Charlie Recksieck
- Indexed articles, last 90 days
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- Sep 28, 2026
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- Jul 14, 2026
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What 20 Years of Playing Bars Taught Me About Audiences (opens the original)
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After 20 years of playing music — more often in bars than on large, prestige stages — I've learned a lot about audiences. Two things stand out: What audiences say they want and what they actually respond to are often two different things. And that audiences really do respond to authenticity. That might seem contradictory but let me explain. Let's start with... Everybody says they want new music, myself included. But when do I drift over from the bar for a must-not-miss song? When I hear a local
What Is the Music Industrial Advice Complex? (opens the original)
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In his January 1961 farewell address, US President Dwight Eisenhower famously warned Americans about the newly established military-industrial complex: the enormous permanent relationship between government, the military and the defense industry. Crucially, he wasn't arguing that the military shouldn't exist. His concern was that an institution necessary for one purpose could accumulate “unwarranted influence” and “misplaced power.” I think musicians have developed a smaller, much less consequen
Stop Acting Like A Store And Let Fans Support Your Art (opens the original)
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By Daniel J. Carucci, Founder/CEO of Tipify. This article first appeared on Music Business Worldwide. I am not an artist or music executive. I am a physician and research scientist who spent more than three decades working on problems most people considered intractable. I have led global health programs at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and in support of the United Nations. I spent twenty years as a U.S. Navy flight surgeon and research physician focused on the development of next-generatio
What Musicians and Critics Get Wrong About Each Other (opens the original)
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One of my best friends was an actor and like most actors, he didn’t enjoy and sometimes struggled with the audition process. Then he produced and directed a few productions and found himself on the other side of the casting table. It was a revelation. All of a sudden, a bunch of things came into focus: directors want the actor to be good, they’re rooting for the actor, and mainly want to know if the actor is somebody they want to hang with for weeks at a time. These “two sides” are not, in fact,
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