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!Last week, while I wasn’t looking, Derek Sivers and the CDBaby crew crossed the threshold of $10 Millon in checks cut to [...]

See, folks still care about the order in which you’ve placed your songs…
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This is the kind of thing you want new fans to say about you on their weblogs and in e-mail to their friends…
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We’ve FINALLY finished putting together the schedule for November’s teleclasses, and I think we’ve got a real extravaganza in store for you. Remember that the only way to get access to ALL of these classes is to join IndieBiz.com. You can also get just the threads that are of interest to you by registering your [...]

Another broadcasting legened signed off today. John Peel is another of that breed of disc jockey who took an almost pathological interest in making sure new music got represented on the airwaves. We can only pray to hear the likes of him again.
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We’ve blogged before about the fact that record stores are lousy places to sell records, and how Starbucks is toying with ideas to change that. The next phase of their rollout is about to hit Seattle and Austin, in addition to the pilot store in Santa Monica.
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Looks like legal crusader Eliot Spitzer has the RIAA back in his sights… this time he’s investigating the practice of greasing station playlist through indie promoters. Feels a little late, though. Because we’re moving to the practice of infomercial-style ads on radio anyway, how long will it be before bought-and-sold playlist slots are simply disclosed [...]

Alexandria Brown, the E-Zine Queen, is running another FREE intro class on Wednesday at 1pm ET. Even though she’s talking more about small business than music, everything she has to say is 100% important for you, too, and you should go.
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I’m not necessarily opposed to either lip-synching on television, or using tracks. There are legit reasons to do both, although sometimes a lazy artist will use this technique to coast.
What concerns me about the Saturday Night Live incident is that Ashlee shows us that she is not in charge of her own actions. A strong [...]

Getting lots of mail this week about what talent buyers are looking for in press kits. Rather than reinvent the wheel, let me point you at Bob Baker’s killer e-book on the topic, which he is still amazing selling for only about seven dollars.
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