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

I’ve been thinking a lot about the way that the craft of music has been done in the past and the way that it is going to be done in the future. With every technological push forward, independent artists and musicians seem to find it harder to make money creating their art. There is a lot of good that comes from the distribution of songs and music more accessible through the Internet, but there is something lost in the process. As the means of producing music becomes cheaper and cheaper, the ways in which audiences consume music is also changing, making it difficult to pursue the craft of music. Will new media kill and old art? Continue Reading