The owner of Praverb.net reached out to me recently about featuring and interviewing me for his blog. The interview went live Friday and we discuss everything from the music biz and how to get your music heard, to my artwork and brand’s movement. You can check out the full interview here.

Here are ten big things that HAVE changed about the music industry over the last fifteen years: 1. Monetization is about experience, not sales A decade ago, monetizing music was still mostly about CD sales and publishing royalties. The formats have changed, of course, and we’ve seen the dominant trend shift from CD sales to MP3 downloads to streaming (via services like YouTube and Spotify) — but the central point is this: […]

What’s your band name? Are you sure it’s YOUR band name? What I mean is, are you sure you own the rights to use that band or artist name when you create music and conduct business? In short, is your band name protected as a trademark or service mark? Why your band name should be protected by a trademark 1. Avoid duplicate band names You don’t want to tour and record […]

Whether you’re an independent artist or signed to an independent label, you’re sure to have a lot on your plate already. Between booking shows, debating merch, planning your next big marketing move, juggling social media-insanity, oh yeah, and writing new material, the last thing you want to add to your plate is a radio campaign. Indies have all but abandoned this once-career-establishing source. Some say it’s because their audience isn’t […]

Los Angeles-based Forth Magazine contacted me recently about being selected as the featured artist in their next issue. It’s always an honor for magazines to reach out and express how they love my work. The issue went live this week and they featured 5 of my newer paintings (She’s Gotta Have It, Eyes Wide, Ignorant Butterflies, Lecherous Tastes & Crock Tearz). You can check out the full feature here.

The editors of University of Pittsburgh’s Hot Metal Bridge reached out last month about featuring some of my art in their Summer issue. The new digital issue, titled Buggin, went live this week and features 4 of my paintings (Felinity, She’s Gotta Have It, Eyes Wide & Wake Up and Smell the Heartache). You can check out the full feature here.

Being an up and coming musician can be both a delightful and dreadful gig. You’re always writing music, recording, performing in bars and/or clubs, and trying to sell yourself on social media platforms. Selling yourself also means shooting a music video for your best song. You can always just upload the video to YouTube and engage with trolls, or upload to Vimeo and engage with trolls. But you want to, […]

Major congratulations to my client De-Capo Music for  landing a placement on Tedashii‘s new album Below Paradise. The Reach Records artist debuted at #5 yesterday on the iTunes charts. It’s always a blessing to see hard work pay off and we’re extremely excited about the future! Check out the full album here.

Predicting the future of the music business in the rapidly evolving digital age is tricky. In the past decade, innovations like the iTunes Store and streaming Internet radio have radically changed the playing field. As 2014 continues to unfold, there are several trends that indicate opportunities for songwriters and musicians. Crowdsource funding, brand/band partnerships and digital streaming have the greatest potential as consumers’ perceptions and patterns continue to change — […]

Most musicians love playing music and aren’t too fond of the “networking” side of the industry.  Festivals are not only about hearing great music, but also about building a team of people around your music to get it out to the world in an effective way.  There’s prep work to be done prior to the festival that could be an entirely different blog post—“How To Prep For a Music Festival”—maybe […]