davidguide on May 31st, 2008Music Business Publishing-Song Pitching - 4 Steps to Maximize Your Websites’ Song Pitching Power
Is your website set up to help you pitch your songs or even sell your songs? Sure you probably have the songs listed with the CD cover photo. And, you might even have those songs set up for streaming audio so anyone can get a sample or even the whole song. So how’s that working […]
davidguide on May 31st, 2008Music Business Contacts - 4 Follow-Up Tips to Streamline Your Successes
Music Business Contacts are a musician’s, life’s blood and effective, efficient follow-up can mean getting a record deal, getting reviewed or getting booked.
You’ve made your initial contact, sent your first email, letter, or complete packet. Now the next step is crucial and often the difference between throwing money or time out the door or getting […]
davidguide on Jan 21st, 2008Own Your Own Online Music Business - Start An Independent Record Label
If you have a desire to own your own online music business, one of the best ways to become profitable quickly and for very little cost, is to start your own independent record label.
I’ve come to the realization, after several years of working in the music industry that a lot of unnecessary money, time and […]
davidguide on Jan 21st, 2008The Millionaire Mentality
This past weekend I took my girlfriend to the mall so she could pick out some sophisticated stilettos for the upcoming fall season. I could not help but notice a young black male being escorted out of the store in handcuffs and overheard the police officer saying to the young brother “for socks and a […]
davidguide on Jan 21st, 20085 Business Lessons I learned from Hanging out in Hip-Hop Class
I’ve been a dancer my entire life. I started out at the tender age of 4 with my first pair of shinny black tap shoes with little pink bows. I later graduated to jazz, swing, ballroom, a little country line dancing and in my mid 20s returned to my love of tap where I studied […]
davidguide on Nov 19th, 2007What Your Music Profile Should Say About You
Your online music profile is the bottom-line essential information on WHO you are as a band, singer, songwriter and/or musician. Your profile, as to how it fits in the big picture at Artistopia, an artist development site for indie and unsigned artists, is your biography or resume that presents you to the music industry, other […]
davidguide on Nov 19th, 2007Song Demos - How To Get Them Heard
By now you’ve probably read a myriad of articles with individuals who claim to have all of the answers and secrets to getting your songs heard and cut – for a price of course. I will not claim to have all of the answers and neither will I promise you fame and fortune, but I […]
davidguide on Nov 19th, 2007Artist Song Demos - How To Break Through And Sell Your Songs
As writers, it’s often difficult to be objective about writing and any aspect related to writing and creating the demos that are used to shop songs. As a former talent booking agent with the William Morris Agency, I can tell you that with all of the vast array of talent and gifted writers, only a […]
davidguide on Nov 19th, 2007Hot Artist & Band Press, Promo Kits!
Who’s been signed this time, was a common question and theme at William Morris Agency while I was there as an agent. While the agency was always on the lookout, of course with the major heavy weight record labels, knowing which artist would ultimately get the deal was not always an “in the bag” known […]
davidguide on Nov 19th, 2007Background Vocal Careers
As a jingle singer myself, singing on numerous commercials such as FOX TV, UPN, O’Charleys and many others, and as a former talent booking agent with the William Morris Agency booking many a household name artist, I have concluded that there are many reasons to strategize in background vocals as opposed to an actual artist […]