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Types of Artists

Digital Music News released a list of the 12 different kinds of artists out there these days.  I found the list interesting.  You can find the direct link here: http://digitalmusicnews.com/stories/092410typesofartist And here is a list of the 12 different kinds of artists from Digital Music News: (1) The Unsigned, DIY Do-it-yourself (DIY), and totally direct-to-fan [...]

The Do It Yourself Artist

Are artists really making it by doing things themselves? Is time spent online building a fan base taking away from creating music? Will this lead to a new music industry to support the online presence of artists while they do what they do best – create music? Read more here from Digital Music Review: http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/011910silverman [...]

The Do It Yourself Artist – Part II

For the Do It Yourself artist, what is one of the most important determinations of their success? Well, like all entrepreneurial endeavors, success largely depends on keeping expenses low. Very low. As in, each band member lives very frugally. And herein lies the trouble. The superstar artist of the past lived extravagantly off money from [...]

Almost Famous

Last night, I had the honor of being a part of a musical event that included a number of artists. I was back stage before playing, and a major recording artist was back there as well chatting it up with all of the musicians. One of the artists played her song, came backstage, and was [...]