With no studio work these days I’ve finally finished my “vanity” project of listing all the recordings I’ve played on over the years – at least the ones I have copies of. Eighty-one all together! I know there are at least a dozen others that folks didn’t send me copies of and I don’t have …
First off, I have to say this. I try to avoid making this website too political. But this is important. I left Facebook a year ago. I miss seeing my friends there. But I knew it was a bad place. And now, you need to leave, too. Yeah, I know all your friends are there …
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One of the things every performing musician needs is a good, short bio for programs, publicity, etc. Who is really terrible at writing good short bios? Most musicians, that’s who. I was more comfortable writing a whole page about my evolution and experience as a musician but always struggle with a concise, informative short bio. …
UPDATE for 2020 – An excellent in-depth look at the situation by Andrew Grant: How Much Does Spotify Pay Artists & Has It Killed The Industry? Great graphic here from Information is Beautiful: Major Music Streaming Services Compared Daniel Sanchez breaks down some of the info from that graphic: What Streaming Music Services Pay And …
Patreon.com: Cory Doctorow on Patreon concerning their recent change to payment policies that could have a negative impact on artists. Brent Knepper about who’s making money on Patreon – “No one makes a living on Patreon”. Graphtreon – a graph of Patreon creators and how much they make Libera Pay – a Patreon alternative