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• Merch Strategies For Your Indie Band

  There’s a lot to pick apart at your average merch booth. Every band has their own way of doing things, but some bands clearly do way better than their peers –... Read more

  Posted on 17 October 2016 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• Markets & Regions: The South

  Oooh boy, this one is a doozie. I have had some of the best touring experiences of my life in the south as well as some of the worst ones. Read more

  Posted on 15 October 2016 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• Independent Touring: The East Coast

  This is the easy one, the one people love doing, although some might continue to argue that West Coast is the best coast. It feels weird to write about this... Read more

  Posted on 14 October 2016 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• Wilco Shrug with Their Tenth Album, Schmilco

  

  In the past few years Wilco have become the most low key rock band, passively releasing albums at a steady cruising pace, shrugging at twenty years of creativit... Read more

  Posted on 14 October 2016 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• When Is Your Band Ready To Tour

  This is the first question that any band should be asking themselves at almost any stage of their career. Even major touring bands need to properly think this... Read more

  Posted on 08 October 2016 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• Alternative Markets, Touring And You

  The more I tour and the more I book the more I realize some weird hidden secrets about the music industry and putting together shows. Read more

  Posted on 05 October 2016 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• The Good Dude Network

  This is one of the most important things to realize about the music industry, there is a network out there of ‘good dudes’ who have similar ethics, beards,... Read more

  Posted on 03 October 2016 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• The Do Nots Of In Person PR

  Initially I was going to leave this chapter as one section, but then I realized that I talk so much about face to face relationships in this book that I would b... Read more

  Posted on 02 October 2016 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• Days Off On Tour

  It’s crucial to build days off into your touring schedule – of course I write this in the midst of a day off, but it’s a day off that I desperately need. Read more

  Posted on 29 September 2016 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• Spending Money To Ease Tour Life

  Do you ever make a decision so good that you decide you want to write an entire article about it? Because I did. And I’m going to. Your touring band needs a... Read more

  Posted on 26 September 2016 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• The Romance Of The Music Industry

  When I was 15-16 and first started really hanging out with touring bands I wanted nothing more than to be one of those guys who steps out of the van at one of... Read more

  Posted on 26 September 2016 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• Exclusive Interview: Chase H. Mason of GATECREEPER

  

  I meet Chase H. Mason, growler for GATECREEPER, a few blocks from the Nile Theater in Mesa, Arizona where the group’s upcoming tour will end at the one-day fest... Read more

  Posted on 26 September 2016 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• Getting Blogs To Write About Your Band

  So if PR is so hard – how do you get blogs to write about you? It’s just a question of reaching out to the right people. One of the fascinating sides of the... Read more

  Posted on 22 September 2016 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• Going From PR to Marketing

  Now PR doesn’t have to stop at a PR campaign, and this is where we see what separates the boys from the men. A lot of bands just shell out a thousand dollars fo... Read more

  Posted on 21 September 2016 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• The Don’ts of Music PR

  There are a lot of bands who get in touch with me every day. A lot. Like over a 100 most days. So why is it that I almost never cover independent bands with no... Read more

  Posted on 20 September 2016 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• Nick Cave Tries to Deflect His Most Upfront Hurt in New Doc

  

  As Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds rehearse Else Torp sings her part on the new song, “Distant Sky.” The camera zooms out the pace of rising mist through the ceilin... Read more

  Posted on 16 September 2016 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• Long Term Thinking In The Music Industry

  The points I’m going to make in this article are going to seem super obvious to some of you and make literally no sense to others. Read more

  Posted on 15 September 2016 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• The Calm Before The Tour

  There is a very specific type of hell you experience before hitting the road – a very specific type of hell that makes the music industry uniquely miserable.... Read more

  Posted on 13 September 2016 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• Nels Cline Scores Your Life on 2-disc Lovers

  

  If you’ve ever seen Wilco live you’ve noticed the tall guy in nice button-down dress shirts playing the guitar stage left. That’s Nels Cline and he shreds in... Read more

  Posted on 13 September 2016 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• Freud, Sexual Politics, Inversions and the Music Industry

  Figuring out the role of sex in music is a complicated and weird balance that we see throughout the whole thing. There is a strange balance to music as a... Read more

  Posted on 11 September 2016 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC