Artists, without a plan, you will be completely overwhelmed by all the things you could do for your career. This is why an artist business plan will come in handy! This takes the trouble out of planning your art career by offering ideas, suggestions,and examples on how to create your own plan for success. This business plan is easy to use, self explanatory and perfect for someone starting out in their artistic journey. This Plan Includes - Details of each segments of your plan covering a…

Author David Meerman Scott made a honest and realistic quote, “if you want 20,000 fans you must do 2000 different things that each generate 10 fans.” This was my favorite quote from 2010 and I am going to take this on as a challenge for 2011 for an ambitious project to give you 2000 different […]

Looking for the best songwriting books to improve your skills? This list covers everything from better lyric writing to how the music business works.

In our new series on music royalties, Michael Emenau tackles the big question of how to select a Performance Rights Organization and get paid for your music

Have you written music you want to record and release? Do you know how to protect and register your compositions? Would you like to license it out to movies or tv shows?

Selling yourself (and your business) is hard. However, as an artist (and a business owner, in general) you need to be able to do exactly that in order to make sales. For new artists and business owners, it’s hard to even know where to start or what options are available for making yourself and your business known. Luckily, I’m here to help! I’m going to break down a list of ways for you to market yourself and your business, and how you can start reaching your audience and potential…

Recital Planner I’m including this quick recital planning/checklist page, just incase you’ve never planned a recital and aren’t quite sure where to start. You can also find this planner and many m…

If you're a singer who wants to become viral, here is a new challenge where we will learn and analyze the steps to becoming a viral YouTube star.

Since starting Designing the Row, I have tried and tested my fair share of online platforms, programs, processes, resources, etc. in attempt to streamline and automate my online business. The following 9 are my "holy grail." I use them all the time and don't know what I'd do without them!&

Senior Creative Director at Primary Wave Music, Rob Schustack explains licensing and how music gets placed in TV, film, advertisements, and video games.

At some point or another, I feel like, we all see an epic performance by a legendary musician and think for half a second…could I do that? I’m here to tell you, you might J. Being a musici…

All too easily we fall into the social media comparison trap (yes, I’m guilty of this too). We stack up how many followers we have against others who are on a similar journey.

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This post was written by guest contributor Dave Kusek of New Artist Model. You’ve worked long and hard on your new album, but all that work is for nothing if

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