Kickstart Your Album to Music Success! Today there are so many incredible opportunities for musicians to reach out to their fan base and collaborate, fund their projects, and create amazing art that is only possible through social media and the Internet. These four sites can get you started on using the Internet to reach your music dreams! Amazon Mechanical Turk Gotta love how Amazon is experimenting all over the place with online collaboration. In this case, in the Amazon Mechanical Turk, you pay people a few cents to complete tasks (some may be free and others are a few dollars). How can a musician use this? You can use the AMT for massive online collaborations where each person contributes a few notes or a recording, try to promote a concert or album, get feedback through polls, and more.  Wreckamovie ​ Wreckamovie is an online site set up primarily for online film collaborations. However, there are sections for  music videos and opera productions. You s...

In the perfect universe, musicians and artists would be paid a regular salary, just like an engineer or a teacher or the guy at Walmart that always smiles and says "Hello, welcome to Walmart". There are various methods of funding your creative passions: Sales of work Music gigs and gallery shows Winning contests Rich parents A day job Commercializing your work Grants Etc. Working at a non-profit the last three years has given me some insight into grant writing. Here are some simple tips to help you fund your passion through grants. 10 Tips for Applying to a Grant 1) MAKE A LIST OF WHO YOU ARE Don't limit yourself to music and art grants. Was your mom Italian? Were you in a college sorority or fraternity? What schools did you graduate from? Do you work with under-served populations? Do you write polkas, salsas, or ballet? Do you have a good story to tell? Make a list of every category you can possibly fit in. 2) SEARCH EVERYWHERE Armed with your list, look for grants that ...