Making a Living in Your Local Music Market Book Review

Title: Making a Living in Your Local Music Market: Realizing Your Marketing Potential (Fourth Edition) Author: Dick Weissman Genre: Music Business Advice Pages: 272 pages THE CONTENT Making a Living in Your Local Music Market: Realizing Your Marketing Potential (Fourth Edition) is a music business and career advice book written by Dick Weissman. It is …

Joey Sommerville Overnight Sensation Review

On October 28, 2014, trumpeter Joey Sommerville released Overnight Sensation, his fifth solo album on Jayvox. The album consists of nine originals amongst the ten tracks, and the trumpet player is heard sharing production duties with keyboardist, Jeff Lorber. Guests including Earl Klugh, Jeff Bradshaw, Elan Trotman, and Eric Essix make an appearance on the …

5 Great Online Music Tools

Today’s featured online music tools aren’t all necessarily tools but some cool things we found around the web. Check them out below. Let us know what you think in the comments! + Sellbox // Sell your music directly to your fans from your website. Using either Dropbox or Google Drive, you can sell digital files …

DW3 Vintage Truth Review

On March 17, 2015 DW3 celebrated the release of their sophomore album, Vintage Truth on the Woodward Avenue Records label. The project, with its twelve tracks, serves as a tribute to the late Ricky Lawson who produced and recorded on four of the tracks from the album. The DW3 frontmen, Billy Mondragon, Eric Mondragon and …

A Review of Indigo by Dan Siegel

Pianist Dan Siegel’s latest solo release, Indigo, was released fall 2014. It includes a collection of ten original compositions in the jazz style. Accompanied by Yellowjackets veteran Will Kennedy on drums, Bob Sheppard on sax, guitarists Allen Hinds and Mike Miller, percussionist Lenny Castro, vibraphone player Craig Fundyga, and bassist Brian Bromberg, Siegel takes listeners …

The Ultimate CD Release Package

The Ultimate CD Release Package Prepare for the release of your next album with our ultimate CD Release Package! Get both The Album Checklist and 30 Days to a Better Music Brand for only $4.99. Learn to Effectively Release and Promote Your New Album The Album Checklist is a 56-page guide and workbook to help …

The Self-Promoting Musician by Peter Spellman Review

Title: The Self-Promoting Musician: Strategies for Independent Music Success (3rd Edition) Author: Peter Spellman Genre: Music Business Page Count: 284 Pages THE CONTENT The Self-Promoting Musician is a Berklee Music Guide now in its third edition (2013). In the book, Peter Spellman offers readers advice on how to approach one’s music career with a do-it-yourself attitude. …

Lawson Rollins Traveler Review

Guitarist Lawson Rollins released Traveler, his fifth album as a solo artist on February 17, 2015 by way of Inifinita Records. Accompanied by Mads Tolling, Charlie Bisharat, Randy Tico, Dave Bryant, Cameron Stone, Scotty Morris, Joshua Levy, and Karl Hunter, the composer delights listeners with twelve original tracks. One almost feels as though they need …

30 Days to a Better Music Brand Available Now!

Are you ready to give your music brand an extra boost? This 172-page workbook is a great way to get started. With 30 challenges to help you work towards a better brand, a collection of helpful resources, and a case study, you can give your brand the attention it deserves. Improve your music brand with …

30 Days to a Better Music Brand Community Page

Hey there! Thank you for supporting Teen Jazz and your own brand as an artist with your purchase of “30 Days to a Better Music Brand”. Don’t have it yet? That’s okay, you can get it here for just $2.99. Welcome to our community page where we can share our journey to better music branding, …