"Clarity protects. Know your agreements. Keep your publishing if you can. Ask questions until the answers are plain. Then, when you sit to write, forget all of it. The heart can't sing with a calculator in its lap."
— from a Conversation with Leonard Cohen in the TrueFans AMP™ this week.
Here are the posts that have appeared in the New Music Lives™ Group on Facebook this week...
• Don't Let Jealous Musicians Sabotage Your Growth from Terence Fisher on YouTube— Jealousy in the music world can be a silent killer, so protect your career growth by choosing your collaborators wisely. Many musicians face sabotage from unexpected sources, hindering their path to how to become successful. Don't let career mistakes derail your journey!
• Why booking live shows is more important than ever! From the ReverbNation Blog— The past few years have seen the music industry focus on platforms like TikTok and Instagram, as well as social media in general. It started to feel like social media following and an artist’s branding was everything. Post the right TikTok, go viral, and suddenly you’re the next big thing! However…
• The Rise of Fan-Driven Discovery. from emwhitenoise.substack .com How Playlisters Like Carly B Became Music’s New Tastemakers (+ insights from my Gen Z readers!)
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You won’t find pop gossip or celebrity fluff here. What you will find is Artist First storytelling: breathtaking performances in subways, a young girl in Africa covering Queen with soul beyond her years, an elderly busker bringing a tear to passersby, or a small-town kid stunning the world with his voice. Every post is a tribute to the power of music to connect, inspire, and uplift.
We love The Music Man UK because they share our values. They elevate artists. They tell the stories others overlook. And they remind us, every day, why we fell in love with music in the first place. Find them at themusicman.uk or join the millions who follow their page on Facebook. You’ll be glad you did.
... and here's the more...
• DON'T MISS a Coffee with Leonard Cohen. It's a conversation you've got to 'hear'.
• Crazy a Reason To Smile from Dan Rather steady.substack. com— When deciding on this week’s Reason To Smile, I discovered that Patsy Cline recorded her iconic song “Crazy” 64 years ago this week. Great, I thought. But wait, surely we have already featured what is one of my all-time favorite songs. To my chagrin, we had not. Happily, we now can. When Cline recorded “Crazy” in 1961 she was already a member of the Grand Ole Opry and a rising star in country music. That song cemented her place in the country music pantheon.
• BET Hip Hop Awards and Soul Train Music Awards Have Been 'Suspended' Indefinitely from Rollingstone— Soul Train Music Awards and BET Hip-Hop Awards have been suspended indefinitely as the company reconfigures for digital changes, CEO says.
• The unflattening of streaming from MEDiA Research. This post builds on their January 2025 post ‘The unflattening of music’ which itself built on two previous pieces (you can find links to both in that post). Industries arrive at pivot points when an accumulation of fissures coalesce into one big crack.
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