Whether you’re a seasoned musician or a new one trying to jumpstart a career, I’m pretty sure you are very familiar of “offers” from bar owners, filmmakers, friends…err, just about anybody to let you play music for free venue, free drinks, exposure and everything else except monetary compensation. They believe that’s the way things should […]
Music Makers & Film Makers
Famous Musicians and their Gimmicks
Whether you like it or not, gimmicks play a big part in the music industry. We’ve said over and over that a career in music requires more than talent- it requires good branding (which could include the gimmicks), winning traits and 10,000 other things. A gimmick is a strategic stunt or look that makes people pay attention […]
7 Traits Every Musician Should Develop
Making music is all about music but making a CAREER in music requires more than talent, it requires certain traits that really push you to excel. Here are the traits every musician should develop in order to achieve success: WILLINGNESS TO DO GRUNT WORK Here’s the news: Grunt work is what building your music career […]
Five Things Millennial Musicians Don’t Get
Millennials (also known as Gen Y-ers) are those born in 1980 up to the 2000s. We’re known to be narcissistic, impatient, entitled, tech-dependent, lazy job-switchers who think we deserve the big things without putting much effort. In two words: spoiled brats! Of course we just roll our eyes because we know better- we are ambitious […]
Biggest List of Music Licensing Companies from A-Z
Abaca Entertainment Group– Represents a catalogue of fine quality recordings from a roster of artists/bands & songwriters from Canada, USA, Australia & U.K., along with various smaller record labels – featuring ALL styles of music. APM Music – APM is made up of over 30 libraries. Over 295,000 tracks fill up their vast library. Member of the […]
The Biggest List of Film Festivals in the US: A must-have for every Indie Filmmaker (Oct-Dec)
And now we give you the 4th part of this ultra long list of Film Festivals in the US. We hope you find this useful. If you want to get an Excel file of the full list of film festivals in the USA (Jan-Dec) complete with location, e-mails, fees, and other notes, simply like our Facebook page and send us […]
The Biggest List of Film Festivals in the US (July-Sept)
So…let’s move on to the third instalment of our Biggest List of Film Festivals in the US, shall we? Without further ado, here it is folks! The list of film fests from July to September 2013. If you want to get an Excel file of the full list of film festivals in the USA (Jan-Dec) […]
The Biggest List of Film Festivals in the US: A must-have for every Indie filmmaker (Apr-Jun)
Here is the second installment of our big list of Film Festivals in the USA. If you want to get an Excel file of the full list of film festivals in the USA (Jan-Dec) complete with location, e-mails, fees, and other notes, simply like ourFacebook page and send us a PM there with this message “I want the Big […]
The Biggest List of Film Festivals in the US: A must-have for every Indie filmmaker (Jan-Mar)
We decided to break our list of film festivals in the US into four because we don’t like to make a really long blog post. If you want to get an Excel file of the full list of film festivals in the USA (Jan-Dec) complete with location, e-mails, fees, and other notes, simply like our Facebook page and […]
MAKING A BAND LOGO- Everything you need to know
You need a band logo if you’re a relatively new, up-and-coming musician and you’ve decided to take your music career to the NEXT LEVEL (good on you). That’s because if you want to push a step further, you have to level up on marketing your band. That is because being serious with your “music career” […]