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The Gift of Community
We’re about halfway thru the latest Rock Your Net sessions. Wednesday night I was emphasizing the importance of community in any artist/songwriter/musicians’ marketing efforts. That’s when it hit me. The generosity of community has been so vital to the success of Outside The Box Music and Rock Your Net. I hope you’ll indulge me and [...]
Continue reading...Life After SOPA
22. January 2012
On Friday, Congress finally gave up trying to pass an ill advised piece of legislation called the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) in the House, and the Protect Intellectual Property Act (PIPA) it’s sister bill in the Senate. Rep. Lamar Smith from TX, SOPA’s main sponsor pulled the bill saying, "I have heard from the [...]
Continue reading...An Artist’s Guide To SOPA
9. January 2012
Introduction What Is SOPA? How We Got Here The RIAA’s Recent History The Effect of Piracy on Music Existing Statutes SOPA From An Artist’s Perspective But They’re Stealing My Stuff! Where To From Here Introduction Photo of Tootsie’s Nashville by Kathleen Tyler Conklin. Creative Commons License. I am a Nashville based performing songwriter, bioinformaticist and [...]
Continue reading...Rock Your Net in January
29. December 2011
“Charles Alexander’s workshops are a joyful evening of goal setting, career planning and social media know-how that are a must-have for any independent artist…” – Lydia Hutchinson, Founder of Performing Songwriter Intro To Digital Marketing Series On Wednesday, January 18th we again present Rock Your Net’s hugely successful & popular “Intro To Digital Marketing” workshop [...]
Continue reading...Not Good Enough
29. December 2011
This year the mainstream music establishment was preoccupied with letting the indie/DIY community know they were "Not Good Enough." In fact, some gatekeeping factions of even the DIY/Indie community seemed to reinforce this theme (more on this later). Who’s A Grammy Darling? The rumblings started in February at The Grammys when Esperanza Spalding won Best [...]
Continue reading...Bring On The New
25. September 2011
Recently I heard a quote attributed to a music business executive that went something like this: "The new model doesn’t exist…" Now I don’t know for sure if the exec actually said that. I think it’s incredibly easy to take a quote out of context. But I’d love to give that executive the benefit of [...]
Continue reading...Rock Your Net In September
21. August 2011
“Charles Alexander’s workshops are a joyful evening of goal setting, career planning and social media know-how that are a must-have for any independent artist…” – Lydia Hutchinson, Founder of Performing Songwriter Intro Series : Ariel Hyatt : Single Sessions : Topspin & WordPress Updates Thursday, September 15th – Ariel Hyatt confirmed for keynote. Wednesday, September [...]
Continue reading...How To Raise $77000 As An Indie Musician
14. August 2011
If you’ve attended any of the events at which I’ve spoken, you know that Julia Nunes features prominently in the presentation. Here’s my secret dream – I hope that every artist/songwriter I come in contact with gets to have a career like that. Last month, Julia Nunes asked her considerable fan base to support her [...]
Continue reading...Rock Your Net – August Seminars
13. July 2011
“Charles Alexander’s workshops are a joyful evening of goal setting, career planning and social media know-how that are a must-have for any independent artist…” Lydia Hutchinson, Founder of Performing Songwriter The August sessions are done. To attend the September sessions, go here: Rock Your Net in September Intro To Digital Marketing Series Updated: August 21st [...]
Continue reading...Music Is A Super Power
10. July 2011
As I sat in Vanderbilt Stadium enrapt with the spectacle that was the U2 concert…It hit me. Music is a super power! Especially if it’s done right… Full disclosure – I am an U2 nut. A total Bono & gang superfan. The show at Vanderbilt on the 2nd of July was my first time seeing [...]
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- Not Good Enough
- TopSpin - A Review from Berklee to Implementation
- An Artist's Guide To SOPA
- Bring On The New
- A Musician's Guide To PodCamp Nashville - March 2011
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28. January 2012
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