by Steve Grossman | Aug 20, 2007 | Blog, Career, Marketing, The Industry
This is a complete post from John Dodds entitled “Pitching Your Price”: “The cake stall In Borough Market was laden with goodies and my eyes were drawn to the succulent chocolate brownies – and then to the price. £1.50. Not cheap. But wait...
by Steve Grossman | Aug 13, 2007 | Blog, Career, The Industry
“We’d like you to come play with us.” As I hung up the phone, I told my wife that I had gotten the gig with Russ Taff, a gig that would take this newly married couple to Nashville and on to who knows what. It was fall of ’86 and we were soon...
by Steve Grossman | Aug 6, 2007 | Blog, Career, The Industry
In the years I worked as a musician, I experienced times of financial scarcity and abundance. In one five year period, I had one year of $22K and another of just under $60K. We are still confused as to how we survived the first (God provides!) and where the money went...
by Steve Grossman | Aug 2, 2007 | Blog, Career, Marketing, The Industry
Thanks to Bob Baker for bringing Cory Doctorow’s online bio to our attention in a post entitled “Giving Away Your Art: The Surprising Truth.” Cory writes books that he sells. He also gives them away for free online. Here’s why: “I believe...
by Steve Grossman | Jul 29, 2007 | Blog, Career, The Industry
It’s been several months since I posted about non-music cashflow, and with the earlier posts as a foundation (part 1, 2 and 3), I can now move into the meat of this subject and talk about the options you have to make cash. First up, teaching – yeah, I know...
by Steve Grossman | Jul 10, 2007 | Blog, Career, Marketing
One of the pleasures of being a musician is the freedom. Freedom to work when you want and freedom to chose not to. Freedom to keep busy, or the freedom to have, well, free time. These are also the dangers of being a musician. It’s all too easy to over use your...
