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. …

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, …

A Reminder for Musicians for When You Feel Like You Suck

When we first make the transition from playing music in school to playing music professionally, many young performers are quickly discouraged. We go from competing against and performing with players relatively close to us in age with very subtle differences in ability (with a few exceptions), to doing the same against and with players who …

An In-Depth Introduction to Breton Music with Jean-Michel Veillon Pt. 2

Read Part 1: An Introduction to Breton music and the history of the region SK: So a moment ago you were talking about the early Breton music instrumentation, but I’d like to go back for a minute and talk about the way the instrumentation has evolved over time, especially after the folk revival. JM: What …

2014 in Review | Most Popular Music Advice Articles on Teen Jazz

Hey everyone – we hope you all had a wonderful New Year’s celebration and that you’re already started on accomplishing all of your music goals for 2015. We wanted to thank you for sharing a wonderful 2014 with us and we look forward to continue getting to know you all in the next year. This …

How to Get More Ideas while Improvising Jazz

The following is a guest post by Mark Mercury. Do you ever run out of ideas while improvising? Are you sometimes unable to solo as freely and spontaneously as you would like? The building blocks of jazz improvisation are original, musical ideas. Getting them requires a steady stream of creativity and inspiration. Fortunately, many aspects …

Giveaway On Teen Jazz | 12 Deals of Christmas

*some items not pictured Today we’re giving away a bundle of music and saxophone accessories on Teen Jazz. Included in the bundle are: – 3 Packs of BG France Reed Performers – 1 BG France Universal Care Glove – 1 D’Addario Rock like an Icon Poster – 1 Rico Padded Saxophone Neckstrap – 1 Box …

Pre-Order “30 Days to a Better Music Brand” FREE | 12 Deals Day 11

Today we’re offering our upcoming book to you for free if you pre-order it! Get 30 Days to a Better Music Brand for free by submitting your email below and we’ll send you the book once it’s complete. The expected release is February 2015. Pre-Order your copy of “30 Days to a Better Music Brand”: …

Free Audiobook with Purchase of Album Checklist | 12 Deals Day 10

Get a FREE Audiobook to help Prepare Your Next Album The beginning of last year we released an audiobook version of our popular book, “The Album Checklist: A Guide and Workbook to Help with the Preparation of Your Next Album.” When you order the PDF book we’ll send you the audiobook for FREE! Sorry, this …

25% Off Professional Mastering | Deals Day 9

Get the major label sound at the indie price on your mastering, mixing and song production. All services are 25% off from the Mastermind Factory – just use coupon code “TEENJAZZ” when you contact them. But if you are ready to get your mastering now, go ahead and use the button below to reserve your …