Resources

= RESOURCES = NEW RESOURCES [|Get Music Jobs Twitter] [|Gig Masters]: The Life of the Party: great resource for listing your bands and researching/setting prices [|Hypemachine] "Every day, thousands of people around the world write about the music they love--and it all ends up here." [|One Sheet] Automatically aggregates and updates data from all your band sites (FB, Bandcamp, CD Baby, Tumblr, YouTube, etc) [|Cake in 15] Twin Cities Music Blog and Calendar [|Better than the Van] Network of free places around the country to stay overnight while on tour [|Couchsurfing] International community of travelers and hosts who open their homes to visitors [|Hosteling International] Inexpensive, shared housing options around the world [|GuestMob] Steeply discounted hotel rates [|Lexology]Legal site to search for articles on various legal matters (international); lots on music [|GoalsOnTrack] iPhone app for organization of your goals and To-Do lists [|Bulletproof Musician] Tips on healthy performance [|Cirque du Soleil] How to audition
 * Housing on the Road **



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david.lewis@mcnallysmith.edu (Director of Career Services--alumni welcome!) aundrea.billings@mcnallysmith.edu (Career Advisor) charlie.christenson@mcnallysmith.edu (Voice Dept Head) charles.fletcher@mcnallysmith.edu (bass dept faculty) stacy.schwartz@mcnallysmith.edu (attorney, booker, photographer, etc. etc.) Andrea Swensson (blogger for The Current) aaron.young@mcnallysmith.edu or ayoung@yelpllc.com (entertainment attorney) casey@itgmusic.com (Brian Casey, composer at In the Groove Music, Mpls) burke@itgmusic.com (Danny Burke, composer at In the Groove Music, Mpls)
 * Guest speakers, Spring 2012 (use your CaLM connection to reconnect later)**

Guest speakers, Fall 2011 (use your CaLM connection to reconnect)
david.lewis@mcnallysmith.edu (Director of Career Services--alumni welcome!) aundrea.billings@mcnallysmith.edu (Career Advisor) charlie.christenson@mcnallysmith.edu (Head of Voice Dept) aaron.young@mcnallysmith.edu (entertainment law) steve.cole@mcnallysmith.edu (Chair, Music Business, international recording artist) scott.legere@mcnallysmith.edu (faculty, music business; owner NoWare Studios) [|Fox Tax] (tax services for artists) jeff.bailey@mcnallysmith.edu (touring bassist) danny@inthegroovemusic.com (composer/performer/producer/licensing)

Guest speakers, Spring 2011 (use your CaLM connection to reconnect)
steve.cole@mcnallysmith.com (music business and life as a performer) steve.mcpherson@mcnallysmith.com (creating and evolving a life in music) scott.legere@mcnallysmith.edu (music business, social media) aaron.young@mcnallysmith.edu (entertainment law) dave.stanoch@mcnallysmith.edu (performing, publishing) erin.schwab@mcnallysmith.edu (marketing yourself as a performer, building audiences, relationships) charles.gehr@mcnallysmith.edu (keeping lots of musical balls in the air) david.lewis@mcnallysmith.edu (Director of Career Services--alumni welcome!)

Miscellaneous Resources
[|Action Verbs]

Social Media Resources
[|LinkedIn], LinkedIn[| intro video], LinkedIn [|maps] [|Top 100 Tweeters from Billboard] [|Artist Statement Generator] [|OneSheet]

[|Kickstarter] [|Indie Go Go]
 * Crowd Sourced Funding**

[|Creative Capital] [|NYT Article 3/16/12] "Artists Find Benefactors in Web Crowd"
 * Alternative funding sources**

