'Fachtna Ó Ceallaigh, who managed O’Connor from 1986 to 1990 and in later years, said she blazed a trail for other female artists. “It wasn’t just that she was unique looking – her willingness to speak what she believed to be the truth forged a new path for women in the music industry to be as close to their true selves as they could possibly be.”

Ó Ceallaigh said the singer struggled with her success after 1990. “When people are catapulted into the public arena, particularly at such a young age, it can have a devastating impact. It gave her a huge platform but that carried maybe overwhelming responsibility and I’m not too sure she was able to cope with that.

“It’s important for artists to realise that all that glitters is not gold. Her life and times were a terrible manifestation of that.”' https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/jul/26/sinead-oconnor-dies-aged-56 #music #musicbiz #obituary

just spent about half an hour with my rotary cutter, turning 5 sheets of printing into 50 business cards. I think the print shop I use was out of the cheap, basic card stock and I got some pretty hefty cards out of it. they look and feel pretty posh, even though they’re just black and white. alas, they’re hard to fit into my business card holders. but I didn’t force it.

I got a bigger hammer.

maybe someday I’ll be contacted from them, offering an actual gig.

nah. probably not.

#MusicBiz

'The entertainment industry in general and music industry in particular have become exceptionally good at selling the maximum number of units, but selling units is not what music is for.' | Dan Brooks https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/jul/18/nirvana-sell-out-data-music-industry #music #musicbiz #copyright

Apropos #Musicbiz: Verstoß gegen #DSGVO: #Spotify muss Millionenstrafe zahlen

The #corporations are your friend. Ich verwende keine #Streaming -Dienste für #Musik, kaufe noch physische Tonträger. Die Filmbranche zeigt, wohin die Reise wohl geht und wie es nicht gemacht werden sollte. #ymmv

#music #Biz #GiftundGalle #Datenschutz

https://www.golem.de/news/verstoss-gegen-dsgvo-spotify-muss-millionenstrafe-zahlen-2306-174925.html

‘We keep our money in a sock!’: the Waifs on 30 years of fights, fame and batting off record labels https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/apr/30/we-keep-our-money-in-a-sock-the-waifs-on-30-years-of-fights-fame-and-batting-off-record-labels #music #musicbiz

Spannend das Panel „Wanted Curstors for the new Generation of the music industry“ zeigt, dass es wichtig ist, dass Berufseinsteiger*innen Neugierde und eigenständig sind. Feedback ist wichtig, Teamarbeit wird gefordert. Es werden viele Möglichkeiten geboten schnell selbstständig zu arbeiten.

Bei soviel guten Chancen, sollte diese Branche doch keine Nachwuchsprobleme haben.

#nachwuchs #talent #musicbiz

Why the Music Business Association Is ‘Righteously Indignant’ Over Tennessee’s Anti-LGBTQ Laws

Check it out! 👇
https://www.billboard.com/pro/music-biz-president-tennessees-anti-lgbtq-laws/

#Tennessee #Pride #Nashville #MusicBiz #Pride #Culture

Many indies can’t afford to hire PR and marketers – you have to pick and choose
#MusicianTips #MusicianResources #MusicBiz #IndieMarketing #SoloGig
https://muz4now.com/2023/indie-email-marketing-real-world-vs-experts/

Real World vs. "Experts"
A quick poll of indie musicians revealed that over 90% did little or no email marketing
#MusicianTips #MusicBiz #IndieMusician #DIYmusician

https://muz4now.com/2023/indie-email-marketing-real-world-vs-experts/

#Introduction
Migrating from the instance of the moment.

#lgbt+ #lesbian #actuallygay #gay
Yeah, I can say that now. Lesbian, lesbian, lesbian.
I didn’t come out til I was 67, but I have always been attracted to women. It’s taken a couple of years to deprogram myself from the dominant gender paradigm, and pretty much reject it all now as a control mechanism for cis-het men to lord it over the rest of us.
She/her, because I’m too old to change now.
Regarding my avatar: my first real girl crush was Frank Miller’s Electra, with her broad shoulders, bold biceps and fine, fine ass.
#actuallyautistic #autism #aspie
I am a hyper-vocal, super-logical, organizing, explaining fiend. How I ever managed on a 500 character instance I don’t know.
#sci-fi #fantasy #sff #comics #animation #startrek #timetravel #dystopia
My first favorite book was Twain’s Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court. I love great world-building and extrapolating now out to then. Trying to develop some novels on my own now
#arts #artist #fiberarts
My first career was graphic design and web programming, my second was as a fiber artist. I spin, weave, sew, knit, crochet, dye, etc.,etc. If it has yarn involved, I’ve done it.
#90srock #musicbiz #rock
I am really a 16 year old bassist in a garage band. Alice In Chains, Soundgarden, Muse… if it has a demon bass player, I am in.
#cats
Always Team Cat

