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!This is exactly the kind of article that lulls baby bands into believing that they can be transfigured by a single show. [...]
L*A*M*P founder Leslie Waller just posted a great article…
At a recent seminar this month, a guest was telling me about how difficult it is to get people to listen to his music. It’s difficult to get heard; it’s difficult getting through; it’s difficult getting a response even if you get someone to agree to listen. [...]
Music and radio veteran Gerry Cagle writes today about how major labels stopped caring about good music and made themselves stop mattering to millions of their customers. And radio, Cagle says, is about to find itself in an even worse position.
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It’s fun (but rare) to actually get to book one of our clients into our backyard, which makes tonight’s Levinhurst show very exciting! Lol just wrapped an interview on 99X and he’s heading for soundcheck now.
I’ll be at Tasty World all night, so if you’re an Indie Music Club reader, step up and say hello!!
P.S.: [...]
Due to some family obligations, I didn’t get to go to SXSW this year. I’m hoping to hit the NXNE baby-confab in Toronto, though.
Anyway, the reports are starting to come in and it looks like the expense accounts still came to play, just not as hard.
(P.S.: Post your SXSW stories in the comments!!)
If you [...]
March 30, 7:00-10:00 p.m. at Music Connection Theatre, 4215 Coldwater Canyon (north of Ventura Blvd.)
EMOTIONAL IMPACT: Without it, you have nothing. With it, you can have everything. The single ingredient underneath personal and career success on a small or grand scale.
Harriet Schock is known for writing songs with emotional impact, both musically and lyrically, as [...]
Warrior Girl Music is seeking artists for “Females on Fire�, a promotional CD. WGM wants artists with original songs that transcend race, age or gender, and embrace passion, personal excellence, and global consciousness. All genres welcomed. The CD will promote female artists and encourage male artists to write about, or dedicate a [...]
March 23, 7:00-9:00 p.m.: Song Structures that “Lock In” the Listener by David “Catâ€Â? Cohen at the Music Connection Theatre, 4215 Coldwater Canyon (north of Ventura Blvd.)
SONG STRUCTURE is perhaps the most important and most difficult part of songwriting to master. Most original songs “run out of gas” somewhere along the way and lose or [...]
Los Angeles Music Productions‘ founder Leslie Waller jotted us a great note this week. L*A*M*P launched in 2003 and has staged an amazing number of events (over 100!) in the last 18 months. Whether you’re a songwriter, composer, performer, manager, new indie label, music industry exec, producer, or engineer, L*A*M*P offers the information you [...]
This ten-page article by Steve Gordon, an entertainment attorney and consultant based in New York, is very informative on clearing music for film, tv, and the Internet. (Gordon formerly served as director of business affairs for Sony Music Entertainment.)
Mr. Gordon gives legal advice concerning securing copyright clearance, options available to you when licensing your music [...]
