Summon That Inspiration

If you wait for inspiration, you’re gonna lose. It will never come often enough. Deferring the progress of your dream to a force outside of your control is wishful thinking. Instead, do whatever it takes to make music every day. Every. Day. Action begets motivation. And sometimes, we need a little kick in the arse to take action. Click through to learn how to summon the motivation instead of waiting...

AI – Your New Back-Up Singer

How To Set-Up Pre-Saves For A Song With No Release Date

If you’ve got a new track coming out, setting up a pre-save for your fans is a great way to increase day 1 saves, grow your followers on Spotify, and so much more. But what if you don’t have a release date in mind yet? No worries, you can still create a Pre-Save for it without setting a date with Feature.fm.   Evergreen Pre-Saves from Feature.fm allows fans to pre-save...

How To Build Longevity In Music

There are no shortcuts to a sustainable career. But there is wisdom. And if you heed the hard-earned wisdom of those who have gone before you, perhaps you will zig at the right time, when a bandmate might cause you to zag. This article is chock full of great advice. Spending a few minutes with it today might just save you years of tough lessons. This article is chock full...

Jumpstart Songwriting With Hit Chord Progressions

In Western music, there are only twelve notes. And when you group some of those notes into chords, there’s a finite amount of chord combinations. This is the reason why Ed Sheeran can play his “101 songs with the same chord progression.” Perhaps this is also why U.S. copyright law does not protect chord progressions, and instead decided to focus on melody and lyrics. This is good news for you,...

Making Music A Habit

Carve out the time and space to make music every day. Action begets motivation, not the other way around. Just make music, whatever comes out of you, constantly. You won’t be judged on your bad ideas; no one will hear those. If you don’t have a pile of stinkers, you aren’t doing the work. Gotta get those out to clear the way for the gems that everyone will love. Craft...

The Meaning Of [A Musician’s] Life

Derek Sivers WAS the programmer who built CD Baby and empowered independent musicians in the early days of the internet. Then he sold his company and embarked on the most remarkable journey to understand life. Derek is many things. Perhaps most importantly, he is EXCELLENT at distilling life’s complexities into easily digestible nuggets of wisdom that will help your soul progress. My favorite offering from Derek is his book called...

Need to Promote A Release?

“Retargeting” is the special sauce in modern marketing. First you cast a wide net to find the subset of people who are semi-interested in what you’re doing…and then you woo those people like crazy.This article about using Spotify’s Marquee feature to retarget your listeners — written by Spotify — is a step or two in the right direction to concentrate your marketing power on the people most likely to become...