I've joined 5 music industry bloggers and consultants led by KnowTheMusicBiz.com's David Rose in offering free advice to an aspiring indie artist that we'll only identifyi Indie Artist X as launches a d.i.y. release and tour. Our constantly evolving plan can be viewed at any time here.
Why all the secrecy? This is in part an experiment to see if our collective daily pontifications have any real impact and we don't want who we are to influence (positively or negatively) how others in the industry treat the artist.
Indie Artist X is a talented, hard working musician who has had 2 previous records released by a very small indie label. This record is being released 100% d.i.y. and he does not have a booking agent or manager. He does have a day job and a wifebut his goal is to make music his full time career. We'll share his identy once the project ends at the end of October.
Each advisor is responsible for an an area of the artist's career:
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Andrew Goodrich
Artists House Music
http://www.artistshousemusic.org/
Channel: Fan Development -
Bruce Houghton
Hypebot
http://www.hypebot.com/
Channel: Commerce -
Cameron Mizell
MusicianWages.com
http://musicianwages.com/
Channel: Awareness -
David Rose
KnowTheMusicBiz.com
http://www.knowthemusicbiz.com/
Channel: Artist Website -
Heather McDonald
About.com Music Careers
http://musicians.about.com/
Channel: Influencers -
Martin Atkins
Revolution Number Three
http://www.revolutionnumberthree.com/
Channel: Live Shows
Follow our ideas and progress here.
