It’s almost the end of the first month of the new year. Have you gotten off to a good start? Have you learned from the mistakes of last year? Have you made plans to expand on the things that worked well for you last year?

With all the news of declining music sales, an industry in shambles, and a music genre that’s oversaturated, you can be sure of this: some MC will defy the odds and Read the rest of this entry »

“If you want to achieve some really big and interesting goals, you have to learn to fall in love with hard work.”

When I share great quotes with people I usually tell them that they’re not just for their benefit, but that they are reminders for me as well. See we’re creatures of habit and most of us need to break some of the bad behavior patterns that are keeping us from the success that we desire. And it doesn’t matter how you measure that success. Rather it be wealth, or just completing that project that you’ve been taking way to long to finish. Read the rest of this entry »

Hard work, authenticity, and a love for what you do is a winning formula for having a lasting career in the music business. This holds true whether you’re on the creative or the business side of music. How these attributes work together to put you on that path is expressed superbly by Randy Lennox, the President and CEO of Universal Music Canada.