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25 Jul, 2012

Album & Audience: Q&A with Kowtow Popof

Categories: Art and creativity, DIY, Identity, Life of the troubadour, Q&A •
Tags: album, audience, brothers quay, cat stevens, coaster, devaulation of content, exalted headband, harry nilsson, indie, indie artist, indie music, infinite suns, kowtow popof, live show, music video, scandanavian jazz, single, song, songwriter, splinters & threads, steel panther, tastes like armageddon, the beatles, twilight zone, wampus •
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by Wampus

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As a contemporary songwriter, are you focused on making albums? Or just singles? Or are you emphasizing your live show, where you can reach your audience more regularly, with greater immediacy?… Read More →

12 Jul, 2012

Friendship Is a Creative Catalyst

Categories: Art and creativity, Identity •
Tags: creative catalyst, creative inspiration, creativity, dreams, epistemology, friendship, mind, mystery •
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by Wampus

Creative inspiration comes from many sources. What inspired you yesterday might not help you today, and what moves you today might spark your thoughts again next week. These capricious windfalls… Read More →

23 May, 2012

On Vince Gill and Music Downloads

Categories: Art and creativity, Music business •
Tags: devaulation of music, duke ellington, fart app, file sharing, free music, indie, indie artist, indie music, johnny j blair, music, music downloads, music industry, music licensing, music royalties, pay it forward, recording artists, song downloads, vince gill •
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by Wampus

Nashville guitar legend Vince Gill recently spoke out on the impact of music downloads on recording artists. His comments have been flying around the Interwebs, fanning dissension. Here is some of… Read More →

09 May, 2012

Artistic Courage Is Not Optional

Categories: Art and creativity, Identity •
Tags: art, artists, aspiring artists, cat videos, courage, courage to be, creativity, dreams, eleanor roosevelt, fear, identity, indie, indie artist, indie music, music, painting, recording, star trek, what is courage, words with friends, writing •
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by Wampus

Think for a moment about artistic courage. We’re all busy, right? We have a lot to tend to every day — family, friends, home, job, volunteering, watching cat videos on… Read More →

25 Apr, 2012

An Effective Artist Website in 5 Steps

Categories: Art and creativity, DIY, Interwebs, Music business •
Tags: aesthetics, art, artist, author, behavior, brand, differentiation, dimensional, effective websites, identity, indie, indie artist, indie music, message, motivation, originality, psychology, recording artist, representation, vision, wampus, web design, website, website construction, writer •
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by Wampus

If you’re a recording artist or author, what do you see as the purpose of your website? To educate? To inform? To advertise? Think again. While your site might do… Read More →