by Steve Grossman | Oct 2, 2006 | Blog
In yet ANOTHER step in the fracturing of the music industry, MySpace has begun testing a feature allowing musicians to sell songs directly from their MySpace profile pages.As the article from the Washington Post says: “Technology is taking the middleman out of...
by Steve Grossman | Oct 1, 2006 | Blog
Many years ago, my fellow musicians and I were heatedly discussing the metoric rise of a singer of questionable talent. We were going round and round about how unfair it was and blah, blah, blah. Suddenly our band leader, an older gentleman who had had success on TV...
by Steve Grossman | Oct 1, 2006 | Blog
Among the many reasons you will succeed or fail, none more certainly determines your future more than your attitude about yourself and your place in the world. When I began to realize my music career was collapsing many years ago, I was terrified. And in this state of...
by Steve Grossman | Sep 30, 2006 | Blog, Career
Legend has it that Pablo Picasso was sketching in the park when a bold woman approached him. “It’s you — Picasso, the great artist! Oh, you must sketch my portrait! I insist.” So Picasso agreed to sketch her. After studying her for a moment, he used a single pencil...
by Steve Grossman | Sep 29, 2006 | Blog, Career
If there’s one subject that people know less about than making a living/building a career, it has to be money. Though we have a general sense about the subject – go to work, get paycheck, pay bills, spend the rest – I suspect most people feel money...
by Steve Grossman | Sep 29, 2006 | Blog, The Industry
There’s an admittedly long article I’d like you to read over at Fast Company’s website. It’s written by Tom Peters, who’s TP Wire Service I recommend at my squidoo site. Entitled The Brand Called You, I want you to read it for two...
