Graham English
Songwriter, Recording Artist, and Blogging Musician
Songwriter, Recording Artist, and Blogging Musician
“…we’re – unbelievably – stuck in the position of arguing with our own label about the merits of having our videos be easily shared. It’s like the world has gone backwards.”
“There is no reason why anyone should have made so much money from selling records except that everything was right for this period of time. I always knew it would run out sooner or later.”
People are Tweeting about paying for music?! Imogen Heap has started something…
I thought I missed the boat in reporting this but Trent keeps adding updates so it’s worth checking back on this veteran’s guide to budding artists.
Trent Reznor talks about the music business and more.
Today marks the first time that musicians not affiliated with a label or royalty collection agency can collect revenue direct from a free streaming music platform. Read on…
Kevin Kelly is back again with some feedback on his article, 1,000 True Fans, by musician Robert Rich. Read on…
Kevin Kelly writes that the long tail is a blessing for aggregators (Amazon, Netflix) and consumers. But not so for creators. Read on…
Seth Godin dishes 14 tips to musicians on the cusp between old and new media. Read on…
Along the same lines as the Thom Yorke interview, David Byrne lays out the “Survival Strategies for Emerging Artists — and Megastars.”
Wired has put together an excellent multi-media article about Radiohead’s recent experiment and the music business in general.
Radiohead is releasing their new album In Rainbows next week for any price you want to pay! But they’re not the first.
“The minute you sign your name, you lose all the rights to your music and you’ll never see a dime.” -Dick Dale
TechCrunch reports that SellABand just might be working.
But a few months later, wow. 2700 bands from all over the world have signed up, and four have already reached the $50,000 mark and have recorded albums (Nemesea, Cubworld, Second Person and Clemence, and more are on the way. Mandyleigh, one of our readers, is currently no. [...]
Here’s the final entry to my 2006 Celebrations and Reflections series. According to my stats, these are the top 20 most popular posts of 2006. Have a happy New Year!
How To Be An Expert
Your Goals As Waveform
What is RSS and Why Do I Care?
The World’s Most Important 6-Sec Drum Loop
Absolute Pitch Power Blogathon
Can Hit Songs [...]
Learn how to promote and market your music, self-publish your music, and make your music business grow in 2007 with these tips from my top music business articles of 2006.
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WikiMusicGuide
How to Market Your Music with MySpace
Your Music Will Sell In Japan?
Tunecore Puts Your Music Into iTunes And [...]
Find out more: Music Business Radio – Weekly Podcast Now Available
Current show features Dez Dickerson. Dez is probably best known as the lead guitarist and musical director for Prince and the Revolution, but has worked with a number of artists including Narada Michael Walden, Aretha Franklin, and Vanity 6.
You will learn a lot about [...]
Warner Bros. is looking to promote bands in virtual worlds.
Warner Bros. Records is looking to create Second Life environments for some of its bands, judging this blog post by its director of technology, Ethan Kaplan. Kaplan writes that he wants to hire “someone who knows Second Life like the back of their hand to create [...]
I have been speaking with a business friend of mine, Greg Percifield. In case you don’t know him, he’s the owner of Music Forte Inc. We were discussing various CD distribution companies, and the problems that existed in that field of the music business. We both concluded that the rate of actual distribution is very [...]
This is a really good article from one of my favorite blogs.
In all cases, there’s more money performing than recording:
Sillerman established himself in live performance, and those stripes shined brightly during the keynote. “In all cases, there’s more money performing than recording,” he said, noting that future artists may create business models that focus on [...]
about grahamI'm a songwriter and recording artist who sings, plays keyboards, and explores the vast world of sound hoping to find some magical moments along the way. I'm also a Mac geek.
Epic Jon Stewart: http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/thu-march-18-2010/conservative-libertarian 19 hrs ago
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