So sad is the failure we’ve seen to get a feasible solution to the need for an alumni association for the Vancouver School of Arts and Academics. So far, we have created nothing more than events, unsponsored and left to the organization tactics of chance-happenings to fulfill their production. I do not take away anything that [...]

Robert Genn wrote a list of ten commandments for the professional artist not sure how to price him-or-herself when selling prints.
Robert Genn’s Ten Commandments of Art Pricing

Thou shalt start out cheap.
Thou shalt publish thy prices.
Thou shalt raise thy prices regularly and a little.
Thou shalt not lower thy prices.
Thou shalt not have one price for Sam [...]

There are plenty of ways for musicians to gain notoriety in the mainstream market, or even to widen their audience. For music labels and critics, there is a standard formula for success, and even if they don’t admit it, the three main ingredients of this formula have to be balanced to ensure a band’s full [...]

Most bands who get started with a bang do so through great marketing and addicting talent, and Portland-based Silversafe is no exception. With all sorts of little notes in various small social networking sites, a Google search completed on February 16th, 2008 shows 1310 results, and most are relevant. That’s saying something for a band [...]