Category Archives: Musician Issues

DIY Musician Podcast: Episode #131- Ari Herstand…Should You Pay to Play?

Text by Sohrab Saadat Ladjevardi

I totally agree with Ari in all the things he says in this podcast interview about how “freelancing” musicians or bands need to deal with clubs.. Actually, I’ve been advising musicians around me almost the same things. I think that the time has come that musicians and bands know how to deal with clubs. Yes, you can’t play for free anymore, as far as you’re professional and live from your music. But you have to collaborate with clubs to make a gig a success. As a musician you need to know what your responsibilities are. You need to know how clubs make business. You just can’t ask for a guaranty and expect that a crowd will show up. On the contrary, it’s very important that musicians can negotiate things with the clubs. You have to be flexible in your demands. Being a musician means to be the composer-performer and your own manager at the same time. In fact, you make yourself famous and the clubs could be a great help for you. But you need to know how to deal and work with them.

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Future of Music: Newsletter #120 (March 11, 2014)

Greetings, FMC friends! After a long and cold winter, many of us are excited to be escaping to the sunshine of Austin, Texas this week for great music, excellent tacos, and a jampacked SXSW schedule. Meanwhile, there’s plenty of excitement heating up in the world of policy. Read on for all the latest happenings.

1.  FMC On The Road: SXSW
2.  Artist Revenue Streams: New Case Study!
3.  Comcast/Time Warner Cable Merger: Bad News For Musicians
4.  On Copyright: Congressional Hearings Resume
5.  Health Care Update
6.  Best of the Blog
7.  Work for FMC
8.  SF MusicTech: Register Now!
9.  How Are We Doing?

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Musician Issues: DMCA – The Top 10 Stories on the Must Read List (Digital Millennium Copyright Act)

Text by Trichordist Editor

This week congress will hear testimony on the DMCA as part of it’s on going review of the Copyright Act. Here’s 10 essential posts and articles to read to understand the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). Google Receives Its 100 Millionth Piracy Notice. Nothing Changes… | DMN Safe Harbor Not Loophole: Five Things We Could Do […]

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