Share Aaron Lee Tasjan, a Nashville based musician, posted a short video on his IG page that lets us look at how an artist experiences releasing a new album. With his permission, we’re posting the transcript. There’s a lot to
Fan Alliance is about fixing a broken music economy — broken for fans who are being priced out of concerts or can’t get tickets when they go on sale because of the bots and scalpers. It’s broken for artists who
Last month, Fan Alliance in partnership with Cash or Trade brought together a small but mighty group — “fan influencers,” as we called them — volunteers who create, moderate and lead large artist and genre Facebook communities. Representing pages ranging
America, suffice it to say, has not been a leader in supporting the arts. It seems like the right time to look outside our borders for ideas and inspiration. Here’s just a few examples how other countries are making live
When I was in 9th grade, my brother took me to the Yale Bowl in New Haven to my first Grateful Dead concert. I’d been to a few concerts, but this was different – bigger, better and I had the
According to the CDC, more than one quarter of Americans have a disability. That’s 70 million people. We interviewed RAMPD leaders to learn the issues artists with disability face as songwriters, performers How do artists with disabilities develop their careers?
There’s things we can all do to save music — individually and together.
Here’s Fan Alliance’s Top Ten List.
Touring costs are taking a bigger and bigger bite out of the money artists earn from their gigs. One of the biggest expenses: hotels. Fan Alliance members can help if you have extra rooms that artists could stay in while
A conversation with Erin McAnally, executive director of Songwriters of North America (SONA) on what it takes to be a working songwriter.
Earning money on tour isn’t a sure thing these days. It’s not uncommon for artists to actually lose money. One independent artist with a good sized following shared their tour budget with us for their Fall 2025 tour of the
We had a conversation with Fiona Prine about Oh Boy Records that her family runs about just what an independent label is and what it does. Founded by John Prine, Oh Boy Records is the second oldest independent label
By Francesco Turrisi
I decided to start writing about the process of making an album because I often get asked why it takes the better part of a year for music to be released after it’s been recorded. I
As a singer/songwriter with a graduate degree in evolutionary biology, I have always been fascinated by the power of song. I am as moved by the pure crystalline voices of Joni Mitchell and Roy Orbison as I am the nocturnal
Driving from a cold hotel room the night before, I’d been on the road for too many days. It was winter in Ireland, and I was relieved to see the electric heater in the dressing room when we arrived at
We are the first stop on the artist development tour – we’ll have bands play when nobody knows who they are (and don’t sell out the house). After a few times through, many of these bands leave to play bigger
For years I’ve been saying that musicians need an army of fans to help create an industry that values their work and provides livable wages. Now I need your help to create a powerful movement of fans who love and
An occasional artist guest post: This one by Peter Mulvey
In 1783 the Montgolfier Brothers became the first human beings to fly, when they went up in the hot air balloon they’d invented, in Versailles. Someone in the crowd turned
I’ve been a full-time working songwriter for 15 years. In November, one of my songs went viral. The song was “Rich People,” which is a jazzy, jokey song about capitalism.
Before the brutal and racist murders of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and Ahmaud Arbery exploded into mass protest and resistance, we were merely in the midst of the Covid crisis (illness and skyrocketing job loss.) It seems like another lifetime.
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