Smart Musician Guide

ASCAP EXPO 2018

Golden nuggets from ASCAP EXPO "I Create Music" 2018, including Meghan Trainor, J…

Wrap Your Head Around Backups — Musicians Edition

The making of my tribute to Chester Bennington

Or ideas on how to make a cover song your own.

Taxes for musicians

Deductions for 2017

Bookers will love you for this

Top 17 things to do to make sure you’re booked again

Be your publicist’s dream client

What publicists really do and how to get the most out of a PR campaign

As musicians, we can’t control how we compare to our peers. While we should strive to be the best musicians we can possibly be…

How to fill a room on a bad weekend

It is hard to turn down a sweet gig. We were aware that at least part of our core audience would…

How COVID-19 can help you as an artist.

Gigs are being cancelled, the future seems uncertain, there’s a lot to cause anxiety right now if you’re an artist. But have you seen the videos that have been circulating from Italy lately? In this time of crisis, it is music that is keeping the Italians…