This is a guest post by Josh Hanagarne, World’s Strongest Librarian
When Daryle invited me to guest post, I did the only natural thing—I called a sanatorium and told them that dear D. had lost his judgment and needed to come over for a nice rest. You see, I know nothing about art and less about [...]
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Monthly Archives: July 2009
Tic Tic Boom: Unexpected Benefits Of Art From A Tourettic’s Perspective
The Twitter 140 Art Show
Tweet for art’s sake.
Twitter has been around for a few years now but it seems to have reached its tipping point a few months back and experienced an insane amount of new users flocking to the microblogging platform. Twitter is new and cool and fun, but is it useful? Well that is up to [...]
Why Do People Buy Your Art?
Asking a few questions of your customers can really help you find future buyers.
For an artist there is nothing like the feeling of making a sale. Especially for the emerging artist that does not have many sales under their belt. It is such a special and exciting thing when someone decides to give you money [...]
Artists Must Master New Media
This is the 3rd and final post in a series on Trent Reznor’s advice to unknown artists. Read the first post here, and the second post here.
Trent wraps up his forum post with this paragraph:
“Have your MySpace page, but get a site outside MySpace – it’s dying and reads as cheap / generic. Remove all [...]
Offering Options To Your Fans And Pricing Your Art
This post is a continued palaver on Trent Reznor’s advice to unknown musicians. The first post can be found here.
Trent’s next bit of advice is this:
“The Beastie Boys’ site offers everything you could possibly want in the formats you would want it in – available right from them, right now. The prices they are charging [...]
Trent Reznor Has Some Advice For You | Part One
I was in Somalia when I first started listening to Nine Inch Nails, a band that played what was at the time called “industrial music.” This title was based on the sound of the music and not its ability to stand up to harsh and tough conditions, which is what I think of when I [...]
The World’s Largest Music Lesson
Be a part of history and take in a music lesson for only $10.
And a music lesson in any instrument! I read that and it makes me want to find the most obscure instrument known to man. In reality though a kazoo would be a stretch for my musical abilities. Though I do like the [...]
Art Reality Show Being Produced By Bravo
So you think you can paint?
“Magical Elves (Peabody Award-winning Project Runway, Emmy Award-winning Top Chef) and Sarah Jessica Parker (Golden Globe- and Emmy Award-winner) and her production company, Pretty Matches, are teaming up for an hour-long creative competition series among aspiring contemporary artists who will create and compete to conquer the art world!”
I guess it [...]
The ArtFire Artisan Marketplace
You’ve heard of Etsy but have you heard of ArtFire?
ArtFire is a website that states it is “your home to buy and sell handmade items designed by artisans from around the globe.” It is based out of Tucson Arizona. I bring up Etsy because the two sites have a very similar look and feel. But [...]
Have You Burned Your Feed?
If your an artist with a blog I hope your using Feedburner, a free service from Google. Because if you have a blog you have a feed. Could be an RSS, an XML, or maybe in Atom (maybe all three), but either way your blog has a feed. Which is [...]
