On the road doing live shows in 2010: how to do it the right way, an artist’s perspective.
Artist: Amanda Rheaume
Note from the Editor:
Many music business consultants are preaching that doing live shows is the only way to build a true fan base and though I hear them preaching, I don’t often see real world examples of artists who are making it work for them to a place where they are truly building a fan...
by Jon Sheldrick
Let’s get one thing straight: I love free music. If a musician decides to give away an album, I’m the first to download it. I am against the RIAA lawsuits that sue people for sharing music. Rather than scaring people into buying music, I advocate a culture in which people actually want to spend money on music, because they understand the positive repercussions it has on the medium of recorded...
By james.lamberti
I was fortunate to attend the Digital Music Forum West conference this week and help set the table for 2-days of discussion with Eric Garland from Big Champagne and Russ Crupnick from The NPD Group. In only my second speaking gig with Topspin, I wasn’t sure what to expect. Frankly, the industry has an appropriate fascination with what we are up to, but an unrealistic view on how quickly our...
