Tag Archive for the term: independent artist

Natalie and myself - aka Mess. Montreal - are thrilled to be collaborating with Yes Montreal to bring you a workshop tonight, Wednesday October 8th, on Publicity for self-employed artists.
We’re used to giving people tips and helping them out with such topics as publicity, but we’re excited to have all this information consolidated in to [...]

Seriously, Pop Montreal outdoes itself each year. Risa mentioned some of the great acts playing the 5 day festival this year in this post. Beyond the music, there are some great offshoot projects being offered. Kids Pop! Gear swap! Record fair! (Fixture will be there…), Symposium! with a circuit-bending workshop and a panel on open [...]

I grabbed a quick snip of video at the Indyish meeting we had here at our apartment… I mean office… on Tuesday of this week, Feb 5. This tiny window into the wild world of “independent arts network” is from after CTV had come and gone, shooting interviews for a piece which will air Feb [...]

Well, since No Media Kings, seemed to dig my last Indie Intern posts on how to get and keep ‘em, I felt inspired to hammer our another set of How To thoughts that occurred to me yesterday - this time it’s about time, and how to get more of it.
I started to jot down [...]

I’ve landed a new gig as a radio host for Mike FM’s Emerging Artist Series.

This is positively delightful because:
a) I’ve never done radio, and am stoked to learn
b) I like interviewing people, and like to talk
c) I get to meet lots of local talent, and they get to meet me
d) I am passionate about anything [...]

Yes, we love to welcome new artists to the stupendous ship of fools we call Indyish. We know the muchness and madness here can be confusing, so I figured I’d breakdown membership for you in a nutshell, arright? This is info for all the new artists accepting their invites in the past day or so, [...]

“If I develop five ways around the music to make money, then if I eventually get paid for the music itself, then I just found a sixth” - Timmy Grins, cofounder and vice president of Content at OnLoq.com, at the recent Digital Music Forum in Los Angeles.
That statement is revealing, and certainly a sign of [...]

“Spectacular achievement is always preceded by spectacular preparation.”
“If you fail to plan, you plan to fail.”
OK, that last quote is a bit harsh, but you get the idea of what my first “IndieBiz” blog post is going to be about (what’s “Indiebiz” you ask? A little background info for ya). When I talk [...]

Distracting Strangers by Brave Radar

Blog for Indyish
There is pretty unlimited potential for those who are interested to be blogging arts events for Indyish. We would love to have more perspectives, and more independent arts scene coverage from Montreal and around the world on the site. Your posts can be submitted to us via email- send to team @ indyish.com- [...]