Back when Spotify announced that they were bringing Joe Rogan exclusively to their platform, it was a celebratory moment for the parties involved. But fast forward to the recent events between the two and the honeymoon clearly is over. We have seen Neil Young and Joni Mitchell, among others, take…

It’s ironic that just five weeks after writing a blog cautioning readers to be careful with issuing No as their response I end up with this week’s topic. Of course, like so much else that I post here every Monday, it’s because of something that I have experienced firsthand recently…

I recently found myself telling a prospective client a story from one of the many times I brought a singer, songwriter, guitar player from the Now Hear This roster to Nashville. This would turn out to be an encounter with the dreaded double-booking. If you stay in the live entertainment…

We’re at that weird point on the calendar. The holidays are over, yet not far enough along to where it’s not tempting to still try to hang onto the last little bit of feeling you can from Christmas, New Year’s, and just the season in general. Heck, today is Martin…

Having posted here on this site last week the top ten most read blogs of 2021 that were written by yours truly, it’s fitting that this time around a recap is done of those from last year that were written by others. …

Amidst my landslide of Happy New Year text messages exchanged two days ago with countless folks in the Contacts in my phone, a couple of those acknowledged how strange it is to be writing ‘2022.’ I must say that it feels a little odd to compile for you the top…

While singers, dancers, actors, and others in entertainment unfortunately get used to hearing the word ‘No,’ there are actually instances where those same people might be the ones issuing the rejection. Regardless of who it is, however, it’s important to be careful with your No. We are living in a…

It’s less than a week until Christmas now, and at this point there are plenty of people either ready to put it on cruise control or they already have. …

Everyone is always looking for more business and/or new business. Whether you’re a songwriter, recording artist, publicist (ahem), content creator, or, well, the list goes on, you’ve got targets and opportunities. One of the tough questions to answer is, when to make “the ask.” In this blog and on my…