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Every week, someone messages or emails me with some version of the same thing. Three or four years in, the songs are strong, they’re gigging, releasing, posting, running the socials, chasing playlist adds, sorting their own PRS, doing the artwork at…
Ron Perry, who runs Columbia Records, one of the largest record labels in the world, recently went on record with some remarkable statements. Earlier this year, he told Billboard that TikTok “made things go faster for a small period of time”…
Why Most Artists Get the Timeline Wrong In Part 1, we built the overall framework. In Part 2, we worked through the practical plan. This article answers the two questions every artist asks but rarely gets an honest answer to: how…
The UK ticket resale ban won’t stop touts exploiting loopholes. It will create administrative headaches for independent artists whose shows never had touting problems in the first place. I’ve managed global artists for 30 years. When the Government announced they’re banning…
Most artist development guides assume you have unlimited time, a marketing budget, and zero self-doubt about your music. The reality is you’ve probably got 15 hours a week around a full-time day job, maybe £500 to invest, and constant anxiety about…
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