I was having coffee and catch-up with manager and publicist extraordinaire Patrice Fehlen a few months ago and we started talking about my “In Defense of 1,000 True Fans” series on MusicThinkTank. She mentioned something that I think makes an interesting angle: Jerry...
When I first heard that Ellis Paul an artist I have know about for years and seen one a few occasions raised $100,000 I was amazed…I had to get the story. Here it is. Ellis Paul is an American singer-songwriter and folk musician. To date, he has released 16 albums...
Here I go again…. It’s Part 6 in my 1,000 True Fans series. For this installment I asked my new friends at Sorted Noise in Nashville to introduce me to some of their artists who are doing it right. I am happy that they introduced me to Josh Ryan. Josh fronts the...
I had the honor and pleasure of speaking at NAMM last week about how to make money in the music business. Normally when I speak on panels it’s me and a few other Social Media, Marketing, and PR peeps but this panel which was curated by Tony Van Veen of CD Baby /...
Kelly Richey has been described as “Stevie Ray Vaughan trapped in a woman’s body with Janis Joplin screaming to get out.” That’s an apt appraisal of the Lexington, Kentucky native who’s now based in Cincinnati for many years. A working musician since her teens, she...
I met Amber Rubarth through Derek Sivers who wrote a wonderful profile on her on his blog. Here is what Derek wrote: Amber Rubarth is a 26-year-old singer/songwriter from Reno, who only started playing music five years ago, but is making a full-time living touring,...
