Archive for November 2003

MP3.com is Dead. Long Live MP3.com.

Nov 14th, 2003 | By Joe Taylor Jr. | Category: News

CNET has just purchased “most of the assets” of MP3.com, which effectively means the site as we know it will cease on December 2nd. What CNET has in store is anyone’s guess, but if it mimics the evolution of their shareware catalogs, be prepared for a site that includes only paying artists. More news to [...]



This Post Brought to You by Alka-Seltzer Plus

Nov 14th, 2003 | By Joe Taylor Jr. | Category: Announcements

Seriously, these purple pills are about all that’s keeping me going through this illness. Thanks for your patience as I get caught up from seven days (mostly) away from blog + e-mail.
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Two Thousand Benjamins

Nov 13th, 2003 | By Joe Taylor Jr. | Category: News

Our friend Carla Hall writes a letter to CDBaby’s Derek Sivers.
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Way to go, Berklee!

Nov 12th, 2003 | By Joe Taylor Jr. | Category: Tools

Berklee is releasing free, downloadable e-books of some of their most compelling content, including a number of excellent career tutorials from author Peter Spellman.
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Is Your Site In Violation?

Nov 11th, 2003 | By Joe Taylor Jr. | Category: Tools

Website usability pioneer Jakob Nielsen weighs in with the ten most-violated web design prinicples. Does your site violate any of these? I know a few apply to us…
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Monster Call Follow-Up

Nov 11th, 2003 | By Joe Taylor Jr. | Category: Announcements

Many thanks to all of those who showed up on Saturday night for our Customer Appreciation conference call. We rolled tape on six and a half hours of hard-core Q&A, and clients of ours will get the chance to hear a streaming version of that call very soon. For the rest of this week, I [...]



Ill Communication

Nov 11th, 2003 | By Joe Taylor Jr. | Category: Announcements

Whew! I had so much fun answering your questions with David Hooper on Saturday night, that I lost a battle I’ve been fighting with a nasty cold bug. Most of Sunday and Monday were spent in bed (not in a fun way), and I’m back in the office as of… now.
Also, someone sent me a [...]



Monster Call Comments

Nov 8th, 2003 | By Joe Taylor Jr. | Category: Tools

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Making fun of music…

Nov 7th, 2003 | By Joe Taylor Jr. | Category: Tools

…goofy new site for some Friday fun…
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Promoting And Releasing Your Music Independently

Nov 6th, 2003 | By Joe Taylor Jr. | Category: Events

Take your music career to the next level with this installment of “GRAMMY In The Streets: Urban Music Series” at the Bayview Opera House in San Francisco on Nov. 15.
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