Music Business – Page 2 – Heather Fenoughty

21 September 201818 February 2022

On Being Organised

At the start of the year someone said to me they thought I was the most organised person they knew. Which was very nice of them, thank you kind person. After that, it totally went to my head and I had an idea back in May to do a post on being organised, or, rather, …

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21 August 201718 February 2022

Are Decisions Based On Emotion Bad For Business?

Mr. Spock and Captain Kirk by Marcin Wichary

Or What Would Mr Spock Do? I'm going to come right out and say it. I think emotions are key to business. They are a precious tool that should never, ever be ignored. They are the central line of dialogue between your higher brain functions and your subconscious, the route to your creative well. And …

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1 September 201519 January 2024

Hack Circus Podcast – Musical Manipulation

A little while back I had a lovely chat with Leila Johnston of Hack Circus to talk, amongst other intriguing topics, about musically manipulating people (with consent, obvs).

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21 April 201415 January 2025

Women, Money, Success and The Bechdel Test

Four UK 20 Pound notes with the Queen's Head

The year is flying by. April is speeding to a close as I finish up the bulk of the music on a very cool project for the V&A Museum down in London. More about this challenging experience in later posts nearer the time the exhibition will open... I'm starting work on a new feature film, …

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23 July 201215 January 2025

How to Network, for Newbies

A woman works on a laptop in the corner of a pristine white office foyer

Nobody likes networking. It is a fact. I have yet to meet a single person who says, "You know what, I just LOVE working the room! All these people I don't know, so many faces, so little time, let's DO THIS." More likely it's, "I hate these events... they don't work... I've never gotten a …

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15 March 201215 January 2025

7 Strategies To Avoid Burnout

Just read Tony Schwarz's post The Magic of Doing One Thing At A Time and thought I would share a few of my own tactics to avoiding creative burnout and squeezing all the juice from my work hours.

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3 July 201118 April 2019

The Basics of Music, Copyright and Licensing (Oh, My)

Music copyright law. Not the most exciting of topics. Or the most straightforward. But here’s how it works when we work together... When you commission me, I’ll write a piece of music, specifically to your brief. It’ll fit to picture or to a specific duration. You’ll pay a fee and that fee will include the …

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21 February 20111 February 2022

How Much Do You Charge?

Let's get honest. (yikes!) How much do I charge?

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19 December 201019 December 2010

When Doing It For The Money Just Doesn’t Cut It Any More

This is a very small announcement (well, HUGE to me but really shouldn't impact on most readers!). I've taken a step back from the string trio. Not a decision taken lightly, it was part of an inevitable trend of moving in the direction of doing what I love rather than doing it for the money. …

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