Entries by Johnnydwinell

20 Worst Indie Artist Mistakes

By Johnny Dwinell In my job, I get to speak with many indie artists who are at different points in their journey.  They consistently make these common major mistakes.  Changing your approach will change your career.  I made this personal to drive the message home   Here are the 20 worst indie artist mistakes! Your […]

Tanya Marie Harris – Canadian Beats Review

Tanya Marie Harris is a Country music singer/ songwriter who was born and raised in London, Ontario. Tanya’s first single, “A Woman Scorned” was released to iTunes on May 31, 2013. Continue Reading…

5 Simple Music Marketing Tactics

By Johnny Dwinell  In my last blog I really dug into the difference between distribution and marketing because I have had way too many conversations with artists who feel they are marketing their music by having it on iTunes, Spotify, Pandora, their website, etc.   Once again, that is electronic distribution; that is definitely NOT marketing.  […]

How to Avoid Artistically Starving to Death

I have amazing conversations with artists and songwriters every day; I love my job.  Some of those conversations are with beginners, some with intermediate artists, and some are with professional indie artists whose careers are well on their way.  I have to say with the exception of the pro artists, the beginners and intermediates suffer […]

What if the Label Says YES?

So Kelly and I are at a private party with Anthony Orio & friends and we end up in a conversation over beers and cigars about artist development and the damage that happens when artists and/or songwriters get their lucky break too early.  What if you get the opportunity of a lifetime to take a […]

6 Songwriter Business Strategies

By Johnny Dwinell “When the game is over, the king and the pawn go into the same box.” – Italian Proverb This can mean a lot of different things to a lot of different people. To me, in a way, it means that life is just a game and we are all relatively equal players […]

5 Things You Need To Know To Cut A Killer Track

Artists today need their tracks to compete with what they are hearing on the radio; there is just no excuse for a crappy sounding track. In fact, if you’re track sounds like shit, then it’s our first red flag as to just how lazy, un-resourceful, clueless, and out of touch you are with the music […]

6 Ways to Create Cashflow On YouTube

By Johnny Dwinell Josh Rice is a monster on YouTube.  He is having a hell of a time doing what he wants and loves to do; making music and writing songs.  He started posting songs on YouTube in 2009 and has grown that initial artistic spiritual risk into a regular business with at least 5 […]

DIY Artist Development

By Johnny Dwinell D.I.Y. I am really beginning to disdain the term D.I.Y. (Do It Yourself).  It should be rephrased to say what it really means which is “do it without a record label” because nobody does it themselves; which makes that term extremely misleading.  That’s worth repeating, NOBODY makes a living in the music […]

You Don’t Need Radio To Make A Living

By Johnny Dwinell Terrestrial Radio is a hustle; it always has been and you don’t need radio to make a living.  If you think that radio and the people who work for radio are in the music business you are sadly mistaken; they are in the ad business, just like the Newscasters.  They PAY to […]