Archive for September 2005

Making It Easy for Folks to Talk About You

Sep 26th, 2005 | By Joe Taylor Jr. | Category: Tips

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!We have talked about this on more than a few calls. Audience members go for “high concept.” No matter how you’ve positioned [...]



Remaindered Links: September 25

Sep 25th, 2005 | By Joe Taylor Jr. | Category: Links

Scattered band reunites in NYC:
Keywords: katrina

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You’ve Got Three Hours to Live.

Sep 23rd, 2005 | By Joe Taylor Jr. | Category: Editorial

Would you be okay with that?
Seriously, if you knew the clock was ticking, and you had little more than the length of a Kubrick movie to roll over the highlights of your life…
What conversations do you still need to have? What burned bridges would you want to repair? And would you really be able to [...]



Remaindered Links: September 22

Sep 22nd, 2005 | By Joe Taylor Jr. | Category: Links

Bill Strickland on artists and entrepreneurs:
Keywords: entrepreneurship, leadership, music, thisbizlifelinks

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What We Learned from Tonight’s Apprentice Elimination

Sep 22nd, 2005 | By Joe Taylor Jr. | Category: Television

Without giving anything away for our West Coast friends, tonight’s Apprentice (which was the best episode in a while — maybe since season two) showcased what can go wrong when you choose to be negative about a situation.
I see it all the time in bands. When one person on your success team decides they’re going [...]



Just because I’m a nice guy…

Sep 22nd, 2005 | By Joe Taylor Jr. | Category: Television

“…doesn’t mean I’m not sexy.”
Mig wonders if he didn’t get chosen as the new lead singer of INXS because his fans are a little older. It certainly won’t hurt him when he releases his solo record…

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Remaindered Links: September 21

Sep 21st, 2005 | By Joe Taylor Jr. | Category: Links

Power of…You:
Keywords: advice, katrina

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Rock Star: INXS — Finale

Sep 21st, 2005 | By Joe Taylor Jr. | Category: General

It’s over… J.D.’s your new lead singer of INXS.

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EMI Execs: Just Hanging Out

Sep 20th, 2005 | By Joe Taylor Jr. | Category: Editorial

Newsweek’s international edition picks apart the state of EMI, now the third largest record company in the world. What’s the master strategy they’re following?
Stay flexible and ready to react to the next completely unexpected thing that consumers want.
WHAT?! How do you a grow a company by sitting back and reacting to trends? Would you [...]



Warner Music Execs Cash “Obscene” Bonus Checks

Sep 20th, 2005 | By Joe Taylor Jr. | Category: Editorial

Ritch Esra smacks down Lyor Cohen and the rest of the Warner Music executive team, for cashing $21 million in salary and bonus checks (three times the company’s net operating revenue, on paper, anyway) in the same year they dropped 93 acts and laid off over 1,600 workers.
Question:
What the heck were 1,600 people doing (or [...]