Kyle Williams from Seeds of Music talks to DA Wallach - the Artist in Residence at Spotify. Interesting discussion about the current state of music streaming as well as where it is headed. They discuss the ongoing debate about paid and unpaid streaming services.
on Thursday, 20 August 2015.
Posted in Music
Seeds of Music's Kyle Williams talks with Mallory Zumbach of Round Hill Music to discuss the opportunities for independent musicians to license their work for various media like TV, film, video games and more.
on Thursday, 20 August 2015.
Posted in Music
Musical Family Tree is the Indianapolis-based site for all home grown Indiana music - both past and present. The site hosts an archive of hundreds of Indiana bands and their music. The group, a 501c3 non-profit, also helps promote local bands and musicians as well as sponsors events and festivals featuring local music.
on Thursday, 20 August 2015.
Posted in Music, PR/Marketing
Fractured Atlas is an artist service organization whose mission is to serve and advocate for artists of all disciplines. The group offers many services for professional artists, but their programs involve:
- Fundraising - fiscal sponsorship program
- Insurance - for people, art, and events
- Space - finding space for creative events
- Web software - free web module to track patrons and ticket sales
The group also has an artist resource site with lots of great info called Fractured U.
on Wednesday, 19 August 2015.
Posted in Dance, Film, Literary Arts, Music, Public Art, Theatre, Visual Arts, Grants and Funding, Technical Assistance
Lynda.com is a business resource website by LinkedIN. The site offers memberships for as little as $19.00 per month that will give you access to thousands of video tutorials on a vast aray of business and entrepreneurship topics including some specific to arts related fields such as:
- Video production
- Design (modeling and prototypes)
- Photography
- Marketing
- Music Business
- Copyright and other legal matters
- Technology
- Web design
ACI TIP: The resources for musicians are especially plentiful. Non-musicians could sign up for the free trail to see if there are enough business-related resources to make it valuable to them.
on Wednesday, 19 August 2015.
Posted in Film, General Resources, Music, Arts Organizations, Professional Development, Technical Assistance
Women Arts has compiled a wonderful list outlining organzations that offer emergency funding for artists who have experienced a tramatic event or illness that has affected their lives and art careers.
View the list of organizations and funding opportunities at: http://www.womenarts.org/funding-resources/emergencyfunds/#EmergencyAll
on Wednesday, 19 August 2015.
Posted in Literary Arts, Music, Visual Arts, Grants and Funding
Women Arts has created a listing of organizations offering funding to artists in many different categories including by region, by discipline and specifically for women artists.
http://www.womenarts.org/funding-resources/fundlists/
on Wednesday, 19 August 2015.
Posted in Dance, Film, Literary Arts, Music, Public Art, Theatre, Visual Arts, Grants and Funding
Americans for the Arts offers a resource page for artists connecting them to:
- funding
- professional development
- healthcare
- housing
- advocacy
- and more...
http://www.americansforthearts.org/by-topic/for-artists
on Wednesday, 19 August 2015.
Posted in Dance, Film, General Resources, Literary Arts, Music, Public Art, Theatre, Visual Arts, Grants and Funding
4x6 of How to Write a Great Musician's Bio
*Editors tip - this is a great video for all performing and visual artists to learn how to write about themselves in a consise and thoughtful way.
on Tuesday, 14 July 2015.
Posted in Music, PR/Marketing, Professional Development, Technical Assistance
Kyle Williams of Seeds of Music talks to Joe Solo about the necessity of learning business basics in the Music Business. They call it the "music business" for a reason!
on Tuesday, 14 July 2015.
Posted in Music
Kyle Williams hosts an interview-based web show in which he talks to thousands of musicians and marketing professionals to share best practices and tips for building your fan base. Kyle believes that every musician can make a living making their music.
Get introduced to Kyle here in his video "5 Effective Ways for Musicians to use Social Media to Build Super Fans". From there, sign up to recieve his e-news and watch more helpful videos at www.SeedsofMusic.net
on Tuesday, 14 July 2015.
Posted in Social Media, Music, PR/Marketing
Ron Dawson is a filmmaker and photographer. He has created Dare Dreamer Magazine, a blog about the art and business side of filmmaking and photography. The in-depth blog contains how to videos and thoughtful blog entries about various topics related to the commercial film and photography industry. One blog entry that covers the topic of how to legally use copyrighted music in your video production could be most helpful for our artist viewers.
See the full blog entry here.
on Monday, 06 July 2015.
Posted in Film, Music, Ethics and Best Practices
