November 2009

This article is an edited excerpt from Eugene Foley’s book, Artist Development: A Distinctive Guide…

When I first moved to Chicago, I didn’t know anybody. I take that
back, I think I had one friend. But I didn’t know any musicians, and I
certainly didn’t know any venues or talent buyer

MAKE SURE YOU’RE READY WHEN OPPORTUNITY KNOCKS By Cathy Mein You’re an artist. You write…

DO NOT NAME YOUR BAND WITH A CLEVER REFERENCE TO GENITALIA, MALE OR FEMALE

Use a blog site as your web presence’s content management system (CMS)–essentially this is where you log in and make updates to you site or write a new blog. You can even usually purchase the domain name you want for an affordable annual fee if you want “your band.com

The most successful thing that I have done with my music is being “real” with my fans and giving them something to come back to. The music industry is ever changing and I feel that in the 80s and 90s musicians were unattainable.