These days, it seems searching for potential bandmates is much like looking for a new job. Or hiring an employee. Or finding a roomate. Here’s a list of 8 criteria to take into consideration when searching for, auditioning, and playing music with potential or new bandmates.

Here’s a quick shout out to an excellent music production workshop coming to New York City next weekend.

I’d like to mention a great workshop event for songwriters and bands happening this week in New York City. It’s workshop taught by frequent Serve The Song contributor, Cliff Goldmacher. This workshop is for songwriters who would like to streamline the demo process, keep their demo budgets in check and maximize the return on their investment. The workshop also provides multiple examples of stripped-down demos that have gone on to become major label cuts.

We’re moving right along with our series on making money with production music libraries. Now that you have produced your music for picture tracks and registered your music copyrights, the next step is to register your tracks with your performing rights organization. Why is this step important? It’s how you get paid. This installment will show you how it works.

In a previous post I proposed 4 reasons keeping a day-job can benefit your songwriting career. This post will tackle the flip-side. Freelancing, or making a living without a steady nine-to-five job can be the perfect support system for the working songwriter. The first part of this post covers freelancing as a career choice. The second part ties freelancing to the songwriter’s career.

Anyone who has traveled the underground metro system of New York City is familiar with NYC subway performers. If you’re a band, songwriter, or solo performer, you (yes you!) can set up shop in a busy subway station and perform for thousands! This article serves as a guide to performing in public in New York City.

The next step in the series on making money with production music libraries is copyrighting your compositions. Securing your work with proper music copyrights is an important part of building your music for picture catalog. This article will offer a simple explanation of music copyrights, and show you how to register your copyright.

Twitter is quickly becoming a hugely powerful tool for connecting on the social web. Songwriters and musicians around the world have embraced the twittersphere to connect with fans and spread their music. Today I’d like to offer a review of my official twitter weapon of choice: TweetDeck.