MADE

Can you describe your music in one sentence? If you’re the average indie music artist, chances are you can’t. It’s definitely not something to brush aside either. Why? Because anything in life that’s worth having requires the ability to sell. The people in this world who are successful are good at selling; at selling themselves, [...]

Psst!…I got a little secret for you Indie musicians. Here it is: If you want to succeed in your music career, try to be more like a crack junkie. Seriously. Hey, I know what you’re thinking. That I’m trying to be clever and ironic. I’m not. Really.
Neither am I trying to insult your intelligence. There’s [...]

Imagine this. You get together with 2 buddies because you believe you have enough talent to start a profitable indie record label. You’re the producer, one buddy is the artist and the third guy’s job is to maintain the label website. The three of you are ambitious business partners high on dreams and low on [...]

The reason most businesses fail isn’t because business is risky. It’s because many business people do risky and stupid things. Business, especially in the Internet age, really isn’t all that risky. Time is the main investment.
I’m always shocked at the number of people involved with an indie record label in some way who don’t fully [...]

Everyone knows that MySpace is the place to go to find music artists who would otherwise have no voice. Now they can be heard by thousands who also want nothing more than the chance to be heard themselves. MySpace Music represents the power of technology and the Internet to connect everyone, but it’s also a [...]

Do you remember Ashley Dupree? She’s the prostitute who was involved in the whole Elliot Spitzer fiasco. After the scandal was revealed, there were all types of stories going around about how this girl was suddenly making windfall profits from sales of her mp3s on the website amiestreet.com. I even read one story about her [...]

Are people born with musical talent or is it something that anyone can learn? I guess another way of wording this question is, Are some people born with an ear for music, which they use to develop exceptional talent or can anybody develop an ear for music? It’s a very important question and I’m going [...]