Welcome to spinme.com, where we help working musicians make more money making music. If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to our RSS feed or our weekly newsletter. Thanks for visiting!Dax has posted an excellent article to MusicDish about a viral marketing plan he’s using with some success… giving away copies of [...]
I was fortunate, early in my career, to work with Todd Rundgren as he was figuring out things like PatroNet. This week, Pat Dinizio takes the artist subscription model a few steps further with his P.A.T. program. Regardless of what happens to the label/distro structure over the next few years, systems like this are going [...]
DIY Reporter’s building a new database of house concert venues!
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An ambitious new service just sprung up at TheRecordPool.com. Unlike record pools of the past, DJs and clubs are paying a subscription fee to download tracks provided by labels. (Didn’t it used to be that the labels would pay for inclusion?)
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Evor Street Journal covers the decline and fall of MP3.com.
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It’s almost overlooked these days that finding low cost ways to get your music into audience’s hands is crucial. When you make a small investment in your music, like these bands did. Two key reasons for success: bands pitch in together to keep costs low, and a low price (NOT free) makes for a great [...]
On one hand, our history is littered with stories of mom-and-pops who took product on consignment, for which artists never saw a dime. But for each place like that, there are nine or ten who really do care about the community they’re a part of. When you work with retailers, who WANT to sell your [...]
Another great example of a company that creates a new outlet for live performance, and discovers music makes for good business.
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L.A.’s been ahead of the curve on house concerts and home parties for half a century. But the droves of folks looking to skip the club scene are growing! Look to the neighborhoods for your next gigs…
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From our friend Bob Baker, a report that outplacement is alive, well, and surprisingly effective. Among statements at the press conference: “File sharing and CD burning have had no effect whatsoever.”|The right man for the job…|5||”From our friend Bob Baker, a report that outplacement is alive, well, and surprisingly effective. Among statements at the press [...]
