NHT Blog

I was sad recently to hear about a hardworking musician that I know who isn’t currently working in a band environment.  While this person isn’t someone I am in continual contact with, I do know that there had been some good things happening for the group this person was with, including bookings in one of the “big three” U.S. cities for music.

For privacy reasons and since this is currently an active discussion that’s happening, I need to withhold names and specifics, but it won’t take away from the impact and importance.

It dawned on me as I wrote that headline that it’s rather ironic, given the company logo for Now Hear This, Inc.  And yes, now your eyes are going to immediately seek out a refresher of what the NHT logo is.  After all, we are curiosity seekers, aren’t we?  We don’t know what we don’t know.

Or do we?

It’s easy to become numb to all the blogs written these days about social media.  Some tell you which platforms to be on.  Others talk about tips and tricks for using one or more.  A lot of them are putting an emphasis on video, of course.

I just came back from Daytona Beach where Bike Week was going on.  There was lots and lots of live music there at a number of venues up and down Main Street.  It’s a huge event (size-wise as well as credibility-wise).  People come from near and far to take part in Bike Week.  As a result, being one of the bands chosen to perform at/during the event is a big deal.  That’s an impressive entry

We’re into March now.  How is the new year going for you?  And by that I don’t mean have you stuck with your new year’s resolution.  (Well, unless it was a business goal that you set instead of something personal.)

But how IS 2017 looking so far in terms of business?  Were January and February this year better than those two months were in 2016?

I wonder if the expression “sound like a broken record” is lost on the millennials, in light of music being primarily digital.  Granted, some artists actually are releasing on vinyl again, but I’m sure that there is a huge segment of the population that doesn’t know what those large size black discs are all about.  Oh well, I digress.

Last week I wrote about leaving a legacy.  I urged the reader to not just settle.  My desire was to have you, the musician, finish the blog and be left with the feeling of, “Yes, I need to move with a purpose.”

On the episode of “Now Hear This Entertainment” that will come out on Wednesday*, NAMM Director of Public Relations and Social Media Chalise Zolezzi says, “From our first heartbeat to our last dying breath’s rattle, we’re music.”

Yes, throw a yellow penalty flag.  I too am going to be among those in the long line of writers using last night’s Super Bowl as fodder for content today.  Mind you, I will stick to the topic of this weekly blog, which is music-related.