South African Music Magazine
The Christmas decorations are up in Malls and tempers are short, nerves frayed. The end of the year is nigh. Which means it’s a great time to start thinking about 2013 and what you will achieve and where you will be. David Chislett is offering musicians and managers 2 hour consultations throughout November and December Read More »
I know the cry is not usually, “How do I manage my manager?” It is, “Where do I find a good manager?” But the ugly truth is that, if the artist does not provide serious, specific input into what they want and how they want to do things, most management relationships are doomed to end Read More »
The majority of us in the SA music industry will make you believe we’re experts in culture. But very few can explain the business of the industry, let alone persuade you to do it for money. The last word anyone should think of when hearing about upcoming moguls at we-are-awesome, is ‘hipster’ – mostly because Read More »
Author of “1,2,1,2: A Step By Step Guide To The SA Music Industry,” Dave Chislett offers Music industry tips for aspiring bands and musicians Most artists’ plan for their careers can easily be summed up as follows: Become famous, sell lots of records. While this is a great end objective to have in mind, a Read More »
Three major forces in the South African music industry combine to create THE course in Music Business Academy of Sound Engineering, in conjunction with David Chislett and Nick Matzukis, are proud to present the Music Business Master-class (MBM). Billed as “the premier one-stop business course for the modern musician trying to make it in the Read More »
WHAT’S THAT NOISE!?!?!?! Getting better! Author of “1,2,1,2: A Step By Step Guide To The SA Music Industry,” Dave Chislett offers Music industry tips for aspiring bands and musicians I hate to break it to you laid-back, creative musician types, but there is only one way to get better, and that is by working very Read More »
Getting Into the Business of Music with Prosound Prosound is proud to present, in conjunction with David Chislett, a series of workshops aimed at helping anyone at work in the music business understand the mechanics of the industry better. Presented by David Chislett, the 1st workshop takes a place on at Prosound Head Office Demo Read More »
