distributed to your target audience. Well guess what? There is! It’s called a newsletter. Newsletters are a simple and effective way to build a “community” around your music, while keeping in touch with your fans…

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As in all businesses, the most important and essential contributors to our success in show-biz come from the personal relationships we develop and maintain over the course of our careers.

Someone put it very succinctly when he or she said: "It's not about who

you know; it's about who knows you." To take that very truthful statement

a little bit further: It's not just about who knows you, it's about who…

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I just get fascinated everytime I try to evaluate the business of art - what fascinates me is that there is so much creativity and self expression out there - it is awesome - yet, that very supply of self expression and originality makes it challenging to try to create a business model that promotes the artist and art while serving the needs of the consumer, without diminishing free expression and originality or commoditizing the artist.

If major labels are to be entrusted…

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I can't even begin to tell you how many times iv'e been told "Welcome to the music business." It's usually while I am curled up in the fetal position crying my eyes out. I found it so interesting when I first started coming to Nashville with my big eyes on being a big star, how often I'd hear this. I was young, I had a great investor, I had talent, I had paid some major dues, I had opened for huge acts like Terri Clark and Keith Urban, and I had a support group to die for. How could I go wrong?… Continue

Thank you Judy Whiting and Lilac Moon Productions for the unbelievable Morrell Lap Steel Endorsement that I recently received. So miracles do happen also in this business of music. You certainly have the gift of salesmanship and your intuitive radar in situations like this are priceless to a musician/artist such as myself. People like you validate the very nucleolus of the meaning of my artistic value,and musicianship. Your hard work,

telephone calls, emails,… Continue