Song Contest Blog » Music Xray http://www.wearelistening.org/blog News, tips and resources for songwriters and song contest participants Wed, 23 Nov 2011 03:30:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Don’t go over the cliff! http://www.wearelistening.org/blog/dont-go-over-the-cliff/ http://www.wearelistening.org/blog/dont-go-over-the-cliff/#comments Wed, 20 May 2009 10:03:06 +0000 Lior Shamir http://www.wearelistening.org/blog/?p=1962 Over The Cliff

While next-generation music pros are angling for music 2.0 success stories and peddling self-promotion concepts to upstart artists, Bruce Warila of musicXray wants us all to take a breather, not go overboard and lose our shorts.  Bruce colourfully describes the myriad of current industry obstacles and unveils a step-by-step coup d’état.  I particularly enjoyed this analogy, perhaps one of Bruce’s softer moments:

“Genres are coastlines, niches within genres are beachfront properties, and standalone artists are rocks or grains of sand.  Sticking with the metaphor: coastlines and beachfront properties are compelling, interesting and entertaining; rocks and sand are things that get stuck in your shorts and sandals.”

Read the entire onslaught.

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