Cody DeLong's Fan Data Playbook – VIP, Pre-Sales, and Direct-to-Fan Revenue Most independent artists walk away from a live show with whatever the ticket sales and merch table produced. Cody DeLong has spent more than a decade helping artists find what's left on the table, and [...]
Weariness Isn't Failure — Lynz Crichton on Walking Away vs. Staying In Lynz Crichton makes her fourth appearance on The Unstarving Musician. She's a singer-songwriter based in Nottingham, England, and the creator of Music Marketing Method, a program that helps independent musicians build audience, monetize their [...]
The Only Opinion That Matters — Pete Ganbarg on What Independent Artists (and A&R) Get Wrong After nearly 16 years at Atlantic Records (the last six as President of A&R) Pete Ganbarg has a clearer view than almost anyone of what separates artists who break through [...]
Analog on Purpose — How Terry Carleton Built a Career Too Busy to Market What does it look like to build a recording career so busy you don't have time to market it — and do it entirely without computers? Terry Carleton returns to share what's [...]
Learning Music Theory as an Adult Musician — A Practical Framework Photo by Sebastian Rivera on Pexels.com Most music theory education is built for nineteen-year-olds in a conservatory. If you're a working musician who's been gigging for years on ear, feel, and a handful [...]
The event band income model isn't a compromise — for Cory Wade, it's the engine behind his home studio, his original music, and a sustainable career in New York City. Cory Wade flipped that script. As a vocalist and band leader with Hank Lane Music in [...]
