Category Archives: Music Business

Being a professional indie musician isn’t for everyone: Lessons from Charles Ives and Shellac

By Ruben Kenig | Published: 16 December, 2010

If you’re trying to make even a partial living as an indie musician you’re a businessperson, and the news gets worse… You’re a small business. That’s a tough row to hoe as it’s unlikely you’ll have much support. You’re going to have to fill lots of roles all by yourself, publicist, customer relations, sales, accounts and legal for starters. […]

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Can we increase tangible collaboration between independent musicians?

By Ruben Kenig | Published: 18 November, 2010

Last night I awoke to find I had drifted off in front of the television. That’s never a great feeling but I happened to hear something I wouldn’t normally have which softened the blow. There was a poker tournament on and they were interviewing a young British poker player who had just lost his imaginary money and been eliminated from the tournament. […]

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Independent, impecunious and heading for the recording studio: An exhortation to prepare excellently

By Ruben Kenig | Published: 2 September, 2010

A lovely coincidence of information occurred today that give me a chance to beat a drum for using good studios to record your music, if at all possible, and to do this sensibly by preparing thoroughly for the recording sessions. The first element is a great blogpost from warriorgirl announcing the release of the She Makes War album Disarm. […]

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