#Africa #Africans #beyonce #BeyonceWorldTour #musicnews #musicbiz #Media #CulturalAppropriation #Culture #worldtourism #blackhistory365 #blackamericans https://tbhenry.medium.com/beyonce%CC%81-excludes-africa-african-media-accuse-her-of-appropriating-their-culture-while-snubbing-777f8ed4a802

Blur’s Dave Rowntree is ‘still an active campaigner for musicians: today he’s a director of the trade body Featured Artists Coalition. This interest began in the early days of Blur, he says, when a poor business deal nearly “finished” them after their first album. “And for the first 10 years of Blur’s existence, we barely had a penny. We were being flown around the world in first class on somebody else’s money – well, our money, as it turned out – and then coming back home to our kind of dingy little bedsits without enough money to feed ourselves.” https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/jan/15/blur-dave-rowntree-interview-radio-songs-album-wembley-reunion-gigs?CMP=share_btn_tw #music #musicbiz #copyright

Great to be hosting this arts and culture webinar from Co-operatives UK on Thursday 2nd February.

It’s a free lunchtime event, with Q&A.

With Matthew Otridge one of the founders of grassroots music venue Exchange in Bristol, and Pat O’Shea a member of The Ultimate Picture Palace (UPP) a community-owned cinema in Oxford.

Tickets https://www.uk.coop/events-and-training/events-calendar/co-ops-empowering-arts-and-culture-hive

#cooperative #coops #arts #culture #music #musicbiz #musicindustry #cinema #creativeindustries #speaker #moderator

Seasonal reminder – my #UrbanFantasy #MusicBiz novel Coemback is out on @Unbound from 99p (ebook). Links in bio.

Publisher's blurb said:

"...for fans of Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman, Kraken by China Mieville, The Rook series of novels by Daniel O'Malley and the novels of Jasper Fforde."

The BFS said:

"...educational and humorous but always entertaining, this is a great read – Limb brings Genie to life on the page and despite her many flaws manages to get the reader emotionally invested."

Fragen zu Booking, Gagen und Technical Rider? Lust auf Networking?

Am 08.12.22. findet der Club of Heroines* der Music Women* Germany in Stuttgart statt.

Infos https://www.musicwomengermany.de/news/383-club-of-heroines-von-musicbwwomen-812-in-stuttgart

Die Teilnahme am Vortrag von Dominique Panther-Robinson (Booking Audiolith) ist online möglich.

Bitte respektiert, dass einige Programmpunkte für FLINTA* bzw. FINTA* only angeboten werden.

#musicwomen #musik #musicbiz #flinta #business #networking

Revolution In Southend on Sea in Queens Road. Previously HMV and Golden Disc Record Shops. Bob Geldof did an Instore in HMV in promotion for solo album Vegetarians Of Love in 1990. #southend #livemusic #musicbiz #History https://www.ephotozine.com/user/southend-140161/gallery/photo/revolution-in-southend-65596951
https://www.picfair.com/pics/010042455-bob-geldof-in-hmv

Here's How Many Streams It Takes to Equal an Album Sale

Are you helping or hurting your favorite musician by streaming on Spotify?

#MusicBiz

If anyone's in or near Manchester, there's a great Scale-UP Session event on Tuesday 22/11 I'm speaking at.

It's focused on creative businesses, the live music industry, and tech, and is organised by Design Manchester and the Business and IP Centre at Manchester Libraries.

Chaired by John Robb, with Gavin Sharp, Fiona McGarva and Simon Scott also on the panel.

Tickets are free https://backtolivemcr.eventbrite.co.uk

#Manchester #LiveMusic #MusicTech #MusicBiz #DesignManchester

https://www.ephotozine.com/user/southend-140161/gallery/photo/revolution-in-southend-65596951
Revolution In Southend on Sea in Queens Road. Previously HMV and Golden Disc Record Shops. Bob Geldof did an Instore in HMV in promotion for solo album Vegetarians Of Love in 1990. #southend #livemusic #musicbiz #History
https://www.picfair.com/pics/010042455-bob-geldof-in-hmv

❝ … we have touched upon the toll touring takes on musicians’ mental health, as well as their finances. These issues and more are making touring unendurable for so many musicians that they have ushered in a wave of voices pinpointing a crisis in the live music sector. However, it is important to add to the equation the impact of live music on the climate, at a time in which the conversation is not only important but urgent. ❞ → https://musicx.substack.com/p/mercy-mercy-me-the-climate-cost-of

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#ClimateCrisis #MusicBiz