October 1, 2018 When it comes to radio, the music industry is still primarily based on reporting. This means that mistakes and inaccuracies happens all the time. My vision is to have to a transparent music industry where music usage is based on monitoring, instead of reporting, so that in the future every artist will get compensated accurately and fairly.
September 29, 2018 
September 29, 2018 It’s easy to build a stage. If you want a stage that will still be there for next year’s festival, however, you’ll need to build with a bit more caution. Here are just four tips for constructing a reliable and durable music venue.
Venue tagged DIY, Live, construction, venue September 26, 2018 Here is the lowdown on the importance of navigating your music career through the internet: what you need to do with it, where we’re going, and how to maintain a reputation.
September 25, 2018 The Music Modernization Act (“MMA”) has finally passed both the Senate and the House after the herculean efforts of some individuals and organizations who worked tirelessly to negotiate compromises to accommodate all sides. The MMA will finally move the recorded music industry forward in a way that should facilitate more artists and songwriters being able to make a fair living from making music. The MMA proposes to reform the music licensing landscape in several substantive ways to benefit artists and songwriters.
September 24, 2018 This guest post by Patrick McGuire originally appeared on the Bandzoogle Blog
If you’re a serious musician, I don’t need to tell you how tough it is to cut through the literal and symbolic noise to find and reach audiences. Yes, creating great music should always be at the top of your list of priorities, but figuring out how to get that music in front of listeners is a difficult task you’ll have to think about if you want to sustain a career over the long-term.
Don’t have a clue how to market your music? Today, we’re highlighting 6 tools to help you get started:
DIY, Marketing, Social Media tagged DIY, Facebook, Instagram, Marketing, Marketing Tools, mailing list, promotion, social media, streaming, website September 22, 2018 
September 21, 2018 Guest post by Evan Zwisler of Soundfly’s Flypaper
For such a long time, I resisted using apps to make music. I thought they must just be crappy, tiny versions of what they’re attempting to emulate (soft synthesizers, DAWs, digital instruments), or lame tools for musicians younger than I. Well, turns out I was wrong.
Apps & Mobile tagged app, mixing, mobile, mobile technology, recording, tech September 20, 2018 When enacted, it serves to prevent the illegal sharing, misuse or distribution of that content through unauthorized mediums. But, what does that mean exactly and what or who does it cover? Let’s take a deeper look.
Copyright, Legal Advice tagged Copyright, Legal, copyrighted music September 18, 2018 I used to do social work for a living, the kind of social work where you work with people in the field to reinforce what they’re learning in therapy. I was also (and still am) a musician. Throughout my time as a social worker, and really throughout my life, I’ve noted the pervasive picture of the musician as addict, the musician as drug user, and the musician as junky.
Creativity, Music Industry, Musician tagged Creativity, drugs, music therapy September 17, 2018 Kurt Cobain and Elliott Smith are two musicians who share more than just a North West residency. Fiercely independent, and committed to doing things their own way, they epitomize the vibes of Seattle and Portland respectively.
DIY tagged DIY, Elliott Smith, Kurt Cobain, Songwriters, portland September 15, 2018 
September 13, 2018 In the spring of 2009, I was a college senior staring down the barrel of graduation, and I was clueless.
I knew just one thing: I wanted to make music.
So I did the best thing I knew. I moved to Chicago, where I knew a few other musicians who had been making a living. I moved in with some friends in Wicker Park, built a home studio, and got to work.
I spent my days rushing across town to get the best busking spots, making phone calls to label reps, promoters, and distributors, and playing shows. In what little free time I had, I worked on my album. After a while, I had to get a day job to afford to live in the city, which made my music routine almost unmanageable.
Advice, Music Industry tagged Advice, music industry, music scene September 12, 2018 Arthritis is a chronic condition that can jeopardize your career as a musician, but it doesn’t have to be so serious if you learn how it works and prevent major symptoms. In this post, we described the most common types of the disease and explained how to deal with it.