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Art-Shelf: A Platform that Lets Artists Do Art, Not Marketing

October 21, 2013

Whether you’re a painter, a sketch artist or a sculptor, the Internet can be an alluring place to market your art. But a lot of the time, artists get bogged down by the amount of work it takes to maintain a website, promote their work on social media, and constantly offer new pieces to stay…

For Visual Artists

art, art marketing, Facebook, For Artists, marketing, painting, social media, start-up, technology

Is Writing & Music & Art Getting Specialized to Death?

June 20, 2013

I just watched “Dear Mr. Watterson,” a light-hearted documentary about the impact that Bill Watterson’s ever-famous, ever-persistent comic strip, Calvin & Hobbes, has had on people over the years. The part that gripped me most was when several prominent cartoonists spoke in extremely gloomy terms about new media. Berkeley Breathed, the cartoonist behind Opus, Bloom County, and Outland,…

For Bands, For Visual Artists, For Writers

art, blogging, books, Calvin and Hobbes, For Bands, For Writers, music, self-publish, writing

Music, Writing, and Art in the Age of the Optional Purchase

February 23, 2013

In the summer of 2010, when I started my first job, I listened to about six hours of Pandora a day. The ads were an annoyance, but I sat through them because I loved the songs that Pandora found for me. I knew that there was such a thing as “Pandora One,” but, like most…

Culture, For Bands, For Visual Artists, For Writers, Rants

art, authors, books, content marketing, For Writers, millennials, Pandora, writing

[GUIDE] How to Use a Blog To Show Off Your Creative Work

December 30, 2012

When it comes to blogging, nothing is ever easy. Creative people who are blogging as a way to show off their work have it even harder. You can upload as many art pieces and short stories as you want, but it seems almost impossible to get the kind of traffic you want. In many cases,…

For Bands, For Visual Artists, For Writers, Marketing

art, band, blogging, content marketing, marketing, music, technology, writing