Category: Music Business
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The Hard Truth about Music Business
Getting into the music business is hard enough, selling records and staying successful is another matter altogether. There is a reality check that you have to face at some point in your career as a musician; this could be before you start, in the middle and sadly towards the end. The hard truth you have…
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Image is Everything in Music Business
In the music industry, your image is everything. Your ability to sing or play an instrument is second to the image that is created. This can be created by you, the artist or by your management company. The Spice Girls are an excellent example of image creation. Each girl was assigned a character which they…
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Self-Promoting Your Music
It is not the end of the world if you have not yet been picked up by a record label. You can get into the game yourself, but there are a few things you should take note of. 1. Goals – Pick something you want to promote about yourself. It could be a Single, a…
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Music Genres Explained
The evolution of music has progressed at such a rapid pace in the last five decades that new music genres are popping up almost on a daily basis. Music genres today are extremely diversified and the list is a long one. Each genre and why it is different from one another requires several articles to…
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A Short History of the LP
LP stands for Long Playing record and initially made its first appearance over 60 years ago. Columbia records held a press conference to unveil the LP on June 21, 1948 at the Waldorf Astoria. The LP initially had two formats, which were 10-inches and 12-inches in diameter. Catalogue number wise, the first 10-inch was Frank…
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A Short History of the EP
Extended Play or EP can be a Vinyl Record, CD or even downloaded music. The definition of an EP is anything which is “more than one single but too short to be an LP”. The earliest form of an EP can be traced back to as far as 1920 to the 78-rpm discs released by…
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Breaking Into The Country Music Scene
The country music industry is very big and breaking into it is similar to breaking into any other music genre with one exception. Country music places a very big value on songwriting. In hindsight, this may seem obvious; country music is all about the words so songwriting would be the obvious thing to get into.…
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Copyrighting Your Music
To protect your original work you must always, always copyright your material. There is no other way that you can combat plagiarism. You can obtain a copyright from the U.S. Copyright Office which will protect you and give you your rights to fight for, in case your work is stolen. Although copyright laws tend to…
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Selling Your Music Online
The internet has taken much of the heartache of rejection away from budding artists. In the past a new artist had to go through many years of rejection from numerous studios before they hit it big. But now with YouTube and similar sites, it is easy for artists to get exposure and become popular. Since…
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Making Money by Writing Songs
Writing a song is sometimes a pastime for many people and while most of the lyrics written are not of any great quality, there are some gems in there. For what it is worth everyone who writes songs for fun or is trying to get into the songwriting business should take a long hard look…