tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1394520442343124738Mon, 17 Sep 2018 10:06:34 +0000Music SuccessTop TipsArtist SuccessCreative Business SuccessQuestions AnsweredEverything you need to know to make a living from your creativity.http://superstarcreative.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Neil Simpson)Blogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1394520442343124738.post-5145876692752359065Mon, 28 Jul 2008 14:57:00 +00002008-07-28T16:25:20.201+01:00Creative ProductsBy this I mean the products of your own creative process, work that hasn't been commissioned by someone else.This is the hardest way to be successful as a creative and boils down to one thing mainly...the ability to create, maintain and increase an audience for your work. The development of an audience isn't difficult, but does involve lots of hard and repetitively work. I havehttp://superstarcreative.blogspot.com/2008/07/only-3-ways-create-success-for-yourself_28.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Neil Simpson)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1394520442343124738.post-988196100866744960Wed, 09 Jul 2008 10:49:00 +00002008-07-09T11:49:00.555+01:00Top TipsCommissioned WorkBy commissioned work, I mean all creative work that the price is agreed before the work is began. For instance, individual arts projects commissioned by individual collectors or municipal commissions or even if you work for a design agency or other creative business for a wage. Your skills have been bought for a price and you are paid to create a piece of work to fit a particularhttp://superstarcreative.blogspot.com/2008/07/only-3-ways-create-success-for-yourself.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Neil Simpson)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1394520442343124738.post-8194419787440844562Tue, 08 Jul 2008 08:01:00 +00002008-07-08T11:55:23.382+01:00Top TipsAs a creative there are only 3 ways to earn money from your creativity. These reduce down to; working creatively in the community, commissioned work and creative expression. In the next 3 articles I will outline each one and provide a little advice on how to succeed in that area.1. CommunityBy community, I mean doing creative work with particular social groups as part of a project or initiative http://superstarcreative.blogspot.com/2008/05/only-3-ways-create-success-for-yourself.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Neil Simpson)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1394520442343124738.post-77907029218034133Tue, 01 Jul 2008 11:07:00 +00002008-07-01T12:07:00.838+01:00Music SuccessHere is the final part of Paul's top tips for performance....8 PromotionDon’t be shy about promoting your bands Myspace, website or up and coming gigs. Don’t overdo this either. Introducing the band name at the beginning of the set is enough. Just before the last song tends to be the best time to mention up and coming gigs, Myspace, CD and merchandising opportunities.If you have friends selling http://superstarcreative.blogspot.com/2008/07/paul-kings-top-10-tips-for-performance.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Neil Simpson)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1394520442343124738.post-5372301005875910386Sun, 29 Jun 2008 15:04:00 +00002008-06-29T16:04:01.237+01:00Music SuccessHere is Part 2 of Paul's tips on performance....enjoy!4 StagecraftBe professional about everything you do from the second you go on stage until the moment you leave. This means having set lists, having names to your songs, having instruments tuned, making the most of sound checks, having an emergency joke or riff you can play if something goes wrong, like you need a string or whatever.http://superstarcreative.blogspot.com/2008/06/paul-kings-top-10-tips-for-performance_29.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Neil Simpson)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1394520442343124738.post-8979561463366012709Fri, 27 Jun 2008 14:55:00 +00002008-06-27T16:03:20.884+01:00Music SuccessFor those of you not to be lucky enough to have attended last weeks Supersonic Network event in Preston, you missed a treat!! Not only did you miss out on meeting and picking the brains of some of the top minds in the music industry, you missed out on meeting the legend Paul King. For those of you who don’t know, Paul was the manager of Tears for Fears, Dire Straits, Julian Cope and many othershttp://superstarcreative.blogspot.com/2008/06/paul-kings-top-10-tips-for-performance.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Neil Simpson)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1394520442343124738.post-7115314405421887774Thu, 05 Jun 2008 10:26:00 +00002008-06-05T11:34:02.309+01:00There are a new set of Supersonic Music Network events all over Lancashire, where we bring established music professionals in contact with aspiring Musicians. The theme for these events is "Making Money from Your Music". For more information click on the image to the left, or visit http://supersoniclancashire.ning.com Hope to see you there. Neilhttp://superstarcreative.blogspot.com/2008/06/supersonic-music-network-how-to-make.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Neil Simpson)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1394520442343124738.post-6462000580511858422Sat, 31 May 2008 10:32:00 +00002008-05-31T11:32:00.961+01:00Top TipsLast Friday (23rd May) in Blackpool I was asked to talk to a group of aspiring artists from different backgrounds about how to be successful and have a career as a creative. Perhaps one of the most simple and useful pieces of advice I can give is to:Know Your AudienceFind out all you can about what kind of person likes your work. Are they male or female, what are their characteristics and http://superstarcreative.blogspot.com/2008/05/know-your-audience.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Neil Simpson)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1394520442343124738.post-3038500606841838502Thu, 29 May 2008 10:33:00 +00002008-05-29T11:33:01.607+01:00Top TipsIts is all about the event these days!!.Have you ever wondered why there are so many festivals springing up all over the place?Because media is Free! Music, film, photography, all digital media is now free, whether we like it or not. You could choose to do what some of the big record companies are doing and try to protect their Intellectual Property, with more pressure legally and anti-copying http://superstarcreative.blogspot.com/2008/05/5-steps-to-killer-events.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Neil Simpson)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1394520442343124738.post-142912623994842826Wed, 21 May 2008 10:44:00 +00002008-05-21T11:44:06.438+01:00Music SuccessIn both the short and long term, your success will be determined by the size of your audience, both in the flesh by coming to your gigs and through buying your music and merchandise. As audiences don’t grow by accident, having a plan for growing your audience with a few simple techniques will prove very useful indeed.Meet them face to face.After your gigs, spend time down at the front with the http://superstarcreative.blogspot.com/2008/05/4-ways-to-become-more-famous.