by Steve Grossman | Sep 8, 2006 | Blog, Career
Two days ago, I wrote about SellaBand, a stock exchange type service that helps fund recording projects for musicians. In that post, I suggested that anyone could do this if they tried hard enough. It just got easier… Introducing Fundable, a business designed to...
by Steve Grossman | Sep 7, 2006 | Blog, Career
Two huge music publishing companies merged today to become ONE huge publishing company. I’m posting about this only because if you’re going to make a living in the industry, you should know what’s going on, and this article has a lot of information...
by Steve Grossman | Sep 5, 2006 | Blog, Career
I’ve struggled and struggled with what to say to begin this post, so I’m offering the following choices. Please pick one for yourself: – If you had any doubt that the age of the big music company was over, read on. – Tired of being a starving...
by Steve Grossman | Jul 30, 2006 | Blog, Career
Check out this recent post from Robert Kiyosaki for a taste of why I try to read everything he writes. Ever since I read Rich Dad, Poor Dad, I’ve been a huge fan of this multimillionaire’s writing. I find him easy to understand because he approches...
by Steve Grossman | Jun 16, 2006 | Blog, Career
Read this in an article the other day: Two rock bands, the Allman Brothers Band and Cheap Trick, have filed a lawsuit against Sony BMG alleging that they are shortchanged when Sony divvies up royalties from digital downloads. Filed Thursday in U.S. District Court in...
by Steve Grossman | Apr 30, 2006 | Blog, Career
One of my most dreaded questions during my career as a professional musician was “how much do you charge for…?” I hated it for two main reasons: first, I hated to have to draw attention away from the music and onto money. Second, I always felt like...