Archive for February 2004

The New Deal for Independent Musicians

Feb 28th, 2004 | By Joe Taylor Jr. | Category: Announcements

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!As promised, I am in the throes of relaunching MusicBizCoaching.com to focus on personalized, one-on-one help for independent musicians.
We will, of course, [...]



Who Can I Turn To?

Feb 27th, 2004 | By Joe Taylor Jr. | Category: Editorial

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I need electronica bands!!

Feb 27th, 2004 | By Joe Taylor Jr. | Category: Opportunities

If you are in an electronica or ambient or trip-hop kind of band, and you have a draw of 25-50 in your hometown, I want to hear from you TODAY. I have an opportunity to put you on stage in front of a bigger crowd and get you some $ in exchange for some street [...]



Clamor Music Festival

Feb 27th, 2004 | By Joe Taylor Jr. | Category: Events

What a great idea for a festival, with events in almost every major city!
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What’s a Press Kit? [by Carla Hall]

Feb 27th, 2004 | By Joe Taylor Jr. | Category: Tools

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What the hell is a press kit? It’s your demo, photo, and bio. Who needs a press kit? You do. Also known as a promo package, a press kit will open doors to a record deal, gigs, and press interviews. Create your own marketing ruckus, [...]



American Idol: Keeping the A&R Myth Alive

Feb 26th, 2004 | By Joe Taylor Jr. | Category: Editorial

A group of our colleagues share notes on why — despite all its guilty pleasures — American Idol is rotting our industry from the inside out.
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Grey Tuesday: The Aftermath

Feb 25th, 2004 | By Joe Taylor Jr. | Category: General

We had a compelling discussion in Tuesday’s Music Biz Coaching Gym conference call about the Grey Tuesday protest.
Quick catchup: Jay-Z releases mix-minus tracks to his fans to encourage underground remixing of The Black Album. DJ Danger Mouse gets an amazingly clever idea to mix the vocals with beats from the Beatles’ White Album. 3,000 “promo [...]



I Can Hear The Rain In The Summertime, Just Underneath the Sound of Record Execs’ Heads Pounding Against Office Walls

Feb 25th, 2004 | By Joe Taylor Jr. | Category: General

I have to hand it to The Alarm, for handing the music industry its own ageist head on a platter and jumpstarting their back catalog sales.
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Dunkin’ Donuts Would Like To Buy You Some Gear

Feb 25th, 2004 | By Joe Taylor Jr. | Category: Opportunities

Little Steven and his Underground Garage radio show are sponsoring a search for America’s best garage band. Normally, I detest “Battle of the Bands” stuff, but there are some serious sponsors behind this, and Van Zandt is genuine in his desire to elevate a group to near-stardom.
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Walt Mink: The Movie

Feb 25th, 2004 | By Joe Taylor Jr. | Category: Film

Director (and Indie Music Club reader) Christopher Butler is putting together a documentary on Walt Mink. The production weblog is outstanding — if you’ve never worked on a documentary before, you see the level of dedication that filmmakers put into research. If you’d like to help Christopher on his quest, contact him with leads, stories, [...]