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Neil Simpson)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1394520442343124738.post-1782211640807529995Sat, 17 May 2008 10:49:00 +00002008-05-17T11:49:00.563+01:00Questions AnsweredI was presenting some creative industry insights to some media students at Lancaster University, last Friday 9th May and I was asked a number of very interesting questions.The most interesting one I was asked is perhaps the one I am most regularly asked in this kind of situation. The question was:"How do I make myself stand out?"Now, I always give the same answer to this question and it always http://superstarcreative.blogspot.com/2008/05/how-to-stand-out.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Neil Simpson)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1394520442343124738.post-7607591120942925895Thu, 15 May 2008 11:01:00 +00002008-05-15T12:01:01.012+01:00Music SuccessIt seems that there more and more ways of getting your music heard these days even if you haven't got any kind of recording or distribution deal.This is great news!! The more ways there are of getting heard there are, the more chances there are to build your audience.If you are looking for more ways to get your music heard, check out Freeness a new website/webradio for unsigned bands to submit http://superstarcreative.blogspot.com/2008/05/freeness.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Neil Simpson)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1394520442343124738.post-4750494582782062643Tue, 13 May 2008 10:27:00 +00002008-05-13T11:27:00.685+01:00Creative Business SuccessOne of the problems facing us all when devising a plan is getting an idea of how far we are already down the road that we want to travel. One effective technique I use is to ask my client a scaling question. The question follows the format... "If you imagine that wild success in your plan was rated at a ten, with all of your goals achieved and that not started at all was rated at a one, what http://superstarcreative.blogspot.com/2008/05/professional-coaching-tool-for-success.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Neil Simpson)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1394520442343124738.post-5367527776673107922Wed, 07 May 2008 18:37:00 +00002008-05-07T19:57:41.958+01:00Artist SuccessArtist Profile Development (part 3)Your artist statement and your website are only as useful as the number of people you can get to look at your site in the first place. The more people you can get to look at your website the better so I would ask the question, “How do visitors find your website?” and the follow up question “How can this be increased?”I have listed below some potential areas for http://superstarcreative.blogspot.com/2008/05/how-to-become-more-successful-as-artist.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Neil Simpson)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1394520442343124738.post-4860354931798453460Mon, 05 May 2008 13:41:00 +00002008-05-06T15:11:10.560+01:00Creative Business SuccessThis is a powerful process you can employ, if you want to achieve any target or goal. I will be looking at more tools to help in these steps in the future, but the basic structure is like this.There are 3 simple steps to the process are iterative, that is....you repeat the cycle over and over again.The steps are: Review - Plan - Do. Lets look at each stage in more detail1. ReviewStart with an http://superstarcreative.blogspot.com/2008/05/three-simple-simple-steps-to-success.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Neil Simpson)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1394520442343124738.post-3288280066143683208Wed, 30 Apr 2008 09:33:00 +00002008-05-01T16:18:07.865+01:00Creative Business SuccessFor creatives resident in the UK and the North West of England in particular, there is a new free service that you can take advantage of to help you understand contracting, intellectual property legal issues and other creative business legal concerns.www.own-it/northis a three month pilot in the North West by Own It, a free legal service available to creative businesses in London.Once you have http://superstarcreative.blogspot.com/2008/04/free-legal-ip-guidance.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Neil Simpson)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1394520442343124738.post-1156000729102848173Wed, 30 Apr 2008 09:14:00 +00002008-04-30T10:16:17.974+01:00Music SuccessYour fans are the life blood of your success. You can determine how successful you are by the intensity of the relationship you have multiplied by the number of fans you have. Some bands get success by having a very shallow relationship with a lot of fans and some have a very deep relationship with a smaller number. You have to decide what kind of relationship you are going to have with your fan http://superstarcreative.blogspot.com/2008/04/look-after-your-fans.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Neil Simpson)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1394520442343124738.post-6570491668853161049Tue, 29 Apr 2008 15:02:00 +00002008-04-29T16:09:22.575+01:00Music SuccessThe nature of the whole music business is changing. There are more people than ever making music, using cheap and available software, chasing an increasingly sophisticated audience. Record companies are being approached by huge numbers of bands and musicians, in an industry which is getting harder and harder to make money in. This means getting signed is becoming more difficult by the day, so thehttp://superstarcreative.blogspot.com/2008/04/getting-signed-to-record-company.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Neil Simpson)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1394520442343124738.post-3831107912338144294Tue, 29 Apr 2008 14:35:00 +00002008-04-29T16:09:53.706+01:00Artist SuccessArtist Profile Development (part 2)Developing your profile is the hardest thing to accomplish as an artist or creative as it requires constant attention. It is also seldom feels uncomfortable to put yourself out into the public eye and invite criticism.However, if you have faith in your work and are serious about developing your creative practice as a career, it is inevitable that you will have http://superstarcreative.blogspot.com/2008/04/how-to-become-more-successful-as-and.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Neil Simpson)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1394520442343124738.post-7482122119909836844Tue, 29 Apr 2008 14:19:00 +00002008-04-29T15:43:16.596+01:00Artist SuccessArtist Profile Development (part 1)This is the first part of a series of articles on how to develop a profile and self promote your creative practice. There will follow some methods and tips for improving your profile and becoming more successful. These methods have been devised and tested over the last 15 years as a professional artist and creative consultant with both artists and businesses.In http://superstarcreative.blogspot.com/2008/04/how-to-become-more-successful-as-artist.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Neil Simpson)0