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Keith Hatschek and Casey Newlin

Finding money for your project – a look at Kickstarter and other fan-funding sites

by Keith Hatschek and Casey Newlin November 3, 2011

For decades, record labels have served as “banks” for musicians, loaning artists money up-front to write, record, and release their music. In the utopian scenario, this up-front money (an advance), would be paid back from the artist’s royalty earnings from album sales (recoupment), and everyone would walk away happy. Read more…

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How to Land a Music Festival Gig

by Keith Hatschek and Casey Newlin May 23, 2011

From Bonaroo to High Sierra and the Warped Tour, it seems that more and more music festivals are popping up all over the world. But for emerging artists, landing a slot at a festival, even as an opening band, may seem out of reach – a goal for “later” in your career.

To find out just how feasible it is to try to land a spot on a festival stage, we spoke with a talent booker from San Francisco’s 18-year-old Noise Pop festival… Read more…

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Online Collaboration

by Keith Hatschek and Casey Newlin September 21, 2010

Back in July 2009, an Echoes post offered an overview of a number of online interactive music collaboration sites. At that time, online music collaboration in the form on co-writing, long-distance overdubbing, remix contests, and simply expanding one’s own network of possible music-making partners was just starting to gain momentum. Read more…

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