Musician Coaching

My post today is all about my favorite blog I follow. Rick Goetz runs a website called Musiciancoaching.com .

He has a extensive background in the music business and now is a music business consultant. He offers services such as, writing your bands bio, writing a marketing plan for you, product management, he can help critique your existing business and help to make it more successful, and he also does corporate work like licensing and event production.

His blog consists of different interviews he does with key music industry people, or articles he comes across that he finds beneficial to read.

Alot of the articles I post about here on my blog have come from those which he has posted. He tends to post a few times a week, so he gives me alot of material to base my posts off of if I am having a hard time finding topics to write about.

I will be giving a presentation near the end of the semester about this blog, so keep checking back to get my full analysis of his blog!

As Always,

Keep the Music Alive, and Straighten Your Tie.

Blogging for Journalist Guest Speaker: Dave Rhea

On Tuesday, We had the multimedia editor for the Journal Record here in OKC come speak to our class. He discussed his job at the Journal Record and how the industry has changed, and his views on blogging.

What really caught my attention was the fact that he has a history in the music business. Out of his whole presentation, that is what I found interesting, Surprise right?

He was in a band with a record deal with Atlantic (if I remember right). The reason I found it interesting, is because he is someone who thought he had made it. Every band begins with the goal of getting a record deal and making it big. He is a great example for the reality of a major record deal does not always mean mainstream success. They recorded a few albums, realized it wasn't going to work, and now is out in the work force trying to make a living.

So many artists or bands think that all they need is a record deal and they are done. They have a false reality that once they are signed, they are set for life, going to make a living playing and recording music. So many artists are struggling to play music and make a living. Some even are having to choose to quit playing music in order to get a job. Such a small percentage actually make it big.

Just some thoughts. Overall, I like Dave Rhea.

Until next time,

Keep the Music Alive, and Straighten Your Tie

Blogging for Journalist Class Post: Kurt Hochenauer

In our class Tuesday, Dr. Hochenauer came and spoke to us about his blog OkieFunk. It is a very liberal blog about politics. He mentioned that most of his posts spawn as responses to the editorials in the Oklahoman. Honestly, I found him quite arrogant, as I do most liberals. I felt as if he was just out to argue against any conservative thoughts that people posted online or in the paper. I find it quite humorous that most liberals say conservatives are narrow-minded, but it seems to me that most liberals are the ones being narrow-minded.

Not to make this a liberal bashing session, Dr. Hoch, as they call him, is a very knowledgable person in the world of blogging. He has been blogging for a long time and has a lot of wisdom on the topic. He does, though, go against most blogging advice and he is making his post quite lengthy.

Sorry for the non-music related post. I will be posting soon about Whitney Houston's death and the controversy about Sony and ITunes raising the price of her music after word of her passing.

Until next time,

Keep The Music Alive and Straighten Your Tie

Tips for a Great Blog Post

Today's class assignment was to look at some tips about how to write a great blog posts and then post about how it applies to us. Well I found a great site with some tips on how you can make your blog posts better.

The idea I liked the best was about writing the same way you talk. If you make your posts too formal, readers tend to become disinterested. It is important to keep your posts lively and conversational. This makes it easier to read and makes it more personal for your readers.

Information Overload

This blog is also being used for a class, Blogging for Journalists, and I will be posting about topics assigned by Dr. Clark from time to time. We just read the article State of the Blogosphere 2011 off the Technorati.com blog. As you can see by my title, it was a lot of information to take in at once. As I read through endless amounts of graphs from the research done by the website, I saw a trend. I honestly think that a lot of times we over-analyze things as a society. Is it really necessary to completely dissect the demographics that are active bloggers? I think the bottom line is this: Some people blog as a hobby and some blog for money. It's really not that complicated. I think blogging is an industry that some see as a way to put their thoughts out for everyone to see, while others just see dollar signs. I don't need to flip through a stack of graphs and figures to discover this. I don't need to see what ages and education levels are blogging. All you need to know is that now, more than ever, people are blogging, simple as that.