Hey all! I’m still working on getting all the kinks worked out for the official re-launch of RockStar Machine, but I figured that I’d post something for this great article I just read by Michael Ventre on the Today Show’s site – Would Beatles make it in today’s music world?. While the article itself does [...]

You may have noticed that the site’s changed a bit… alright, so it’s completely different. This is it. It’s the new site! But, I have to warn you that while it’s up, I haven’t officially relaunched yet. I know what you’re thinking, but it’s complicated. You see, I had a lot of really good stuff [...]

MusicianWages.com, Music Careers at About.com and KnowtheMusicBiz.com have organized a group blogging event for today, April 16th.  The event is based around a concerned mother’s situation regard her son’s downloading of songs through file sharing. Music blogger, like myself are encouraged to write a post addressing the concerns of this woman nammed Valerie.  Here’s the [...]

Beginning a musical career can be difficult if you do not know how to break into the mainstream industry. Everyone has dreams and yours are no less important, but unless you know the right people to contact or the best businesses to approach, you could be left floundering in one spot, unable to move forward [...]

It looks like U2 may be the next big act that’s leaving the label system and embracing the future. Fox News is reporting that the band is considering jumping ship from UMG and signing a deal with concert promoter Live Nation that would include future record releases. If U2 makes this kind of deal, along [...]

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Well, if you’ve read much of this blog you know that I push the promotion end of the business. You also have probably found that I am not a huge fan of the record companies, because the need for a record company is diminishing by the day. So, I found a link to a music [...]

I just stumbled upon Beat Wire, a service that can distribute your press releases to thousands of media outlets. Now there are several services that will do this, but Beat Wire is different be they’ll distribute your press release to music related sources specifically. This is a great service because if you have a professional [...]

You may have heard that there is an effort under way to make it legal for internet service providers to charge website owners for preferred loading speed; meaning, large companies, who can afford it will have the way faster load times and downloads than small indie sites like this one… and probably yours to. As [...]

As a professional writer and occasional music manager, I often encounter bands and solo musicians that work very hard to attract attention from music management agencies. Unfortunately, a legion of grifters uses the raw desire for success against many smart, talented music professionals. If a representative from a music management agency contacts you, use these [...]