Archive for January 2005

Could You Use a “Stop Doing” List?

Jan 10th, 2005 | By Joe Taylor Jr. | Category: Tips

The few hours I got to work last week, I spent working with my clients on their master plans for the new year. And instead of focusing on what they should start working on, I let them off the hook regarding a lot of busywork things I felt were holding them back. So it’s funny [...]



The Post-Payola Slippery Slope

Jan 10th, 2005 | By Joe Taylor Jr. | Category: Editorial

The folks over at Downhill Battle are understandably excited about Spitzer’s investigation. For their part, labels are a little excited and a lot relieved at the prospect of removing some of the promotion bulk from their budgets. (It’s not like they want to spend $1,500 per station to break a song.) But terrestrial radio has [...]



Tapping Friends and Family…

Jan 7th, 2005 | By Joe Taylor Jr. | Category: General

On this afternoon’s conference call, I name dropped Heidi Drockelman from Indie-Music.com, who worked with us when I was over at World Cafe. Heidi’s got a great article about tapping the deeper resources of friends and family that you really should check out…
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IndieBiz.com Open Phones

Jan 7th, 2005 | By Joe Taylor Jr. | Category: Tips

Joe talks to members about copyright, bar codes, SoundScan, getting gigs at churches and more…
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Validations for 2005

Jan 5th, 2005 | By Joe Taylor Jr. | Category: Tips

Our friend, Ann O’Brien, has an excellent suggestion to replace "resolutions" with "validations" in the new year. Simply use her exercise to visualize what went well for you in 2004 and ask for more in 2005…
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We now rejoin spinme.com, already in progress…

Jan 5th, 2005 | By Joe Taylor Jr. | Category: Announcements

Thank you for your outpouring of sympathy and support over the past few weeks as our family has been helping my wife deal with her recovery from emergency triple bypass surgery. We’ve been shouting out updates from her weblog, and we’ll have many more stories to share with you over the coming months.
The biggest lesson [...]