by Steve Grossman | Jun 16, 2006 | Blog, Career
Read this in an article the other day: Two rock bands, the Allman Brothers Band and Cheap Trick, have filed a lawsuit against Sony BMG alleging that they are shortchanged when Sony divvies up royalties from digital downloads. Filed Thursday in U.S. District Court in...
by Steve Grossman | Apr 30, 2006 | Blog, Career
One of my most dreaded questions during my career as a professional musician was “how much do you charge for…?” I hated it for two main reasons: first, I hated to have to draw attention away from the music and onto money. Second, I always felt like...
by Steve Grossman | Apr 28, 2006 | About Me, Blog
As I start this post, I’m reminded of the dialogue from the movie “Beaches” where the self-absorbed character who’s been chatting endlessly about her accomplishments pauses and says: “Well, enough about me. Let’s talk about you....
by Steve Grossman | Apr 28, 2006 | Blog, The Industry
Isn’t the top where you want to be? I mean, don’t you want to be a, um…ah……STAR? Don’t get hung up on that word, a star can mean anyone of a thousand different things to two thousand different people. All I want to say here is that...
by Steve Grossman | Apr 26, 2006 | Blog
I realized two things over the past week. One, there are many, many people using blogs to work through ideas for books – and that’s a good thing. Two, I’m writing a book yet I’ve never discussed it on my blog. So… I used to be a...
by Steve Grossman | Apr 19, 2006 | Blog, Marketing
Came across something of interest here. JS Logan recommends “repositioning” if what you’re doing isn’t working. Of course, that’s more difficult in music when the product is you, but there’s still some good advice: 2. Change...
