Archive for May 2003

Zeebo Turns Two

May 30th, 2003 | By Joe Taylor Jr. | Category: News

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!Congrats to Mark Weber — his Christian Music E-Zine, Zeebo turns two years old this week. Every week, Mark covers new releases [...]



Trash Proof Press Releases

May 30th, 2003 | By Joe Taylor Jr. | Category: News

Joe’s entering RANT MODE… Nothing riles me up more than a poorly written press release. It annoyed me when I was a business reporter, it annoyed me when I used to do radio news, and it annoys me even more now that I work with emerging artists. You cannot afford to marginalize yourself with a [...]



RAVE Act Protests Begin

May 30th, 2003 | By Joe Taylor Jr. | Category: News

We’ve been covering the RAVE Act in all its flavors in our newsletters for a long time. It finally cleared Congress a few weeks back when it was bundled with the Amber Alert legislation. (Reminds me of the episode of the Simpsons where a Senator tacks on a bill to fund the “pre-verted arts.”) Plans [...]



We never had assembly like this…

May 28th, 2003 | By Joe Taylor Jr. | Category: News

Here’s an innovative and clever way to grow your high school audience — become a guest speaker/performer!
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Welcome, Summer!

May 27th, 2003 | By Joe Taylor Jr. | Category: News

For our readers in the U.S., I hope you had an enjoyable holiday weekend – we actually shut down our office for TWO WHOLE DAYS, and celebrated the unofficial start of summer at, of all things, a Herman’s Hermits show. Yes, Peter Noone is alive, well, and touring. Say what you will, but we’ve got [...]



Another Club DIY in LA coming up…

May 23rd, 2003 | By Joe Taylor Jr. | Category: News

June 5th in Los Angeles, there’s a Club DIY event about music publishing. If you live there, you should go. That is all.
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Got a Spare Thumb?

May 23rd, 2003 | By Joe Taylor Jr. | Category: News

The folks at SongCritic are trying something interesting. Artists can pay $5 to post a song, and have it reviewed by a few hundred of their regular readers. The $5 is more than fair to cover their operating overhead (streaming is still pretty pricey for the average person), and even if you’re not getting feedback [...]



Pay-to-play…and not much more

May 23rd, 2003 | By Joe Taylor Jr. | Category: News



Have a Rotten Time in Toronto

May 22nd, 2003 | By Joe Taylor Jr. | Category: News

The folks at NXNE have just inked a deal with Johnny Rotten to provide the keynote speech at their June conference. Understanding that, yes, folks are concerned about SARS and Mad Cow Disease, Toronto is still one of the nicest, cleanest cities I’ve ever visited, and NXNE is a truly worthy conference. If you go [...]



No Class Today / Compilation Update

May 22nd, 2003 | By Joe Taylor Jr. | Category: News

Good news: we had a great time in Atlanta last weekend.Bad news: something did a number o­n my laptop, and it's taken me a few days to catch up.Therefore, I'm reluctantly rescheduling today's “Host Your Own Concerts” teleclass to June 19th at Noon — I will e-mail all the details very soon.In happier news, we [...]