Get a gig in my house

Sometimes going out to see a live act just smacks of effort. Put the kettle on, and invite one into your home. This is a sponsored blog post. The idea of in-home concerts is not necessarily a new one. People have been playing music in houses since people have had...

Novatunes

Pay attention. Things are changing. Crazy busy week, but before we return to our regularly scheduled programme, I want to hold up a flag and let you know that this is going to be quite something. I’ve seen what’s under the lid and I am really rather...

Take a deep breath

I was out of town the same week Skype fell off the radar for a couple of days. But that wasn’t my main communication issue. Somewhere that gets it, Glasgow Let me say this and get it out of the way: I love this country. In the past few weeks, I’ve been to...

Introducing Newswire

Before New Music Strategies was a blog, it was an email with a list of links to articles about music online. Now it’s that as well. I started New Music Strategies by sending out a bunch of links to articles about music business on the internet to a small bunch...

There is no gap

You can stop making websites to promote unsigned bands now. There are far too many — and it’s getting to be a problem. This week, we witnessed the first unsigned band to enter the UK top 40. We should pause to celebrate that fact, and then shake our heads...