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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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Ideas are like piles, sooner or later every a**ehole gets them

By Ruben Kenig | Published: 29 July, 2009

Ideas are just a starting point. The real trick is taking an idea and making it happen as well as possible. Derek Sivers defines ideas as a multiplier and I think that’s a useful way to look at it. He even gives some definition to the values with a so-so idea worth half as much as a good idea and that […]

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