So, in addition to being a superbly failed indie musician, I’m also a tv editor during the daytime. And I have been looking into other ways that musicians can make money in the future, as music as a commodity is everywhere. I use stock music everyday when I cut pieces into tv shows, and I feel that it might be a good way to at least pick up some coins until the touring money comes in. Or the T-shirt business fashion money comes in. Either way, it’s an interesting thing to get involved in to compose for TV. Sometimes the pay is good, if you’re good and sought after, and sometimes the pay is exploitative because there are always people trying to get in the door. Continue Reading

In caveman times, if there was someone that could beat on a rock in a particular way and please people in a particular way, Neanderthals would surely hand over their prized skins and … I don’t know what Neanderthals traded in, but they would have handed them over. The product was scarce, thereby creating demand. Prices were high in dinosaur days. Today, we consume music in so many ways. On tv, on radio, while shopping in the mall, in the elevator, and on, and on….. In fact, here is a list of free streaming music sites from mashable:

http://mashable.com/2008/07/09/streaming-music-sites/

Since free product is plenty, demand for music product must be less, right?. So, it seems Continue Reading