TEN tips for a successful career as a MUSICIAN
Looking for professional advice on making your way through the music industry? Follow these 10 tips by Damian Keyes. 1. Be competitive The music industry is super competitive so to be successful...
View ArticleWhat have I learned in 6 months of living & breathing social media (6 month...
In August 2016 I embarked on a new journey to put a small full time team together and build a new project, develop a brand by immersing myself in social media from the moment I woke up until sleep...
View ArticleRe-thinking the rules of gigging
Musicians are programmed to think in a certain way. We grow up watching our favourite bands who grew up emulating their favourite bands and since the 1960’s there has been a similar structure to how...
View ArticleMusicians – A Word About Experience
What is it that makes a musician experienced? By that I mean real experience not fake cv ‘I played with Chad Smith at my college’ shit. Experience to me is hundreds or more likely thousands of hours...
View ArticleSingers – Are you looking for a band?
So many singers spend years developing their voices just like every other musician but all too often singers struggle to find a band, or musicians to jam and write with, especially vocalists who don’t...
View ArticleMusicians Advice – Can You Turn Up?
‘I’m not ready yet’ Said no musician ever. OK, thats a bit of a sweeping statement but it’s not often a musician will think their playing isn’t up to the job. Musicians usually feel they are ready for...
View ArticleMusicians – Who is holding you accountable?
One thing is clear, when you are in control of everything in your career there is a lot to do and you need to have different brains for different days.. your ‘creative brain’ for all the artistic side...
View ArticleThe Singer vs The Artist – Whats The Difference?
First off let’s clarify what is ‘An Artist’ when it comes to the music industry. An artist goes way past being a singer or performer, there are plenty of massive artists who wouldn’t be classed as...
View ArticleTips On How To Become A Working Musician
Being in originals bands and trying to take over the world with your music takes its toll after a few years and musicians often find themselves at a cross roads where the energy for starting a new band...
View ArticlePriorities, Targets and Goals – FLIP IT!
As musicians we all have priorities and hopefully in setting targets we can work towards our goals, however this is the wrong way around and we need to flip it around and think in a different way so we...
View ArticleBecome the college go-to musician
When you are at college there is always that girl/guy who consistently gets the opportunities from the tutors. Try as you may it feels like you are getting over looked by ‘that guy’ time and time...
View ArticleWhy I Hate Battle of The Bands Competitions
If there is one thing I hate in this world it’s sprouts at xmas! Disgusting green bogies tasting like a ping pong ball full of sick! Bleaurgh! However if there is another thing I deeply dislike it’s...
View ArticleMusicians – Are we having fun yet?
Once upon a time you started your journey towards being a musician. It might have been a birthday and you unwrapped a new guitar or it might have been borrowing a mates drum kit but right now you are...
View ArticleThe Band Photo – Makes Me Want To Stab My Own Grandma!
Imagine all of the possibilities when planning a band photo-shoot, you could hire astronaut costumes and go to the zoo to take pictures riding on giant ancient tortoises. You could go to the pug puppy...
View ArticleSongwriters – LinkedIn for a publishing deal?
Are you a songwriter targeting the holy grail of a publishing deal? I’ll be honest with you it’s an area of the industry I’ve not had a lot of experience in, however over the years I have been very...
View Article10 mistakes made by unsigned originals bands on gigs
Over the past 20 years I have worked with hundreds of unsigned original bands and there are some mistakes that keep cropping up. So hopefully this blog will help you avoid them, or maybe recognise that...
View ArticleS**T You should buy for your band
Hey Hey Hey Monkeys Are you in an unsigned originals band? Is it going to plan or have things slowed down a bit since the first few months of getting together? Maybe you have written & recorded a...
View ArticleSmall but valuable investments to drive your band along
Hey Hey Hey Monkeys Are you in an unsigned originals band? Is it going to plan or have things slowed down a bit since the first few months of getting together? Maybe you have written & recorded a...
View ArticleAll your dreams in 6 seconds
Ruth B was a young songwriter who used Vine to show off hooks and ideas of songs to her small but growing audience. One night, sat at her piano in her pyjamas, she wrote a simple hook melody after...
View ArticleBuckethead, Sight Reading or Naked Bass… Where have you placed yourself as a...
Musician strategy – Stay clear of the middle.. it’s safe and boring! HEY HEY HEY you crazy nutters! Every musician seems to want to work in the middle… by that I mean the safe, boring & highly...
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