So this week’s blog is short. It’s also of paramount importance. If you are the writer for your band learn you craft. Learn it from the great writers. Think about their themes and their tricks to reach your soul. That’s why they are great writers and that, if you want to succeed at rock, is what you must do….
Retired Rock Manager/Producer
Twenty five years of music biz madness... advice and stories for free...actual help with your music career not available..........Best of Luck.....
The ultimate prize a recording contract..II….
A recording contract says that the band can only record for the label and no one else. This is absolute and final. There is no scenario where the label will allow the band to record tracks without the label being in absolute control of those masters.
Jonathan Coulton and Creative Commons copyright….
I asked Jonathan Coulton to discuss his progressive attitude towards controlling his recordings on the web. For those of you who haven’t heard of Jonathon yet he is one of the more interesting Post Guided by Voices , Lo Fi musicians breaking through the inertia of Nirvana and programmed pop. His songwriting combined with a generous and healthy attitude about giving everyone access to his music helped him break out and create some purely web driven hits like “Code Monkey” and “Still Alive” (A song released as the final durge on the underground hit video game Portal). In short Jonathan is a talented songwriter that is comfortable with the changes that the web has offered and
Question from a reader, how to cut up money inside a band
Reader Oliver was kind enough to post a comment with a question that covers a topic I have intended to cover for a few weeks now. That topic is how do you cut up money within a band? What’s the whole royalty payment thing mean for individual band members over the long haul? ———————– Read [...]