[|St. Paul Guitar Studio] Lowertown location [|Groth Music] Bloomington near MOA [|Schmitt Music Center] Multiple locations [|School of Rock] St. Paul location director is McNally grad Adam Durand [|Riff Factory] many McNally grads teach here [|My Music Store] Golden Valley [|St. Paul Conservatory of Music] in the 26 Exchange Bldg by McNally [|The Podium] Guitar shop, lessons all styles [|Along Came Music] Lessons in students' homes [|St. Paul Music Lessons] Teacher-owned coop [|West Bank School of Music] Many instruments, many styes [|Minnesota Music Directory 2011-Music Instruction] "yellow pages" listing of music lesson resources [|Cadenza Music] St. Paul music store
 * Twin Cities Music Lessons (small sampling)**

[|Guitar Repair and Building] Southeast Technical College, Red Wing highly rated diploma programs
 * Further Education**

Minneapolis Commercial Music Houses (original and licensed music for ads, film, and TV)
[|In the Groove] Danny Burke and Brian Casey (casey@itgmusic.com)--very willing to listen to your music for possible licensing [| Echo Boys] [| Modern Music] [| Ashe and Spencer]

Legal Resources
[|Copyright] (online filing of copyrights) [|Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts] [|Archive] (access to a huge library of public domain music, art, film) [|Minnesota Secretary of State Office] (online filing for LLC, non-profit) [|Springboard for the Arts] (for referrals to entertainment attorneys who offer reduced rates to artists)

Favorite Twitter sites
@brainpickings (fascinating--and frequent--tweets about everything under the sun. Great aggregator) @mashable

Quirky Niche Ideas--you might want to think //way// outside the box. Here are a few examples...
[|The Vegetable Orchestra] (Vienna, Austria) and VO on [|YouTube]

[|Night in the Life of a Cover Band]
[|Music and Life--Alan Watts] [|Norwegian Ice Musicians] [|Resume 2.0] [|The Annoying Music Show] (Jim Nayder) from Chicago Public Radio and NPR [|Axis of Awesome] (4 chord songs from 40 years)


 * Interactive Fan ideas**

[|Knight of Wands] music video 2.0
[|The Vaccines] : "Wetsuit" fans tagged Instagram photos from Lollapalooza; they captured = instant fan ownership! Katy Perry: Tweets riddles to fans for locations to free tickets Heiruspecs--download cards on Pizza Luce boxes

[|All is Not Lost Video]: [|Making of "All is not Lost" videos] [|OK Go vs EMI]
 * [|OK Go] found a niche**

**Monty Python** "Are you suggesting that coconuts migrate?" [] Originally, they planned to use horses in this scene but didn't have sufficient funding. The coconut scene was born and is a comedy classic. Use adversity to spur your creativity!

**Income Streams for 21st c. musicians (a small sampling)**
Film and video games: Laura Karpman: [] [|Voice-over acting]

Studio musicians: Family Guy studio session []

Music Therapy []

Music Medicine: links at [] PAMA: [] Foley: overview __ [] __  Jurassic Park: []   Foley/guitar: []   Ben Burt-Walle (intro) []

Musician/Entrepreneurs: Baby Loves Music: __ [] __  Music apps and performance:(Felice Navidad) []   Music Camps: []

**Musicians in other fields**
[|Automotive engineer]

**Teaching Resources**
Interested in [|teaching at a college]?

**Other Resources**
[|The Music Instinct] PBS series of videos on the power of music--an amazing collection! [|Top Spin Media]

[|Cafe Press] merch printed on demand (there are many others!)
[|10 DIY Tips]

http://calmmusiccareers.blogspot.com/

[|NuMuBu]
Musicians and music business networking site

Government
[|Minnesota State Arts Board] [|Metro Regional Arts Council] check city and neighborhood arts commissions too

Private Foundations
[|Jerome Foundation] [|McKnight Foundation] [|Bush Foundation] [|Kickstarter]

Others
[|Compas] Community Arts [|VSA Arts of MN] [|MNArtists]

Organizing
Googledocs: online Office-style programs--always have access to your stuff! http://docs.google.com/

[|Evernote] Searchable organizing tool that links notes, photos, audio

del.icio.us: organize your online bookmarks (and again, always have access to them) [|del.icio.us]

