Music BIZ 2.0

They are going to want to know what songs you already had recorded. If by chance some band had picked up and recorded one or more your songs and they released them on CD or have them up...

Indiana Stage Collapse Update: Tour Manager Blamed

Sugarland Tour Manager, Hellen Rollens, appears to be the newest scapegoat in the stage collapse lawsuits, as attorneys in the depositions continued their investigation into the tragic collapse...

Eubanks Enriches Performing Arts School

As if watching time-lapse photography, the Van Nuys High Performing Arts Magnet constructed a multi-platform performance of their own creation that blossomed in less than 90 minutes under the...

The Press Kit is Not Dead

Sometimes going old skool can be putting your best foot forward.When presenting your package to the world, don’t poo-poo the traditional press kit. Since EPKs (electronic press kits) have...

Touring: Attention to the Basics

It may seem silly, but even a brief touring gig can really take it out of you... While I adjusted my internal clock to run on American Eastern Standard Time after a 15-day tour in Germany,...

Gigging Right: Playing with Tracks

So your drummer quit, your bass player has taken up yoga and... won't learn the songs, and you can't find a keyboard player willing to drive to your gigs? Never fear. No musician likes to admit...

NAMM 2012: Getting the Gig - Janet Robin and Band Rock the Hilton

So you wanna play NAMM? How good do you need to be? Well - pretty good. Just ask touring singer/songwriter Janet Robin (Lindsay Buckingham, Meredith Brooks), who took the stage at the packed Hilton...

Divas, Drugs and Death - Why US?

We’ve lost another one. When the news broke yesterday: a wave of total sadness. It just never gets any easier and they just keep coming: Michael, Amy, and now, Whitney.This isn’t going to be a...

NAMM 2012: Alan Parsons - Why Geniuses are Geniuses

Alan Parsons and Dave Pack gave a packed house an awesome hour of stories, listening experiences, and laughs at NAMM 2012. We like to call this clip "Why Geniuses are Geniuses."

NAMM 2012: Andrea's TOP 10 Rockin' Things

NAMM 2012 was AWESOME! Come inside and check out the Top 10 things I loved this year... 1. Alan Parson’s Playing Quadraphonic version of "Money" from Dark Side of the Moon. Alan Parsons and Dave...