Grammy winner Shelby Lynne, who has a remarkable tale to tell about major label relations, is coming to town. Here’s the rub — her old label still owns her domain name (shelbylynne.com) and is re-directing it to IslandRecords.com. Understandable, but when you search for Shelby, there’s not even a note or a redirect! I am [...]
With Host Your Own Concerts nearing completion (at last, at last!), I’d like to play a little game with you. What kinds of products and services could you use (as an independent and/or emerging musician) that you haven’t seen offered elsewhere? I’d love to know, so we can add your voice to our ongoing product [...]
Pearl Jam may not know what they’re going to do, now that their deal with Sony is up, but whatever it is will be a good example for a lot of us to follow…
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Our friend David Hooper from 2NMC is hosting a conference call TODAY at 3pm Eastern with Vivek from StarPolish.com. They’ll talk about the pros and cons of DIY albums vs. getting signed. Highly, highly recommended… to get to the call:
Dial in Number: (507) 726-3300
Passcode: 99011#
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There’s a new sheriffSharman in town. Rather, KaZaA 2.5 is out, and it contains a number of compelling tools for content providers. Me, I’m still to virus-and-spyware-phobic to run the thing on my own desktop, but it’s good to see the folks behind this tool ming toward policies that respect content and copyright.
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Ryan at Pitchfork Media in Chicago is looking for interns.
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In all the commotion over file sharing, this gem of a discussion on Slashdot illustrates the point that tweens and teens are more than willing to pay for entertainment — provided it’s of high quality. Ask yourself: will your audience like your work so much that they’re willing to pay for it?
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Just stumbled upon the tongue-in-cheek Sellout Watch of indie artists with prominent placements in commercials.
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In the Christian Science Monitor article on Indie Music (and O’Reilly’s discussion of it), lots of attention is focused on the notion that purchasers tend to be older audience members who are unwilling/unable to download music. I agree with O’Reilly — and noted it in Grow Your Band’s Audience and elsewhere — that making your [...]
Time’s running out to get in on this great songwriters workshop in Dallas on July 12th.
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