Category Archives: Independent Action

Information about events, releases and simple things that we can be doing as independent artists to create a great community that everyone wants a piece of.

Marketing; Why I am Not Really Making Plans this Year

This week I have had the privilege of being able to release the first part of my new work, One World Less. It is something I spent a large portion of 2010 putting together but is the culmination of a … Continue reading

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The Hometown Dichotomy

Ahh yes the hometown gig. It is great to be able to play a show in front of all your friends every once in a while. The opportunity to get everyone down to support you and impress those who have … Continue reading

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Fulfilling the Big Dream

I noticed recently, while watching a reality TV competition show that there is a strange phenomenon that the powerful now use in order to control the weak; the capacity to possess access to fabricated dream-fulfilment. It has probably always been … Continue reading

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New Containers for Content

The issue of file sharing has become a scapegoat for other factors beyond their control and if we are not careful they will pull the power back by restricting our rights and abilities as independent artists to grab the bull by the horns and acquire a level of control that has long been unattainable. Continue reading

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9. Creative Clusters

Clustering is a vital part of any creative and innovative industry, music being no exception. A cluster is a group of similar objects in a small space or vicinity where they are never far from one another. This is essentially … Continue reading

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8. Be Inspired, Not Envious/Bitter

Encouragement makes your balls grow bigger, bigger balls make bigger risks, bigger risks increase your chances of bigger rewards, and bigger rewards are nice. Continue reading

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5. Life is a Festival

The first day of a music festival: You rock up, excited, looking and feeling good, find a place to pitch your tent, not too far from the toilets (not too close either) and you work your way through the festival … Continue reading

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4. Promote Others

It has dawned on me that no one actually cares about me, apart from my close friends and family; people only care about themselves. Continue reading

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3. Communicate

Community means to practice common ownership over something and this is not going to be achieved if we don’t even talk to each other. What do we want to own? Continue reading

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2. Collaborate as Much as Possible

It is amazing how nice it is to have someone do that for you. Be pro-active and be up for working with others. Always put yourself in their shoes, if you were them what would you like people to ask you for? You are you, and what would you like to hear from other musicians? Continue reading

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