“You build on failure. Use it as a stepping stone and close the door on the past. Don’t try to forget the mistakes, but don’t dwell on it.”
— Johnny Cash
Here are the posts that have appeared in the New Music Lives™ Group on Facebook this week...
• Metrics Schmetrics. Streams and Drips. The single most important measure of your success as a Music Artist is YOUR OPINION of YOU and YOUR ART.
• The long and winding road: Stuart Maconie on why our opinions about the Beatles keep changing from theguardian .com— Fans and historians have spent 60 years debating what the band means – and which member is greatest. Will the returning Anthology project and Sam Mendes’s planned biopics create new arguments?
• The Rock Star Who Couldn't Sing or Play a Note from Ted Gioia the honest-broker .com— You’ve got to be old enough to appreciate this one.
• 30 Viral Templates That Work for Music Artists from smartmusicbusiness .com— Over time Chris Greenwood has proven to be a most knowledgable authority for Music Artists to grow their career and income. This book is only $7.
• Study Reveals Nearly 90-Percent of Musicians Are Integrating AI Into Their Music Creation from americansongwriter .com— Since Artificial Intelligence became available to people all around the world, users have used the technology to practically create anything. Want to make a movie— AI can do that. Want to write a book— AI can do that. What about music— no problem.
in partnership with the Eleven Music Career Center and Matt Jacoby
Turn Up Your Music Career
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... and here's the more...
• Damn! a day late. I'm sorry. Another longie but goodie. the TrueFans AMP™ 121
• Supreme Court hears billion-dollar battle over online piracy from abcnews .com— Cox says it opposes copyright infringement and takes steps to prevent it, but that it cannot be held responsible for the actions of individual users, who are impossible to pinpoint and trace. OKay. Then. Who is...?
• Bookkeeping for Musicians: Know Your Money | Music Career Step 32 from Matt Jacoby UpToEleven .com on YouTube— TWICE A MONTH. THAT'S IT. When it comes to managing your music business finances, Matt strongly encourages having 2 monthly accounting days at roughly the same time every month.
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And PLEASE, if you've got any Singer Songwriter friends, pass the AMP on, because... It’s Time... for a Change. Big Time. Past Time...
