Infinite Fan Base

Ownership of your art is a very heated argument. Some people are too controlling, sending the lawyers out for any infringement, and others are completely altruistic and release their creations for all to use. I’m in the middle. So are most of you.
Here’s a link to Creative Commons , a non-profit organization dedicated to providing […]

Two articles about Radiohead - the one band who realizes the game has changed and is doing something about it.
You should too.
Estimates: Radiohead Made Up To $10 Million on Initial Album Sales (Updated)
David Byrne and Thom Yorke on the Real Value of Music

Let’s look at the fundamental idea behind building a fan base - content.
Content is the information, music, or other material consumed by your fans. They listen to your songs, they watch your videos, they read your lyrics, so on and so forth. Content creates an insatiable desire - fans will never get tired of consuming […]

Here’s an interesting article that ran a few weeks ago:
The Royalty Scam - New York Times
I don’t agree with everything that he says in there, but here’s the main takeaway - the industry is changing. Social Networking sites are bringing together fans and artists, you should be working to take advantage of it.

The underlying idea for forming a fan base is this - find and nurture a set of fans that follow and love your band and your music. They’re out there, you need to find them.
Creating this community of fans is much easier compared than in the past, when record labels had all the control. Today’s […]

other than my recording software, it would be a presentation tool, like Powerpoint (Windows) or Keynote (Mac).
Why? Because that tool can take images, graphics, and text and create a simple presentation. The presentation can be augmented with sound (i.e., your track) and then converted to a file for uploading to the video sites.
Further, the presentation […]