by tmadmin | May 2, 2015 | Blessays, The Composer's Guide to Doing Business
Co-opetition. I came across this term recently, and it’s a concept that I really like. A portmanteau of cooperation and competition, it rather perfectly sums up my philosophy on working with other composers: yes, we’re in competition to a certain degree... by tmadmin | Apr 27, 2015 | Blessays, Music Business, The Composer's Guide to Doing Business
The Composer’s Guide has fallen a bit by the wayside over the past year, but it’s been very much in my thoughts of late. I’ve been doing a lot of research into various business and marketing topics as they relate to publishing fiction and nonfiction, and I’ve come... by tmadmin | Aug 21, 2014 | Blessays, Music Business, The Composer's Guide to Doing Business, Web Design
In the current landscape of the arts in general and concert music in particular, Internet savvy has become something of a requisite for having a viable career. However, it can be confusing, with all of the different platforms for on-line interaction, to know how to...
by tmadmin | May 3, 2014 | Blessays, Only Air, Performances, Press
In preparation for the upcoming NY premiere of Only Air this Sunday (learn more about the performance here, and buy tickets here), I thought that I’d post a few thoughts about the piece, inspired by the questions that Garrett Schumann sent me to help prepare his... by tmadmin | Sep 26, 2013 | Blessays, Music Business, The Composer's Guide to Doing Business
As a businessperson in the arts, the most important thing you can do is to continually expand your catalog of works. No amount of marketing or networking or promotion will help you in the long run if you don’t constantly work to build your catalog. (Conversely,... by tmadmin | Mar 10, 2013 | Blessays, Music Business, The Composer's Guide to Doing Business
[This is the final segment of a six-part miniseries of posts on composition competitions. Competitions are typically a significant part of a composer’s coming-of-age process, and young composers in particular are frequently (in some cases constantly) bombarded...
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