Think of Your Music as a Service
As an independent recording artist, do you think of your music as a service or as a product? When the phonograph debuted in 1877, the traditional service of music (live performance) was… Read More →
The Tyranny of Music Genres
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- by Wampus
As a recording or performing artist, you find yourself answering a familiar question: “What kind of music do you play?” How do you answer? Maybe you have a stock reply… Read More →
Are You Serious About Your Creative Work?
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- by Wampus
Seriously. Do you give your best to your art? Maybe you do creative work for yourself, maybe you do it for others. Maybe it’s a mix of the two. In… Read More →
Stop Waiting for Creative Inspiration
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- by Wampus
Of course it happens to you. It happens to everyone. You want to write, you want to make music… but you’re just not feeling it. Creative inspiration, it seems, has… Read More →
Finding Your Natural Audience
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- Tags: artist, artist branding, artist marketing, artistic identity, audience, audience engagement, author, branding, chris brown, commercial audience, creative, creativity, daniel johnston, engagement, fan, fringe audience, gwen stefani, howe gelb, ideal fan, identity, indie, indie artist, indie music, jonathan richman, justin timberlake, kelly clarkson, mainstream, mirror, mirroring, music fans, music marketing, musician, natural audience, neil young, niche, niche audience, nick cave, original, original songs, originality, polly jean harvey, pop audience, robert pollard, songwriter, songwriting, t-pain, taylor swift, velvet underground, wampus, writer •
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- by Wampus
Songwriters, do you know who your natural audience is? Your songs exist at a point within or outside the commercial mainstream. If they fall in the mainstream, they are similar… Read More →