Music Business

The Dos and Don’ts of Music Conferences

Conferences are beasts. Look at any schedule and you’ll see hundreds of panels, workshops…

Lessons on Humility from Greg Phillinganes

Behind the Korg Kronos keyboard, Greg Phillinganes steps into character. Striking Gospel chords, he becomes the happy parishioner. Then he leans and laughs to play country music and turns the Music Den into a honkytonk. Through some mellow staccato…

About the Money: How Toronto’s Top Music Sponsors Spend

The Startup Musicians: Wolf Saga

Musicians are some of the original entrepreneurs, building their brands from the ground up by crafting a unique product that they hope will resonate with a market — whether they’re an experimental group tailored towards a niche audience or a pop sensation produced for the…

Musicians Aren’t Thinking About Your Product (and other lessons from our first Music Tech Meetup)

The Future (Land) of NXNE

“Stop smoking pot, watching cats on YouTube and trolling people online — that does nothing for society,” ranted…

The New Music Economy: Opportunities For Musicians & Entrepreneurs

This post draws on my Masters Thesis, Music…

Music Biz Vet Yells At Cloud

It was in the early 90’s that my colleagues in the music business started to have a crisis of confidence. We were the taste makers, the purveyors of what was cool in music, what should be lauded, what should be dismissed. We were the ones who as teenagers had the biggest album…