When you’re thinking of ways you can set yourself apart as an artist – your ‘unique selling point’ perhaps – you might want to create a really distinctive live experience. Something so engaging and different that anyone who comes to your show will remember it and want to tell their Read more…
So, if you’ve read Part 1, you hopefully now understand the importance of finding a great producer – but how do you do it? What are the things you need to look out for, to work out if someone is the right fit for you? If you’re sending out demos Read more…
It’s a scenario a lot of us have been in before. You’re in a band. Maybe there’s a singer, a guitarist, a bass player, someone who plays keys, and a drummer. You’ve just hit the studio and recorded some killer tracks together. You’re feeling pretty great; the songs sound really Read more…
Children love to get lost in a world they’ve created for themselves. Where we adults often wait for other so-called “creative” people to build these worlds for us – in a film, for an event, etc – our children can much more easily build them unprompted. Despite having had a Read more…
There are a range of attitudes and approaches parents can have when it comes to their children’s participation in musical activities. On one extreme, some parents see music as a distraction from more useful, practical pursuits that would strengthen their employment prospects down the line. On the other you have Read more…
If you want to become a millionaire, actually knowing how much money you have is a pretty important step in that journey. Just think about Harry Potter. Before Hagrid took him to Gringotts and showed him the piles of galleons, sickles and knuts, he had no idea where he was Read more…
Do you ever meet people who seem really relaxed and zen and wonder how they do it? As we talked about elsewhere, one of the big selling points to going freelance is the ability to take control of your immediate surroundings. But this is only great if you take full Read more…
You are teetering on the abyss. Thinking of leaving your full-time job, not completely satisfied with the 9 to 5 (or downright hating it). Wondering whether there are more fulfilling and inspiring ways to spend your time and earn money. Firstly, well done! You’ve overcome the first challenge, i.e. not Read more…
When people say “It’s not what you know, it’s who you know”, this is incorrect. It’s not just grammatically incorrect (it’s “whom you know”) – but also a massive over-simplification. It’s how you apply what you know to who(m) you know. How you build deeper, more meaningful relationships with the Read more…
So, in Part 1 I talked through my own case study about my fluctuating motivation to write and release songs. I’ve now turned this into a practical step-by-step exercise you can try to unpack and increase your own motivation. Step 1 – Identify the general task you want to focus Read more…