When it comes to the independent music scene, few people are more knowledgeable than Derek Sivers (see Fig. 1). He began his music career as a guitarist...
The old refrain You ought to be in pictures usually refers to potential actors and actresses, but nowadays it could also apply to independent musicians...
The Internet has empowered today's musician like never before. Career advancement is no longer exclusively predicated on having a record deal. If you...
This is the second of two columns featuring music attorney Bev Green, a veteran entertainment lawyer in the San Francisco area who practices at the firm...
Electronic Musician's interview with Michael Petricone, VP of the Consumer Electronics Association, who tells why he thinks the major record labels are stifling technologies that could help independent musicians....
Predicting the future is never easy, but trying to anticipate what it will bring can help a lot as long as you really know the subject that you're speculating...
In the music-for-picture world, composers get most of the glory. But there's another group of professionals who have a big impact on which music gets...
Ironman composer Ramin Djawadi talks film-and-TV scoring. Go
What's New: Native Instruments Guitar Rig 3 XE and Guitar Rig Session, Rob Papen's Predator synth, and Haunted House Records's Electronic Critters, a sampling CD of circuit-bent toys.Go