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More News Coverage of Elektra v. Santangelo:
Who do you think will win the hearts and minds of the public… the recording industry, [...]
Like you, I’ve been horrified at the gradual destruction of one of America’s most culturally significant cities. As musicians and writers know, New Orleans is about so much more than beads on Bourbon Street. It’s about jazz, and soul, and blues, and poetry, and so much more.
We’re joining a bloggers’ effort to help raise funds [...]
The Brand Called You - part 1:
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The Brand Called You - part 2:
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The Brand Called You - part 3:
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Sounding Off: Musicians’ Charity:
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Folks, I have an urgent personal matter to attend to on Wednesday, so I will be bumping the two scheduled classes ahead one week to next Wednesday, at the same times.
Structuring Your Ideal Music Business will happen next Wednesday at 2pm, with a bonus session of Open Phones at 5pm. (All times Eastern.)
If you didn’t [...]
A selection of artists from my neighborhood go on the record about their day jobs. Most folks work part-time gigs so they can tour, although many of my own clients are enjoying dual-tracking. One telling quote:
Even while playing in Sugar, Barbe worked up to 20 hours per week engineering records for John Keane and up [...]
Newbury Comics in the Northeast U.S. is testing out custom mix-CD technology, similar to what the folks at Starbucks are rolling out. I’ve been saying for some time (to paraphrase Dan Poynter) that record stores are pretty lousy places to sell records.
That’s because retailers have only a limited amount of “bandwidth” at listening posts [...]
I keep telling folks that they’ve really got to pull out all the stops on CD Release parties. Leave it to our friends in Showin’ Tell to go above and beyond, holding a lock-down party for fans in an actual (former) penitentiary!
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Everyone who counts “Tom” as a friend might start seeing some other common groupings when MySpace starts their own record label imprint later this year. Makes sense: MySpace is turning into a one-stop shop for A&R and promotion, though talent buyers still remain skeptical that “MySpace Bands” can get bums on seats at shows.
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An indie artist’s manager makes some interesting allegations in this press release that a prominent Orlando radio program director guaranteed airplay on his station in exchange for points on a record’s major label re-release, plus $15,000 in advance. The manager’s attorney allegedly took one look at the contract and (wisely) advised their client to back [...]
Since folks have a tendency to ask me for these results even before I get to see the show on my Moxi, it sounds like Suzie’s getting love from the audience, and Ty’s tweaking the increasingly annoying J.D.: Rock Star: INXS: Elimination #7 Recap at TVSquad.
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