Music to Your Ears: Paying Musician Magazine Markets By David Berlin

Published on July 4, 2007

Music to Your Ears: Paying Musician Magazine Markets By David Berlin

Magazines for musicians have been around in their present form since the early 1960s. Every kid with $25 for an acoustic guitar or $150 or so for a really nice, American-made electric was forming a rock ‘n’ roll band, while other kids played orchestral instruments such as flute, violin and double bass. The folk revival was on and magazines like Sing Out and Broadside supplemented the incomes of the popular players of the day by publishing their compositions. Kids who were really rebellious played jazz. Music was everywhere, and the magazines covered it.

From Self-Published Author to Traditional Publishing Contract By Ronnie McBrayer

Published on July 4, 2007

I came to the world of self-publishing with some pretty clear ideas about what I wanted to do with my writing project. I didn’t want it over-hyped (something the Christian market is really good at – you know, turn a book into coffee mugs, cheesy little key chains, etc.); I wanted to exercise a great deal of control over editorializing the work to death; and I wanted the e-book option. After looking at all the self-publishing outfits out there, Booklocker was the obvious choice. So many of the others’ packages were filled with fluff. No matter how much they layer your printing package with marketing ploys and multi-layered extras, the hard word of promoting your project is up to you.

Vacation

Published on July 4, 2007

Angela is on vacation. Whispers and Warnings will return in two weeks.

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