“In these uncertain times…” Friends, I’m sure you’re growing as tired of hearing that phrase as I...
Band Management
Learn more about the music business and band management, including music licensing, booking your own DIY tour, music publishing, copyright law, music royalties, music promotion, music distribution and performing rights organizations.
Audio-Technica and Discogs Announce Partnership in Support of Record Stores
Audio-Technica and online record marketplace Discogs today announce a partnership in support of...
Shure Works With Musicians To Start #FoundSoundChallenge
Shure Works With Musicians To Start #FoundSoundChallenge While Supporting MusiCares Foundation...
Cover Your Ass (and Cover Songs) with Loudr
An Interview with Chris Crawford, CEO/Founder of Loudr on New Ways to License Indie Music It's long been widely known that recording cover songs is a great way to get a new band or artist known....
3 Tips For Composers To Boost Your Networking Skills
The methods of finding work are constantly changing, and the type of music that sells is changing even faster. So Performer Magazine has decided to present "3 Tips For Composers To Boost Your...
Behind The Scenes with Xtra Mile Recordings
Dani Cotter Takes Performer Behind The Scenes with Xtra Mile Recordings, Home of Frank Turner and Against Me! INTRO/TEAM & BACKGROUND We are Xtra Mile Recordings - an independent record label...
3 of the Most Commonly Misunderstood Music Copyright Laws
Some of the people whose work is most intimately affected by copyright law are musicians, yet there are many misconceptions and even outright falsehoods circulating in the musical community when it...
Four Hot Apps With Music Biz Hacks
If you are online at all, it's hard to miss the breathlessness with which every new app is promoted. "It's the Uber of Fitbit, with a Facebook play." One after another, they are launched, and almost...
5 Tips Every Artist Must Know Before Signing Their First Record Deal
You’ve finally made it. A record label recognized your talent and offered you what seems like the deal of a lifetime. But before you sign on the dotted line, make sure you actually understand what...
6 Types of Artists Publicists Will Never Work With
[This article was originally published at Sonicbids.com. It has been re-published here with permission.] As a publicist with my own PR agency, I'm solicited daily by bands looking for PR services or...
Graveyard Orbit Walks Us Through Preparations For The Austin Cassette Festival
[Editor’s note – this article was originally published at http://www.unrecorded.mu/features/cassette-club-june-edition. It has been republished here with permission of the author.] How do you...
The UK Perspective on the Current Cassette Revival
Why On Earth Did I Start a Tape Label? Running a Cassette Tape Label in 2015 is like going to the school prom in a wheelchair. It’s nice that you went, people smile and pat your head, but nobody...
What It Takes To Operate a Cassette-Based Record Label in 2015
Curious Possibilities: The Ins and Outs of Running a Tape Label in 2015 WHY ON EARTH WOULD I DO THIS? When I consider the decisions I’ve made in my life, I often think of that playful hypothetical...