Today’s post was written by a good friend and fellow singer/songwriter, Kurt Scobie. Kurt has written for Grassrootsy before: “What Exactly Does a Full-Time Artist Do All Day?“. In today’s article, Scobie gives you very practical tips on how to make your career last. Read and apply! _______________________________________________________________________________ I want to share what I think is [...]
1. TURNING FACEBOOK LIKES INTO LOVES Just because someone happens to like your page one day, doesn’t mean they’re reading your status updates, visiting regularly, or sharing you with their friends. In fact, they may never visit again. Here’s some practical advice on how to make Facebook fans and keep them. This post wasn’t written in 2012 [...]
A little over 2 years ago, after running my first Kickstarter campaign, I ran an article called “5 THINGS I LEARNED FROM MY KICKSTARTER CAMPAIGN“. I learned some really valuable lessons from my first attempt. This summer I launched a second campaign - a 6-week, $10,000-goal project with 27 different reward levels. 40 days later, Kickstarter [...]
Kurt Scobie is not only a dear friend of this blog but also the most talented pop pianist we know. His music is contagious and he’s got a following and tour calendar to prove it. Scobie is the only independent artist we know who takes on the challenge of a 6-week tour and hits [...]
The first time we saw Amena Brown perform, it was in front of a room of 3,500 college students. This chic is captivating…and actually the only full-time poet we know. Today Amena talks about her average day on the road and how it differs from the days she’s working from home. We love this post [...]
Ian Ethan (Boston, MA) is one of those musicians who plays all the instruments you’ve never seen or heard of before. He is a captivating multi-instrumentalist whose songs linger somewhere in between the land of jazz and world music. In today’s post he talk about his “atypical” day as a musician and the frustration that [...]
Today’s post features multi-instrumentalist and BOSS National looping champion, Angela Sheik. Angela’s music packs a real punch. Her music is more original than most and she’ll undoubtedly be the most mind-blowing looper you’ll ever witness. But while she spends alot of her time on stage, she spends even more of it behind-the-scenes. She explains it [...]
This week we’re bringing back the ever so popular “Day in The Life of a Full-time Artist” series where we interview independent artist and entrepreneurs who are making it work. Lets just say I’ve read all the contributed posts for this week and you’re in for some really great stuff! Today, we start with [...]
Over recent years there has been an evident power shift from label to artist, and its time to realize that is won’t be shifting back any time soon. Due to technological advances, individual artists have been given the power to produce and promote their music free of charge. In addition, record labels themselves are struggling due to the massive [...]
Today’s post is by UK-based music distribution company Fame Factor. If you didnt know what an A&R representative did before reading this post, you won’t have any excuse in a few minutes. ________________________________________ A&R stands for: Artists and Repertoire. An A&R Rep “in it’s truest form is somebody that has an ear that can discover [...]
Today’s post is another guest appearance by musician, Michael Yolch. If you read Yolch’s last contribution, “RADICAL MARKETING: HOW I MADE 80 NEW FANS IN 1 HOUR!” you know he’s a pretty outspoken individual who will stop at nothing to get his music into the right hands. Here’s a post that EVERY artist can reference [...]
Today’s post is by Nashville, TN- based publicist, Wes Davenport. He writes about a topic that has been covered many times on this blog. However this particular post approaches pitching from a new perspective. ____________________________________________________________________ Music journalists get boatloads of emails and pitches every single day. That’s a deafening amount of noise; but there is [...]
The below post has earned quite alot of attention over the last seven weeks. Full-time saxophonist, Dave Goldberg, wrote an honest letter to venue owners addressing their disregard and exploitation of the working musicians. The post is powerful and I asked David if I could republish this article on Grassrootsy. I’m hoping that you’ll read this [...]
I rarely post something that’s already been published elsewhere; but I came across this blog last night by a good friend, Philly-based artist Ryan Tennis, and I thought everyone should read it. Since reading the sited Ira Glass quote (below) sometime last year, I’ve seen so many derivative articles come from what I believe to be [...]
Today’s post is a contributed article from Pittsburgh-based folk musician, Michael Yolch. I think this is one of the most intelligent, “Grassrootsy” ideas I’ve ever heard and I hope you’ll read it all the way through. It’s not only a great idea, but it’s a good read! ______________________________________________________________________________ Today I had a rather radical marketing [...]
