How do you get your music into the hands of music supervisors, those gatekeepers who decide whose music is heard during an episode of “Justified”?

if you’re trying to protect something functional (like the massaging book bag pictured above), seek a utility patent.

When I started my first business I didn’t know a gross margin from a gross mistake.

If a for-profit enterprise is making money from folks who contribute for free, I’m immediately suspicious.

Here is some background on how these intellectual property decisions are made by doll companies.

I love using this successful blog as a model for my own online musical marketing promotional adventure.

Well-written shop policies to potential disasters are like a bed of boric acid to an ant infestation: the sort of best practice you only learn the hard way.

Without a connection to the authenticity and story, a project can be hard to see through the clutter.

Below you’ll find two sample copyright assignments: 1) a basic all-purpose assignment; and 2) an assignment specifically for musicians playing on recordings.

Below you’ll find two sample copyright assignments: 1) a basic all-purpose assignment; and 2) an assignment specifically for musicians playing on recordings.

I sat there astounded by the motion of the sea and my mind was led to a thought that this world has been and will forever be in perpetual motion.

The more that you are actively working in your field — whether that means writing for magazines, playing music at clubs, hosting gallery events or building furniture for a hotel — the more you’ll find yourself needing to execute contracts with other businesses and people.

When you’re making money — even just scraps — from your creative work not as an employee of some other company, guess what: You’re running a business.

Boutique hotel on Bequia island in the Grenadines, southern tail of the Caribbean. Make mirrors. Make chandeliers. Of course, there must be negotiations.