‘For Musicians’ Archives
What Indie Musiscians Can Learn from Their Author Cousins
OK, so last time I picked on indie authors, encouraging them to steal a page from the indie musician playbook and spend a little (or a lot!) more time honing their craft. I hope I didn't step on too many toes, but I know for a fact that one of the biggest complaints about self-published work is the quality (or lack thereof) of the finished [...]
Attention Indie Authors & Musicians
Simplie Indie is here to help you realize your artistic goals and dreams. We need your help to create the ultimate one-stop-shop experience for independent musicians and authors. We want to know your desires and needs as an independent artist so we can provide you with the tools you need to make your career explode. It’s your dream, [...]
Simplie Indie – Why Two Websites?
I have been asked why Simplie Indie created two websites and what the purposes of each are. I thought I would take a few minutes today to answer that question for everyone. The simple answer is that each site serves a very distinct purpose. The purpose of www.simplieindie.com is to connect the artist with their fan. That’s it. It’s where [...]
Don’t Be Afraid of Your Own Opinion
My friend Joel D Canfield, author of The Commonsense Entrepreneur (seriously one of the best business books I’ve ever read, and he doesn’t even pay me to say that), made an interesting comment to me today. He said that he never wants to go to his book’s page on Amazon and see 3s in the ratings; he only wants to see 1s and 5s. That [...]
Musicians – The 10 Commandments for Jamming + 10 Bonus Commandments
After posting my 15 commandments for Writers, I received a request for commandments for musicians. So here are 10 commandments for jamming plus 10 more Groove Disques commandments. There are many variations of the 10 Commandments for Jamming. If there is a commandment that you think should be included please let me know. The 10 Commandments [...]
A Social Media Fable
Hi kids! It’s Social Media Fable time, and you get to pick the moral: Once upon a time, there was a Facebook fan named Jerry. He was going about his days on Facebook, enjoying his interactions with his virtual friends, and life was good. One day, he received an invitation form one of his Facebook friends, Mr. G, to become a fan of a [...]
What motivates you to succeed as an Independent Author or Musician?
This is a question that I have been thinking about a lot recently. I believe that internal motivation is one of the major factors that determines the success or failure of a project. You have to have a powerful "why" and I don't think that wanting to earn money with your book or music is a good enough "why" to succeed. I'm not suggesting [...]
Music Industry Changing
"There was a time when most aspiring musicians had the same dream: to sign a deal with a major record label." This is the first line in an article titled Artists Find Backers as Labels Wane - by Brad Stone published July 21, 2009 in the New York Times online. A friend of mine sent me a link to this article a fews days ago. The article goes [...]
