The Hustle

Are you an independent artist or agency? Here are some tips and tricks I've found for getting around the industry.

management – part 1

Tweet “…I’ve had to resort to booking my own damn shows for goodness sake. i design my own damn flyers, print my own damn tshirts. i market and promote my own shit. i wonder if I’ll ever just be a musician.” (excerpt taken from Kiwi’s blog) Kiwi is not alone feeling frustrated with juggling every [...]


Your Network Is Your Net Worth

Tweet Preface- I’m in the process of organizing my contacts into groups, (ie. booking, media, friends, family, etc.). This has turned into a very time consuming and tedious task… When I’m done, i swear I’m poppin the champagne, and toasting *CHEERS!* to what has been on my to do list for a really long time! [...]


meeting potential half way

Tweet I met Adriel Luis (iLL-Literacy founder, manager, poet, and creative director) last October (06) at the first “Natoma St. Open Mic” that Baysick Ent. organized. We were introduced to each other and shortly after, we had a meeting. The conversation eventually led to me becoming iLL-Literacy’s Public Relations Manager… (and the saga continues!) Prior [...]