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Tag Archives: Audience
The Crucial Twenty Percent
I’ve heard it said that the following applies. It’s the 20/60/20 rule: 20% of people will hate you, no matter what kind of art you make, or what kind of person you are. It doesn’t matter. They’ll hate the way … Continue reading
The Corrosive Effect of Pay to Play on Artists
Yesterday, I posted an article about the prevalence of pay to play, or payola, in modern mainstream radio. It isn’t officially acknowledged, or even legal, but it goes on in many clandestine and disguised ways. Rest assured that any mainstream … Continue reading
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Tagged Adulation, Art, Audience, Authenticity, Fame, fame and wealth, Greed, Humanity, Independent Promoters, Integrity, Love, Manipulation, modern mainstream radio, Money, Music, Music Production, Musicians, Musicianship, Payola, Quality, Radio, Record Companies, Recording, Song Writing, Songwriting, Success, Wealth
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The Future of Live Music
There are some demographic trends that are worth paying attention to, because they are likely to have an impact on the opportunities for musicians to play their music to live audiences. The first trend is that young people are eschewing … Continue reading
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Tagged Art, Audience, Future, Live Performance, Live Venues, Money, Music, Musicians, recorded music, Recording
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What You Care About Is Crucial
I’ve spent a working lifetime bringing things into existence that didn’t exist before. I’ve been making things for a long time and I have noticed something crucial about collaborative efforts, whether they are software development, large art projects, the recording … Continue reading
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Tagged Art, Audience, Business, Care, Collaboration, Collaborators, Customers, Enterprise, Money, People, Quality
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Paying Attention
Life is fast. It’s perhaps stating the obvious, but the pace of information, that routinely flows in our direction, is like never before. With so much competition for our attention and so much competition for the attention of our audiences, … Continue reading
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Tagged Agents, Art, Artists, Attention, Attention Deficit Disorder, Audience, Channels, Collaboration, Creative Flow, Directors, Facebook, Film Makers, Literary Agents, Musicians, Painters, Public Relations, Record Pluggers, Record Producers, Software Development, Song Writers, Writers
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