Life Without Wires

I have all this stuff I put together for a musician friend of mine who was looking for advice on how to sell music now that everything’s gone all digital and all. It’s going to waste sitting here on my computer. I feel I should share it with any musicians and artists that are looking for ways to make and distribute their music and still pay for food. I’ve done a lot of work with digital music and content, particularly in mobile, so a lot of this stuff is internet or mobile based. If you find it useful let me know, it’ll make me happy.

This article will help you understand the music business since everything went all digital. It may help you as an artist.

You can learn all you need to know about how to tell a good story as an artist from Lady Gaga. She’s got it cracked. Caitlin_Burns writes an excellent summary of what the Haus of Gaga is up to here.

Lady Gaga tells her story the right way

Here’s are some tools that can get you started:

First of all here’s some ideas I put together which I called “Where to Stick Yer Album”. You’ll find some ideas there for what to do if you’ve got an album to sell but you’re not quite sure where to sell it.

Next here’s a general introduction to DIY distribution and sales on web and mobile.

If you’d like some more thoughts on music, art and how to sell it and survive, read on…

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“Like things I have to look at: red hair and Rothkos, as if the angels just have to show. In fairness to you I must revise this romance to rust, trade in this stash for cash, trade in these goods for ash. In fairness to you I will stare the paint right off this sill, beat down the floor with my feet ’till you and I have time to be still.”

Angels Just Have to Show- Karate.