Debra Russell: Success Coaching

#musicbiz Lunchtime Tweetchat

If you missed today’s #musicbiz tweetchat – here’s the conversation (first name is their twitter handle):
artistsedge Hey everybody! Welcome 2 tweetchat! http://status.twitter.com says they’re working on stuff today. Hopefully we’ll be ok #musicbiz
artistsedge How do you, as an artist, engage with your fans? What creative things are you doing? #musicbiz

Lunchtime Tweetchat on #Musicbiz

I’ve started doing a weekly tweetchat on Thursdays at my lunch time. We chat about the music business and use the #musicbiz trending topic and the tweetchat.com application to track it. You can get instructions on how to join us at the Events Page. Join the conversation next Thursday and every Thursday that I’m not on the road traveling – at 12:00PM PT.

Here’s a recap of the conversation. The first name is who is speaking:

Marketing for Musicians

This is a post I put up on the FAR-West list-serve (Folk Alliance Region-West).  It got a fair bit of reaction and so I thought I’d share it with you. Warning – a bit of a rant here… And I expect I’ll be flamed, but that’s just fine with me, because one of my jobs [...]

2 Lessons from American Idol – Top 7

Got behind in my blogging again – here are the two lessons from American Idol – Top 7. In Idol 7 – Alicia Keys was the Mentor and she talked about how she intended to help the contestants find out what they’re made of. And that “Idol Gives Back” will help them discover what their character is and how to be a part of something bigger than themselves.

3 Lessons from American Idol – Top 10

This was a very juicy week for Lessons from American Idol!

The first 2 lessons were pretty clearly expressed by Usher in his role as mentor. I have to say, I think Usher is my favorite American Idol Mentor so far! He wasn’t just interested in the arrangement, he really gave the Contestants constructive and immediately applicable lessons for their performance as well.

2 Lessons from American Idol – Top 11

In last week’s episodes, I felt there were 2 themes worth exploring. The first has to do with the choices the Contestants were making – and you’re making as an artist whenever you create.

2 Lessons from American Idol – Top 12

The format of American Idol requires artists to create cover versions of other people’s music. This is only slightly artificial as many independent artists perform songs written by someone else. And so, the ability to take a song written by someone else and make it your own is a critical skill for your success in the music industry.

7 Lessons from American Idol – Top 16 Results

In the writing of this blog series – I will not be commenting on who stays and who is voted off, no matter how tempted I may be. My purpose in writing this blog is to help you in your serious pursuit of success doing what you love.

2 Lessons From American Idol – Top 8 Male Semifinalists

In Wednesday’s American Idol episode there two lessons that can help you be successful as a performing musician or artist.

3 Lessons from American Idol – Top 8 Female Semifinalists

In last night’s episode of American Idol, I saw a few themes that you can apply to your musical performance.