I have to climb on a soapbox for a second and say I am tired of hearing
about how bad things are. Facebook is depressing. If you read Facebook,
you get the idea that the end of the world as we know it is imminent for
any number of reasons ranging from gun control to postmodernism to
super viruses.
Tag Archives: music business
Recently, James Koerts self-published a book of arrangements called Be Still.
If you click on that link, you can buy and download it instantly for
$15. Some might not like the fact that you cannot buy a printed book,
but going forward, you are going to see this more and more. (Think
Kindle!)
Our instinct when we are doing something new is to find people that have done it already and ask their opinion. In some situations, that actually works. But you certainly need to be careful who you ask.
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A few weeks ago, I wrote about my dabbling with midi recording in my new studio. We talked about the huge cost benefits and some other benefits as well. Now, I am ready to scrap the idea.
If I am being honest, this comic strip hits home with me.
There is an interesting article in the NY Times this week about the current trend in music consumption toward streaming.
It is pretty inevitable that if you want to be a professional Christian musician, you will end up doing some recording. Now that we are done with some introductory stuff, we are at a point in this series where I want to talk about the financial side of recording and some of the pitfalls.
I am gratified by the response to Looking Up, both from customers who are ordering CDs/DVDs as well as those who are watching clips on YouTube.
I mentioned earlier in the week that I moved my piano to my office so I could have a semi-permanent studio and generate higher quality videos more efficiently. At the same time, I installed a QRS PNOscan which is a sensor bar that sits under the keys and records what I play as midi. I am going to use that technology to generate a virtual keyboard with keys that light up as I play them. I have used that in videos in the past and want to do it more in the future.
I am finally getting back to this series after a few weeks. In the previous two posts, I started discussing what I would consider to be a healthy mindset (foundation) for musicians to have about money. First of all, I said that musicians should avoid being selfish by pursuing their dreams at the expense of their families, and secondly, I said that they need to get their financial house in order before they start (by watching debt and expenses).