Drive North – Call Me In An Hour
True story: When I was 18 I played in some small time road bands. We were so completely faithful that we’d get gigs from our agent that we would literally get in the van, packed full of musical equipment, and do exactly as our agent instructed us to: we’d drive north and call him in [...]
What the “Digital Download Era” Means for Artist
As we put a decade behind us, I feel it is important to look back at where we came from, and to look forward to where we are going. We all know how the digital downloading epidemic affected the music industry, as the better part of the last decade consisted of product flying out the [...]
Country’s Night At The Grammy Awards
I hope you all had your TV’s tuned in to the 52nd annual Grammy Awards this past Sunday night. If not, you missed out on one of Country music’s biggest nights at the awards in years! With Taylor Swift and the Zac Brown Band taking home two huge awards, it was truly a wonderful night [...]
An Artist’s Instrument
I grew up in a nice, upper-middle class neighborhood in San Mateo, California. I was both blessed and cursed. The blessing was that I had two living breathing parents that both lived under the same roof. The curse was that I had inherited one (against my will) who was surely the cheapest father in the [...]
Congratulations to our Pop Artist, Drea Chamberlain!
Congratulations to our Pop artist, Drea Chamberlain, for landing this amazing billboard ad in New Jersey! Doesn’t she look awesome!? These photos came from her photo shoot in Nashville with the talented photographer, Amanda Van Sandt!
Drea was the star of a television series in Pittsburgh last October. The producer would like her to make another [...]
Music Festival for Songwriters
It was my great privilege to attend the 25th annual Frank Brown International Songwriting Festival this weekend held at various venues along the Alabama/Florida gulf coast. Frank Brown was a night watchman at the popular “Flora-Bama” club, and his love for songwriters gave him the urge to get his favorite writers together to perform every [...]
Why is Image so Important?
Taking the time to figure out who you are as an artist, and what kind of lasting impression you want for your fans visually, is just as important as the music you create and perform. I see many artists spending very little time on their image, which should be part of their overall “package.” If you want to [...]
Get Noticed at the Nashville Palace
Nashville is an exciting city… music dominates this town!
Take the Nashville Palace, for example… here’s a Country bar/ restaurant where country legend Randy Travis once worked as a dishwasher! The servers who worked there were always invited to get up and sing with the house band, and Randy Travis frequently performed with the band. This [...]