Recently, I had the pleasure of putting 10 questions to co-founder and CEO of Nimbit, Patrick Faucher. For those that don’t know about Nimbit, it is what I believe is one of the best technologies in helping independent musicians manage their careers and use an all-in-one technology service to grow their fans list and make more […]

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I spent most of my time last week writing up my new report. It’s going to be titled along the lines of this: “How To Design A Winning And Profitable Music Business” and its one of the best pieces of work I’ve ever produced. (I’m releasing it in the first week of September and it’s […]

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Radiohead’s pay-what-you-like release of their album, In Rainbows, was a turning point in the way record labels and artists work and it will be remembered forever as a crucial move in the changes taking place in the music industry.
Radiohead’s goal was to get the music into as many hands as possible - and by giving […]

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I’m going to be doing an interview with the Nimbit co-founders Patrick Faucher or Phil Antoniades and instead of coming up with all the questions myself, I wanted you to have a chance to ask your thoughts. Nimbit is popular with many musicians I’ve spoken to and I know, for sure, that you will have some questions.
Nimbit’s mission reads, “Our mission […]

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I’m very active with a charity called Young Jains UK (I’m the current Vice President/Chairman of the Board) and recently I got an e-mail from an external body to speak about a topic along the lines of “Cause Marketing: how to get corporations to give you sponsorship”. It got me thinking, not really about corporations, but how […]

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Bruce Houghton over at hypebot.com wrote a post a few days ago on “5 Lies Indie Musicians Tell Themselves” and it was a short and excellent post. I agree with all five at face value, with my favorite two being:
“The internet leveled the playing field for indie music.” - Big checkbooks and the marketing campaigns they buy […]

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Over the last few years, crowdfunding has really taken off in the independent music scene. As I continue to interact with musicians on a regular basis, I find a lot of them are taking the crowdfunding route of finding investment for their music production and promotion. I want to use this blog article to explore what […]

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Dan Gillogy is a musician who’s made up to $100k a year playing gigs. If the first thing you’re thinking is how many gigs did he have to play to get to that amount, it’s not hundreds. Here’s an interview I did with him a while ago. It’s a little long but very very informative […]

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Have you ever been to a gig where the audience are all taking in the energy from the stage and adding to it in a way that enhances the profile of the musician through good reception?
I believe that could happen in two ways regardless of whether you have good or bad music. It’s either down […]

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I hear this (or something along the lines of this) quite a lot: “I launched my CD about two months ago and sales have only trickled in, it’s been nothing spectacular. What went wrong, and what can I do to promote it and get more sales?” I respond with this: “What did you do in the […]

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