Producer Psychology 101: Avoiding “Fu@# You Syndrome” & Taking Losses Like A Man! by Jim Bond

Hi.  My name is Jim.  I used to write for this blog way back in the day.  Since my last post*, I have found a new calling.  I am officially an internet marketing nerd.  My goal is figuring out how to make a modest amount of  money online in a completely passive manner.   I have been focusing ALL of my time toward it the last couple months…

What this nonsense has to do with Being A Better Producer…

I recently took my first big loss in internet marketing (read about it here).  While reflecting on it, it reminded me about the losses I took while trying to break into the music biz, how I reacted to them and how I see others react to their own losses.  So I decided to delve into the psychological aspects of success and failure in the music biz…

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Stories From The Music Industry Trenches – Chapter II: Networking to “Bright Lights Big City”

“Stories From The Industry Trenches” aims to give valuable insight into the music industry through the telling of true stories…

A bunch of people have been asking me how I placed the “Bright Lights Big City” track with Jim Jones.  It was pretty easy actually.  I Didn’t need a grand scheme or plan (which has worked for me before).    I’ll try to make this sound as  interesting as possible… but its really not.  This is a straight forward example of how real networking pays off.

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Stories From The Music Industry Trenches… Chapter I – Small World

Chapter I – Small World

Five years ago, I was in negotiations for a 10 song production deal with an indie label.  At the time, I had not sold a beat for more than $150 and hadn’t worked with any known artists.  Needless to say, this deal was going to bring in a lot more money than that.   After working out the basic terms, I was eager to sign the dotted line.   Even though I got a lawyer to check out the paperwork when it came, I was so impatient, I decided to get some free legal advice online first.  I did a search for “Entertainment Lawyers” and anonymously instant messaged a random entertainment lawyer to see what he thought about the deal.

I talked to this guy about the deal for a bit then just started to BS with him.   Turns out he was in NY.  He  was also working as a consultant on an MC’s project.  Out of all the MC’s in the world this guy could have been working with… … Continue Reading

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Music “Industry” Horror Stories… “A Percentage Of Nothing”

Give me 20%... NOWWWWWW!!!!!!

This is a gmail conversation I had with a fellow producer a while ago.  This is probably the craziest and most blatant industry rip off scheme I have heard of.  The names & locations have been changed to protect the innocent (also with permission of the innocent).  The conversation has also been left intact for narrative impact lol…

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