A lot of bands want to tour, here's what you need to know before hitting the road. #tour #marketing #independent #showmarkets #musicindustry #livemusic #music #rock #concerts

So you're packed into your rehearsal studio. There's literally a hundred other bands who rehearse within a hundred yards of you. There are probably countless connections to be made and ways that you guys can collaborate in order to fuel your respective bands, but it so rarely happens. I think it's time that we all work together to make rehearsal spaces across the country a little more effective and turn them into the mecca for artists that they could be. I know that this can

Being a band in New York City is hard, no one pays, every good band ever comes through so no one cares about local shows, and opening slots for these big shows all seem to go to the same three or four bands. It's a really awful reality that a lot of musicians have to face, even the truly great ones who break rules and have massive legacies. In a city where celebrities are a dime a dozen commanding any sort of fee as a local can be challenging. Of course, our hardcore roots me

You don't have a ton of money to dump into your band, so what do you do with that intitial $500 investment? #music #bands #budgeting #pr #marketing #rock #records #independent