I recently read the book Meditations on the First Philosophy
by Rene Descartes. In this book he goes about proving the
existence of himself and God by first looking at everything
he knows as not true. So Descartes’ first mission was to prove
his own existence prior to proving the existence of God. I
found one of the most profound [...]
Often times as creative individuals we move from project to
project never really getting the full potential out of a piece of
work. This is especially true with musicians. Jumping from
project to project, group to group, even genre to genre. Now all of this is
ok and often times necessary to keep you moving successfully
through the industries terrain. [...]
I decided to start this weeks article off with a story I received
in an e-mail its by an unknown author. I believe it holds the
keys to creating success and wealth in just about any area of your
life, even in your music career:
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A woman came out of her house and saw three old men with long
white [...]
Are You Getting The Most Out Of Your Website? (Cont’d):
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Links- Here you can offer to link to other indie groups that you know or
like, companies that relate to you or your image or your sponsors, as
well as any other places on the web that you yourself enjoy. Make
sure that you add a sentence or two, [...]
Are You Getting The Most Out Of Your Website?
This week I choose to list the items and explain how you can adequately use new technologies
and improve your use of the older ones such as chatrooms to get the most out of your site. I also
am going to name the essentials that I believe all good [...]
Here is a group growing in popularity on Myspace named The Perfect Measure.
We think they are worth listening to so why not check them out here:
http://www.myspace.com/theperfectmeasure
The very first project for most up-and-comers often is an EP. An EP usually consists of
anywhere from 3-7 songs and is usually used as a demo by bands for press and label solicitation.
However, more common than not, those unsolicited EP’s end up in the trash bin remaining
unopened. Yet year after year bands continuously hold on [...]
This weeks tip is about creating a business plan and structure
around your career. It is important that you begin to realize
that you yourself are not only a product, but also an entity
and every entity must have an accurate plan to help progress
them steadily into success. Here are the finer details that you
should begin to plot [...]
What is true artistic freedom? Is it to be able to act on and do whatever,
whenever you wish or please to. Well according to Nadia Boulanger,
the famous musical composer and teacher, it is not. Boulanger believed
that true artistic freedom could only be achieved through having a clearly
defined set of boundaries and parameters. And having been [...]