Another great post from Seth Godin, this time on the Beatles’ rise to megastardom: At the beginning, they were playing two or three clubs a day, dives, making a few pounds if they were lucky. Not for a month or…
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March 2006
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Arctic Monkeys All Business Onstage: Keywords: success
Things could be worse…
…at least your tour van didn’t spontaneously combust on the road.
Roll your own press list
Over the weekend I saw a post on Craiglist by a guy offering to sell databases of music press contacts for between $50-$75 a pop. Not a bad way to make some cash I suppose, but with a little bit…
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How to get famous using myspace.com: Keywords: myspace
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Branded Bands: Advertising agencies are now creating their own bands, from scratch, to capture youth attention without shelling out big bucks for musician endorsements. Huh?Keywords: advertising, endorsements
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Kitchens of the rock stars’ office staff: One day, your streem team captain could have a kitchen this nice.Keywords: fans
Managing risk is key
I plucked this bit from the website of a guy I sorta-kinda know, attributed to another guy I sorta-kinda know: “It’s not about luck. It’s about managing risk, so in the end it looks like luck.” Q: How do you…
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PayPal Mobile Arrives: If this takes off, it could really rev up your merchandise sales.Keywords: money, sales
Music, taxes and the “$400 Myth”
It’s tax time in the US, which means it’s also the season for what I call the “$400 Myth” to start circulating in musician circles. Here’s the myth as I hear it goes like this: “If I made less than…
Spoon frontman waxes about work ethic
Here’s a cool article on Brit Daniels and his band Spoon, and his workman-like approach to music: The singer-guitarist-songwriter says his years intently listening to radio hits were like “extensive research.” Knowing from the beginning that he cared most about…
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American Idol is also "a learning lab" the contestants call "star school" or "boot camp": Keywords: idol, showbiz, singing