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!Remember last year when I did a set of ta;ls about how we’re moving back toward a patronage-based music culture, much like [...]

Here’s a great idea: vocabulary-rich hip-hop compilations distributed by a leading test prep center. What kinds of alternative sales channels can you think of today?
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Bob Baker’s got a great followup to my own e-mail rant from a few days ago. Just don’t be an e-mail idiot!
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Our latest podcast covers ways you can make your press kit stand out from the pack, how to design an effective publicity photo, and why you’re part of the white noise in your public radio station’s mailroom.
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We have two slots left for artists who want to work with me one-on-one in our music business coaching program beginning in February. I work with participants by phone three times a month and online just about every day, and we solve problems like:

identifying your perfect audience
finding the right places to play
playing out more [...]

I’ve been checking out the weblog for The Current, a new format just launched by the folks at Minnesota Public Radio. They’re trying to capture the same kind of audience that we targeted at WXPN, the 35+ NPR-loving hipster who doesn’t want to listen to classical all day. What’s remarkable is that part of the [...]

We’ve had some spirited debate over at IndieBiz.com the last few days about comparing yourself to other artists, and why it’s important (if frustrating). Bob Baker’s got the science…
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We’ve had lots of new visitors to spinme.com in the past few days, a few of whom asked me to clarify how we can work together, especially since membership to IndieBiz.com is now closed. Remember that you can work with me personally in small chunks or in big chunks, and if you want to understand [...]

On the podcast (which I promise will sound so much snazzier when I get my new project studio operational), David Hooper and I talk with a caller about getting a new jazz project underway in Chicago, tips you can learn from successful small businesses, and how you can jumpstart your creativity in the new year. [...]

Bob Baker’s finally lending his considerable experience to the blogosphere, and he weighs in on the debate that the Future of Music book is stirring up — imagine a world where new music downloads flow as easily as… tap water?
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