Music Tips for up and coming bands 13 Articles

by Chris Skoyles

"Why working hard at gigs is the first step to stardom." As a band, standing out from the crowd and reaching that elusive plateau that so many dream of yet only a few ever reach is a hard task. Hard, but not impossib...read more

by Matt Mckay

$ 50,000 Solo Musician Performer Guide I have been playing in rock bands since the late 70's. I started young, and like many teenagers, had aspirations of being famous. My bands would play original music in the Boston n...read more

by Lori Voth

Music Marketing Tips: Free Publicity For Independent Artist Promotions You are a famous musician in the making if only someone would just hurry up and discover your break through brilliance. You feel pretty confident t...read more

by Theraisa K

"How to Write a Cover Letter for your Band" Note: All names, companies, etc. within this article are made up (i.e. fictional) and are used for example purposes only! What you will need: - 8.5 x 11" bright white p...read more

by Lynne Conte

Music tips for up and coming bands is like any other business, do the very best you can to reach your valuable musical goals. Knowing what your market demands are and produce the songs, merchandise and performances to sati...read more

by David Samuel

If you are doing music to be rich and famous you better just stop now. Go study to be a doctor or a computer programmer because there are lot of easier ways to make money than being a musician. Todays musician needs to u...read more

by PoisonBabe

Tips for new musicians do not just include how to write music, make sure you love what you are doing, etc.... Tips should also talk about what they need to be prepared to experience while in the business. I am enrolled i...read more

by Phil Planet

Hi All, This is a small piece of advice which was given to me 20 years ago, and I still use it now every time I go on stage or do recording a session. I was asked to put some guitars on a couple of tracks by a (quite...read more

by Sean Hannigan

~~~The Self-Employed Musician~~~ Being a self-employed musician is a difficult task to master, there are many problems, and challenges that arise. Fortunately there are many ways to overcome these problems and flourish ...read more

by Ivan-ac

First, make sure you really, really love your music because it's sure to be a grind gaining any respect or reputation in the early days. Master your instrument(s). Identify your weaknesses and practice until they're your s...read more

by Garth Duss Rodgers

As independent musicians we all find ourselves in situations where we must decide where our money is best spent. Should we buy that Les Paul guitar or the new drum skins? Maybe we don't really need that fancy new van and w...read more

by Corey Stewart

Indie Music Industry - The Power Of Networking "It's not what you know it's who you know!" I know that we've all heard that saying thousands of times but at the end of the day (in dealing with the indie music industr...read more

by Scott Smith

So you think being a rock star is really cool.Well being a musician has it's awesome benefits and its rewards but also has a dept to ones self.If one is wanting or going to be in a band there are many things to consider su...read more