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Musicians’ comebacks when asked to play for free

Whether you’re a seasoned musician or a new one trying to jumpstart a career, I’m pretty sure you are very familiar of “offers” from bar owners, filmmakers, friends…err, just about anybody  to let you play music for free venue, free drinks, exposure and everything else except monetary compensation. They believe that’s the way things should […]

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9 Creative CD/ DVD Book Designs

If you’re a musician, filmmaker,photographer or an author, you may want to release something a little more special than the regular CD or DVD. Put your beautiful pictures, lovely poems, behind the scenes photos, quotes and whatnot into a hardbound book and attach your CD/DVD to it. It will be the Limited Edition release everyone […]

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13 Really Impressive Corporate Identity Kits

The corporate identity kit of your brand is often the first impression of your product or service and first impressions really count. If you come up with  good-looking collaterals like business cards, DVD cases and envelopes, your prospects would be impressed and would likely get interested in what you have to offer. It’s pretty much […]

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Famous Musicians and their Gimmicks

Whether you like it or not, gimmicks play a big part in the music industry. We’ve said over and over that a career in music requires more than talent- it requires good branding (which could include the gimmicks), winning traits and 10,000 other things. A gimmick is a strategic stunt or look that makes people pay attention […]

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7 Traits Every Musician Should Develop

Making music is all about music but making a CAREER in music requires more than talent, it requires certain traits that really push you to excel. Here are the traits every musician should develop in order to achieve success: WILLINGNESS TO DO GRUNT WORK Here’s the news: Grunt work is what building your music career […]