How to create a proper strategy
by Winston Giles
The way that people discover, purchase and listen to music has changed dramatically over the last 10 years. CD sales continue to fall, legal music downloads are flat, and illegal downloading …
Read the fine print
by Stephen Stern, executive editor, Music Insider Magazine
Defining success as a professional musician comes in many forms — including the organic creative charge it creates within you and others; the horizons it expands from travel …
Ending “pay to play” gigs
by Stephen Stern, executive editor
The Equal Rights Amendment of the 14th Amendment was adopted In July 1868, but it seems most venue owners failed to get the constitutional memo. Rather than support the …
A little while back, we posted a Pizza Hut commercial that was soundtracked by what seemed to be a knockoff of Black Keys’ “Gold On The Ceiling.” To the Black Keys — and …
Diffusing the chain reaction bomb
by Gene Baker, editor, Music Insider Magazine
The thought process leading up to this article has somewhat pained my mind to say the least, almost dreading the idea of putting words into text.
Band drama …
