Archive for May 2004

Artists should consider whether a label can do more than they can themselves

May 21st, 2004 | By Staff | Category: Tips

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!According to Scott Harrington, music attorney & counsel for the Rolling Stones and the Eagles, unsigned artists should look inward.
In a recent [...]



Trying to e-mail us?

May 20th, 2004 | By Joe Taylor Jr. | Category: Announcements

Our mail server has been getting slammed with an unprecedented amount of virus-spam since about 9am, to the point where the poor thing lis limping along. (This is exactly why we have mail and web on two separate servers!) We’ve redirected mail traffic to a more powerful server, but your message may still not get [...]



New to songwriting?

May 20th, 2004 | By Staff | Category: Tips

Found this great site with songwriting tips, publishing tips, etc. Registration is free, so what you are waiting for! The faculty at this site is pretty impressive.
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(L)ove (E)gos (A)lternative (R)ock

May 19th, 2004 | By Joe Taylor Jr. | Category: Events

If it wasn’t enough work to write and produce a play about the independent music scene, the cast and crew of L.E.A.R. are running a nifty companion music weblog!
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Independent Music World Series deadline May 20, 2004

May 19th, 2004 | By Staff | Category: Opportunities

Disc Makers is presenting the Southeast leg of the Independent Music World Series. Open to all musicians not currently signed to a major label. At least one band member must reside in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, N Carolina, S Carolina, or Tennessee.
All submissions must be postmarked by May 20, [...]



Choose to be UNstuck

May 18th, 2004 | By Joe Taylor Jr. | Category: Editorial

While my workstation’s churning out the audio file from the excellent IndieBiz Coaching Call we just wrapped up, I wanted to answer a question that folks have asked a lot in the last few days. Why did we change the positioning of our site from “…for the independent musician” to “…for the WORKING musician?”
Trade “musician” [...]



MySpace.com looking for artists

May 18th, 2004 | By Staff | Category: Opportunities

MySpace.com is sponsoring artists to participate in the Vans Warped Tour and Orange Peal Records’ “Blossomin’ Media” Tour.
Join MySpace.com for free, then email jordan [at] allisonpr.com for the details.
[from joe: is that anything like a bloomin' onion?]
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[plug] Chat with Showin’ Tell during their radio interview @ 4pm ET

May 17th, 2004 | By Joe Taylor Jr. | Category: Announcements

TCM clients Jeska and Nicolino will play some exclusive live clips and chat with fans at Indie Radio Live today at 4pm Eastern!
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Music Industry “Apprentice” In The Works

May 17th, 2004 | By Joe Taylor Jr. | Category: General

My clients know that, out of the three or four hours I get to watch TV every week, I had been reserving one for the entire run of The Apprentice. Word from NBC’s Telemundo unit now that they’ve signed Emilio Estefan for the Spanish language spinoff, with the focus on finding an aspiring recording/entertainment mogul. [...]



220,000 units not good enough for new Warner Group

May 17th, 2004 | By Joe Taylor Jr. | Category: News

The L.A. Times chronicles the impending drop of 170 artists from the roster in the wake of a $200 million cost-cutting frenzy by new president (former Uni owner) Edgar Bronfman. The article cites Third Eye Blind’s “disappointing” sales of 220,000 units. You would probably kill for about 1/10 (or maybe 1/100?) of that action, but [...]