Musician's Toolbox
Musician’s Library: The 4-Hour Work-Week, part 1 (Elimination)
Here at Music Is My Day Job, we’re always looking for new ways to help you make music your full-time gig, thus our “Musician’s Library” feature, where we look at books, articles and ideas that you should be adding to your reading list. Today, we are focusing on The 4-Hour Work Week by Timothy Ferris and, more specifically, Ferris’ concept of “Elimination”…
Get Your Music to ThinkIndie.com
Want to get your music featured in the new ThinkIndie digital music store (the digital download store sponsored by some of the best indie music stores in the U.S.)? Check out this brief interview which has everything you need to know (and fortunately, if you are already using The Orchard, IODA or similar services, you’re [...]
In The Jungle on Song Arrangments
An excellent (somewhat exhaustive?) list of ways to improve a song’s arrangement from the guys behind Audio Jungle on their In The Jungle blog. While many of the tips are not necessarily unique or innovative, not paying attention to these basics can destroy an otherwise great track. See the full list here.
An Intimate Look Inside A Producer’s Studio
Nicolay from The Foreign Exchange has an essential blog where he posts more than just random thoughts, opinions and pet photos. In addition to the high-quality exclusive downloads he normally provides, over the last few weeks, he has been giving readers a detailed look inside his studio, commenting on how he creates certain sounds [...]
What’s In Your Contracts?
The guys over at ArtistsHouse shared this article from indie-metal entrepreneur Wicked D on what band’s need to make sure the include in their contracts–not contracts with labels and promoters, mind you, but with one another. He includes tips on copyright, business formation, and more, and as it’s not too long, we recommend taking 5 [...]
What Would You Add to This List?
Christopher Carlson at the blog A Musician’s Journey is working on a document to track what DIY musician’s should be doing each week to promote their music, and how often they are doing doing it. He’s asked for help to determine what categories would be most useful, and once he incorporates suggestions from readers, he’ll [...]
Whrrl 2.0: Let Your Fans Tell Your Story
Whrrl is a relatively-new application that allows people to collaborate in the telling of a story and then share that same story with friends on Facebook and Twitter. Impressed with the many possibilities this application presents for independent musicians, we reached out directly to Whrrl’s music community guru himself Marcus Sacco who took some time out his day to tell us more about how Whrrl can help independent musicians connect with their fans…
MySpace Music Updates: The Good, The Bad and the (very) Ugly
…if MySpace is an intricate part of your online presence, than you should definitely play with these new features and determine how best to incorporate them into what you are already doing there…However, if you are not already making MySpace an intricate part of your day-to-day efforts to connect with fans, these new features are no reason to reconsider your MySpace efforts…
Finding Your Audience: As Suggested By You…
…over the last week, we have looked at ways to find your audience, and the feedback was phenomenal, both in terms of appreciation and in terms of suggestions for additional ways to find your audience. Here, we feature some of the top reader suggestions that apply to our general readership…
Finding Your Audience: Twitter
…Twitter is the hip social media thing to do right now, but after you peel back the hype and “trend-spotting” news reports (and actually start to use the service!), you will discover that Twitter allows for interaction unlike any other type of social media, and there are specific benefits to musicians that no other service can offer, especially when it comes to connecting with fans…
