Musicians’ guide to dealing with audience apathy
A variety of ways to countering the number one enemy of musicians’ audiences in a post-modern society: apathy.
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Blog posts from the Ryan Calder Band
A variety of ways to countering the number one enemy of musicians’ audiences in a post-modern society: apathy.
The rocker from Cape Town and Idols finalist shares his thoughts on the music industry and his life in general.
We have every reason to believe that this won’t happen. But as I have mentioned before: we’re partly stupid and mostly gung ho.
It’s that time of year again. Time to throw caution to the wind and bank balance slips out the window, and head off to the Mother City.
You’re in the final stages of the show, all you have to do is perform well each week. It’s pretty simple actually: everyone loves you, just don’t screw up.
I recently did a strength finder test, which was introduced to me by some of my close mates. My top five themes were Ideation, Futuristic, Self Assurance, Strategic and Includer.
Having won the weloveyoursongs.com international competition, you’d think we could now sit back and enjoy world domination. Alas…
The most indie person I knew had done the unthinkable. And I could not think of anyone else I would like more to see win that bladdy reality show.
Consider this for a moment. It’s a phenomenal idea when you really think about what it could mean for our world.
Ryan thinks ahead on the new album, his view on songwriting, what inspires a truly great album, and where the RCB is heading.