Here in Nashville, I try to stay as connected as I can to the music scene. I go out to see as many shows of different genres as I can. Because of that, I meet a lot of different artists and bands. I do
Read MoreIt’s no secret. Music blogs are one of the new gatekeepers to the music industry. They’re also how both fans and DJs find new music. Remember my song “Blogworthy” ? My whole point
Read MorePhoto Credit: Shaun Hollingsworth It’s hard to celebrate the successes of others when you have come up short on your own. The most viewed post at this site is “How I Got My Music On
Read MoreWhen I wrote my blog post awhile back about quitting my job too early and how I now need to work even harder and more hours, a lot of people on my email list wrote me and suggested I launch a Kickstarter
Read MoreI was talking to Ugly Lovely the other day. He has some new hoodies and t-shirts printed up. He was asking me what I was using to sell my own merch. So I wanted to put this out there. I am currently using
Read MoreI was Bamboozled! Hoodwinked! Led Astray! However, it’s really my fault. I don’t think I was sold a lie. But I believed a lie. But let’s start with the truth. The truth is that I want
Read MoreIf you’re a DJ or an artist of some kind, it’s helpful to know what people are saying about you. I mean this in a promotional sense. Not so much in a sense of changing what you’re doing
Read MoreI definitely didn’t want to be the only one who hadn’t blogged about this. Last week, Wick-It the Instigator dropped his new mixtape: The Brothers of Chico Dusty, a mashup record of The Black
Read MoreOne of the questions I’ve been asked the most is: How did I get my music on Pandora.com? Well, this is an easy question. Pandora has a wonderful FAQ section and the step-by-step process is spelled
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