Archive for June 2004

Cirque du Soleil seeking a saxophone/keyboard player

Jun 28th, 2004 | By Staff | Category: Opportunities

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!Cirque du Soleil is seeking a saxophone/keyboard player for its production of Quidam.
Must be a professional musician who plays a [...]



See the new T’s!

Jun 25th, 2004 | By Joe Taylor Jr. | Category: Announcements

What all the stylish independent musicians are wearing this summer. (Your purchase pays for our bandwidth — help support spinme.com!)
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Tim White Is Spinning In His Grave

Jun 24th, 2004 | By Joe Taylor Jr. | Category: News

Deposed Billboard editor and staffer just filed a monster lawsuit, blowing the whistle on editorial clampdowns at the trade mag (”don’t piss off the majors”) and various sexual hijinx at trade shows.
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How to improve your odds of getting your songs heard

Jun 24th, 2004 | By Staff | Category: Tips

Kim Copeland, Associate Writer for Songwriter’s Connection, laid it out in this article.
You’ve probably heard these tips before, but it never hurts to refresh those memory banks.
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Talent 2K: Back In Action?

Jun 23rd, 2004 | By Joe Taylor Jr. | Category: Editorial

Carlo Oddo protests his company’s poor reputation in a post to MI2N this morning (which is odd, since Carlo is writing a letter and MI2N is a press release wire). I can buy the idea that an overzealous salesperson overcommitted to prospects when putting this recent tour together. Same thing has happened to me, and [...]



Songwriting Seminar, Nashville, June 26th

Jun 23rd, 2004 | By Staff | Category: Events

Little Vixen Music presents “Open Door 2″ Saturday, June 26th.
Focus: Songwriting, Pitch to Pro Sessions and Vocal Master Class featuring Rachael Rains - vocal coach, John Ozier (Curb Records) Penny Dionne, Troy McConnell.
Call Penny dionne at 615-297-9924 or visit the website for details of this great event which is designed for songwriters and [...]



Demise of the CD, again?

Jun 22nd, 2004 | By Staff | Category: News

Super Audio CD (SACD), could possible replace the CD. The SACD provides cinema-style surround sound and requires a whole new player.
Most of the buyers so far are owners of home theatre systems that can recreate the higher-quality sound that SACD produces
The reason the music business is putting in all this money is that the [...]



Make House Concerts Part of Your Strategy

Jun 21st, 2004 | By Joe Taylor Jr. | Category: General

Audio of a Q&A Call moderated by David Hooper of IndieBiz.com, where we explore the ways that working musicians can add more fans and earn more money by adding house concerts to their touring mix.

David Hooper and I hosted this call to promote my new book, Host Your Own Concerts. You can purchase the paperback [...]



Grow Your Band’s Audience Seminar 6/21/04

Jun 21st, 2004 | By Joe Taylor Jr. | Category: Tips

The core exercise of Grow Your Band’s Audience — developing a vision of your perfect gig and your perfect audience.

The full exercise, along with 336 pages of essential information, is part of the Grow Your Band’s Audience resource pack.
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Phish + Success = Does Not Compute @ NYT

Jun 21st, 2004 | By Joe Taylor Jr. | Category: Editorial

I loved this review of Phish’s farewell NYC performance, because their runaway success does not seem to conform with the Grey Lady’s definition. Which is to say that, until bands like Phish, bands were only successful when the NYT said they were.
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