The Beatles certainly didn’t invent the music business, but like Beethoven, they had an undeniable steamroller effect that forced everyone to completely and permanently change nearly everything about the way the industry functioned. I was a teenager when the Beatles first appeared on the Ed Sullivan show Feb. 9, 1964. That was the year I …
As an Indie Artist, Should You Give Your Music Away for Free or Charge? I am crediting Casey van Wensem a freelance composer, musician, and writer from Kelowna, B.C., Canada for much of the following content. As a Indie artist, you’ve probably been told over and over again that recorded music simply doesn’t have any value …
The rumors are flying about the cause of Prince’s death and we in no way want to contribute to that and add to the sensationalism of the story out there. Autopsy results are not expected to be released until next week which may give a little clearer picture. Until then, I think the thing we …
Prince died at his Paisley Park compound, located in the southeast Minneapolis suburb of Chanhassen today (Thursday, Apr, 21). “It is with profound sadness that I am confirming that the legendary, iconic performer Prince Rogers Nelson has died at his Paisley Park residence this morning at the age of 57,” his publicist, Yvette Noel-Schure, wrote in …
“Most of the very great poets have been not only sane, but extremely business-like and if Shakespeare ever really held horses, it was because he was much the safest man to hold them. Imagination does not breed insanity. Exactly what does breed insanity is reason.” – GK Chesterton People always ask me what it was …