Comments on: A Musician’s Guide to Middle Management, or Leading a Band http://www.musicianwages.com/the-working-musician/a-musicians-guide-to-middle-management-or-leading-a-band/ The Community for Working Musicians Sat, 11 Feb 2012 15:18:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Tom http://www.musicianwages.com/the-working-musician/a-musicians-guide-to-middle-management-or-leading-a-band/comment-page-1/#comment-4227 Tom Sun, 26 Sep 2010 15:54:53 +0000 http://www.musicianwages.com/?p=2043#comment-4227 Good article. Thank you for validating the actions I've taken to drive leadership duties into my own band situation! Good article. Thank you for validating the actions I’ve taken to drive leadership duties into my own band situation!

]]> By: GuitarTam http://www.musicianwages.com/the-working-musician/a-musicians-guide-to-middle-management-or-leading-a-band/comment-page-1/#comment-1465 GuitarTam Mon, 27 Apr 2009 15:41:30 +0000 http://www.musicianwages.com/?p=2043#comment-1465 Thank for the article C- I echo the recording the rehersals, then I give everyone a burnt cd to hear what is happening.. it REALLY helps tighten things up.. additionally, being very upfront with how the $$ is being split... for shows.... AND for licensing and songwriting shares... EVERYTHING is documented and legal things the attorney handles..nothing will piss people off more than to not be clear about how the money is being handled. I recommend all these things to artists I coach on growing their BUSINESS. Look forward to other posts. Thank for the article C- I echo the recording the rehersals, then I give everyone a burnt cd to hear what is happening.. it REALLY helps tighten things up..
additionally, being very upfront with how the $$ is being split… for shows…. AND for licensing and songwriting shares… EVERYTHING is documented and legal things the attorney handles..nothing will piss people off more than to not be clear about how the money is being handled.
I recommend all these things to artists I coach on growing their BUSINESS.
Look forward to other posts.

]]> By: A Musician’s Guide to Middle Management, or Leading a Band http://www.musicianwages.com/the-working-musician/a-musicians-guide-to-middle-management-or-leading-a-band/comment-page-1/#comment-766 A Musician’s Guide to Middle Management, or Leading a Band Tue, 03 Feb 2009 14:17:44 +0000 http://www.musicianwages.com/?p=2043#comment-766 [...] READ THE FULL STORY [...] [...] READ THE FULL STORY [...]

]]> By: kt http://www.musicianwages.com/the-working-musician/a-musicians-guide-to-middle-management-or-leading-a-band/comment-page-1/#comment-537 kt Sat, 24 Jan 2009 04:04:59 +0000 http://www.musicianwages.com/?p=2043#comment-537 will you be my responsiblity sharer??? ;) great article cam, couldn't have said it better. will you be my responsiblity sharer??? ;) great article cam, couldn’t have said it better.

]]> By: Natalie John http://www.musicianwages.com/the-working-musician/a-musicians-guide-to-middle-management-or-leading-a-band/comment-page-1/#comment-531 Natalie John Fri, 23 Jan 2009 19:57:04 +0000 http://www.musicianwages.com/?p=2043#comment-531 Cameron, not only is this a great article, but thanks for showing me this website! OK now back to writing songs :) Cameron, not only is this a great article, but thanks for showing me this website! OK now back to writing songs :)

]]> By: burt777 http://www.musicianwages.com/the-working-musician/a-musicians-guide-to-middle-management-or-leading-a-band/comment-page-1/#comment-528 burt777 Fri, 23 Jan 2009 08:14:39 +0000 http://www.musicianwages.com/?p=2043#comment-528 Got this from a tweet. Read it in a breath. Very good stuff. A personal addition to this would be: Buy an mp3 recorder - i have the Zoom H4, it's very cheap, very good and very easy to use. Really, buy one! Record _everything_ - i record all gigs and rehearsals, sometimes i record a rough outline of a song/idea at home. (I also record my singing lessons, which boosts the efficiency from very expensive to very doable!) Mail little pieces to everyone - if you rehearse a song 10 times only to get it right the tenth time, take your recording, cut out that one take (or cut together 2 parts of semi-right takes), mail them to everybody. Really, technology is no barrier here. Getting an mp3 off of the SD card and mailing 10 MB around to everybody is a piece of cake. Also, having an old computer configured as webserver is easy. Band members can always download the whole shebang. For an upcoming gig, i sometimes look through the old gigs for a moment where we really were on fire. I cut it out and mail it to everybody with a few nice words. My gut says this is a good thing to do. ;-> Got this from a tweet. Read it in a breath. Very good stuff.

A personal addition to this would be:

Buy an mp3 recorder – i have the Zoom H4, it’s very cheap, very good and very easy to use. Really, buy one!

Record _everything_ – i record all gigs and rehearsals, sometimes i record a rough outline of a song/idea at home. (I also record my singing lessons, which boosts the efficiency from very expensive to very doable!)

Mail little pieces to everyone – if you rehearse a song 10 times only to get it right the tenth time, take your recording, cut out that one take (or cut together 2 parts of semi-right takes), mail them to everybody. Really, technology is no barrier here. Getting an mp3 off of the SD card and mailing 10 MB around to everybody is a piece of cake. Also, having an old computer configured as webserver is easy. Band members can always download the whole shebang.

For an upcoming gig, i sometimes look through the old gigs for a moment where we really were on fire. I cut it out and mail it to everybody with a few nice words. My gut says this is a good thing to do. ;->

]]> By: David Rose http://www.musicianwages.com/the-working-musician/a-musicians-guide-to-middle-management-or-leading-a-band/comment-page-1/#comment-515 David Rose Thu, 22 Jan 2009 15:03:17 +0000 http://www.musicianwages.com/?p=2043#comment-515 Wow Cameron - You might very well be the most organized person on the planet! These organization and planning tips are very helpful. Thanks for sharing. Direct, clear communications and setting / meeting desired expectations are some of the most important keys to success in any endeavor. I have to wonder where some of my favorite bands might be today if they had been following this advice... Wow Cameron – You might very well be the most organized person on the planet! These organization and planning tips are very helpful. Thanks for sharing.

Direct, clear communications and setting / meeting desired expectations are some of the most important keys to success in any endeavor.

I have to wonder where some of my favorite bands might be today if they had been following this advice…

]]> By: Arnold Faber http://www.musicianwages.com/the-working-musician/a-musicians-guide-to-middle-management-or-leading-a-band/comment-page-1/#comment-512 Arnold Faber Thu, 22 Jan 2009 14:25:38 +0000 http://www.musicianwages.com/?p=2043#comment-512 Sound advice! It's all good... I would say setting the example is one of the more important ones you outline. Sound advice! It’s all good… I would say setting the example is one of the more important ones you outline.

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