Ghostly Beard

If you're an artist wondering what's the deal with receiving quarterly royalties checks that aren't worth a coffee cup, or fans who are wondering why artists complain about not being able to make ends meet, you should have a look…

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I’ve often heard the argument that production is the bane of “authentic” music and that one should not waste too much time to record and release music. This can be summarized as a “Get on with it and move on!”…

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A new blog post on Music Think Tank that you can read here:

http://www.musicthinktank.com/blog/are-you-a-brand-or-a-mouse.html

A new blog post on Music Think Tank that you can read here:

http://www.musicthinktank.com/blog/is-the-proliferation-of-indie-streaming-platforms-hurting-un.html

FYI, here's a list (probably far from exhaustive) of streaming platforms, from big corporate to independent (I'm not advocating any of them but this is just…

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A new blog post on Music Think Tank that you can read here:

http://www.musicthinktank.com/blog/dirty-money-and-the-starving-artist.html

I’ve heard it often: Indie music means bad sounding music, in other words, it’s shitty!

First, indie music is often confused with music recorded in a garage by inexperienced musicians with little or no knowledge of recording and…

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On Facebook today, I read the post of an indie radio owner asking an interesting question, and as much as I wanted to reply directly, I thought there were many aspects to this that couldn’t be summed up in…

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Tomorrow, Saturday, October 12, at 3 pm EST, I’ll launch a new series of videos on my YouTube channel called “Deconstructed”. From then on, every Saturday there will be a new video.

The idea is to take very…

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A guest post on Indie Music Bus that you can read here:

https://indiemusicbus.com/the-power-of-non-power-chords-by-ghostlybeard/

A joint interview/conversation with Rods Bobavitch, that you can read on Happy Mag here:

https://hhhhappy.com/the-future-of-music-apocalypse-or-altruism/