Marketing/Promotions
Blogger: tell the world your story [|www.blogger.com]

[|WordPress]

[|Tumblr]

[|www.sonicbids.com] online EPKs

MySpace: anyone still use this? [| www.myspace.com]

Facebook: fan pages and more www.facebook.com

cdbaby: sell your cd or ep online [| cdbaby.com]

archive.org: collecting all things internet [|archive.org]

ReverbNation: promotion [|reverbnation.com]

last.fm: "the social music revolution" [|last.fm]

Craig's List: find jobs/promote yourself/find instruments/sell them...www.craigslist.com

Tools
[|Lynda]: Extensive (broad and deep) online tutorials available at no cost to all students, staff, and faculty at McNally. Use your email log-in info (name/password)

Jing: screen capture program--still and video [| www.jingproject.com]

audacity: basic audio editing in a free download [|audacity.sourceforge.net]

flickr: post your photos, link to sites, download photos [| flickr.com]

Senuti: transfer music on your i-pod back to your computer (or someone else's) if your computer crashes. www.macupdate.com

Free Blank Staff Paper online: lots of different options to choose from, really easy and fast:http://www.blanksheetmusic.net/

People and Ideas
Pitchfork Media: read news and reviews of your favorite bands/ artists. www.pitchforkmedia.com

Rolling Stone Magazine online: http://www.rollingstone.com/

wiredsafety.org: online safety group [|wiredsafety.org]

artsjournal: a daily assortment of published stories in arts, culture, ideas, and issues from around the world. [|artsjournal.com]

Creative Commons: a new way to look at copyright issues [|creativecommons.org]

Mediafuturist: Gerd Leonhard--futurist, author, speaker, entrepreneur [| mediafuturist.com]

Music Business Solutions: Peter Spellman (from Berklee College of Music) on the music biz [| mbsolutions.com]

Musician's Cooler: podcasts on the music business, marketing your band (click on "past shows") [| musicianscooler.com]

[|www.artsjournal.com]
Artsjournal collects articles daily on music, theatre, dance, visual art, literature, culture, ideas, and issues from periodicals around the world. It also links to many arts-related blogs, and includes job listings and even unusual YouTube videos. [|Doomtree], [|Dessa] Dessa Darling--emcee, rapper, singer, poet, writer, social media maven, MSCM instructor [|In the Groove] CaLM guests Brian Casey and Danny Burke work with/for this music house in downtown Minneapolis. Check out their reels, music libraries, and consider going over to meet with them to pitch your demo. [|Man is Doomed] Brian and Danny's band projects. [|Constant Contact] Slick, low-cost professional email marketing [|Common Craft] Quick computer tutorials on a whole range of topics using paper cut-outs (seriously!) Learn about wikis, twitter, blogs, and more. [|CultureBully] Online ezine of Twin Cities (and beyond) music, recommended by Dessa. [|Eventful] Eventful is the world's leading events website, enabling a community of millions to discover, promote, share and create events. Request favorite performers. [|Jonathan Coulton] A one-man social media empire. Excellent singer-songwriter who has maximized low-cost marketing. Here's Jonathan's [|MySpace] page. (scroll down to see the box using data from Eventful) [|Music Business Solutions] Peter Spellman lays out a straightforward [|musicians' business plan] [|Sweet Sound of Money] More articles on business plans and money management for artists [|Artists House Music] Tons of videos and articles on all aspects of the music industry [|Musicians Wages] Articles on making $$ in the music biz

[|Radio Noir] An independent radio/video/promotional site which specializes in independent and local music, and music that they consider 'artistic'. Run by a student and an alumni, Jon Peters and Pat Dougherty, respectively. [|Day Trotter] A national blog/hype site which specializes in the discovery of independent music. [|Cake In 15] A twin cities local music hype blog. [|Bandcamp] A site for music sales. Gives you your own domain name. You keep 100% of the profits.