Nashville, TN– In a Press Conference this morning changes to the Historic Ryman Auditorium were announced that will make the Mother Church of Country Music more accessible to tourists and visitors. Don’t worry though the highly touted auditorium itself will remain untouched. These changes will actually help people experience the Ryman in an all new way. […]
Since the dawn of MySpace musicians and management opened a way to communicate and share their music with each other and fans like never before. They had a platform that they could be themselves, show off their music and many artists have built careers on it. Since MySpace fell off of the Internet spectrum we […]
Last Friday we had a graduation where instructor/engineer extraordinaire Colin Heldt gave a speech to our graduates telling them not to give up, it will take time to make a name for yourself. This weekend I recieved this video from Dave Hagen, Instructor/Engineer/Beard Grower Extraordinaire, echoing nearly the same thing. So I felt compelled to […]
Hashtags are awesome. If you don’t think so you probably aren’t using them right. I’ve covered it a couple times in passing but hashtags are the little # before a word, used mostly in Social Networking. But can now be found through google searches. You can see hashtags everywhere from TV shows to churches, and […]
Working hard at social media is one thing, working smart is another. I know countless acts, artists, professionals and business owners who are really great at staying active and engaging with their social media. But they can’t seem to get likes, retweets, share or repins. When they come to me to take a look at […]
How many of you have seen the #musicmonday hashtags? Did you know that Music Mondays can actually help you gain fans? Here’s the Breakdown: #MusicMonday is a hashtag that people use to share music, most of it is not theirs. Meaning it is fans sharing what they are listening to or enjoy. If you aren’t […]
If you are in a band, own a business or write a blog, you will and should at some point upload a video to YouTube. YouTube is the 2nd largest search engine in the world after it’s big sister, Google. This means that posting something on YouTube can be seen by more people that if […]
It’s pretty obvious the normal formula for success in the music industry now lies in the hands of the artists, this was never more apparent than last night’s Grammy Awards. Macklemore and Ryan Lewis took home “Best New Artist” and “Best Rap Album” without ever signing with a label. So just how did Macklemore win […]
With the Grammy’s airing in just about 5 days, the music and sound world turns their attention to the nominees and performers. It’s an exciting time of year! Maybe you watch every year, maybe you couldn’t care less. But here are some reasons why you should care and watch. 1. You will learn who the […]
When it comes to being successful in the music business there are quite a few fatal mistakes that bands, performers, producers, labels and even engineers make that sets them up to fail before they ever start. One of these mistakes that we see more often than not is not developing a brand. When a […]
