Comments on: Be the Change You Want to See in the Music Industry http://spinme.com/2006/07/be-the-change-you-want-to-see-in-the-music-industry/ Joe Taylor Jr. advises musicians that want to book more gigs... Tue, 06 Jul 2010 18:46:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Isn’t the Light OK? » Blog Archive » I was just saying that… http://spinme.com/2006/07/be-the-change-you-want-to-see-in-the-music-industry/comment-page-1/#comment-9668 Isn’t the Light OK? » Blog Archive » I was just saying that… Sat, 04 Nov 2006 02:00:37 +0000 http://spinme.com/2006/07/be-the-change-you-want-to-see-in-the-music-industry/#comment-9668 <p>[...] Joe Taylor at SpinMe sums up some ideas telling aspiring musicians to “Be the Change You Want to See in the Music Industry.” [...]</p> [...] Joe Taylor at SpinMe sums up some ideas telling aspiring musicians to “Be the Change You Want to See in the Music Industry.” [...]

]]> By: Donnie http://spinme.com/2006/07/be-the-change-you-want-to-see-in-the-music-industry/comment-page-1/#comment-2286 Donnie Wed, 02 Aug 2006 22:23:54 +0000 http://spinme.com/2006/07/be-the-change-you-want-to-see-in-the-music-industry/#comment-2286 <p>Great way of crystalizing exactly what we need to be focusing on as independent musicians. Everything else we need to do can all be categorized under the 4 primary areas you listed.</p> Great way of crystalizing exactly what we need to be focusing on as independent musicians. Everything else we need to do can all be categorized under the 4 primary areas you listed.

]]> By: Nate http://spinme.com/2006/07/be-the-change-you-want-to-see-in-the-music-industry/comment-page-1/#comment-2194 Nate Fri, 28 Jul 2006 15:36:59 +0000 http://spinme.com/2006/07/be-the-change-you-want-to-see-in-the-music-industry/#comment-2194 <p>Right on - and the magic catalyst is that you're definitely not the only one with the same complaint - so if you can enact a solution you'll suddenly have half the musicians in town backing you.</p> <p>I started the New Haven Jazzcast (www.newhavenjazzcast.com) because as a jazz player who moved to town a while ago, I found lots of incredible musicians but no centralized directory.</p> <p>So I launched the jazzcast to solve the problem, and the response has been great - area musicians get promotion, area fans can learn about upcoming gigs and get turned on to new artists, and I get to network AND help out the scene. Everybody wins.</p> Right on – and the magic catalyst is that you’re definitely not the only one with the same complaint – so if you can enact a solution you’ll suddenly have half the musicians in town backing you.

I started the New Haven Jazzcast (www.newhavenjazzcast.com) because as a jazz player who moved to town a while ago, I found lots of incredible musicians but no centralized directory.

So I launched the jazzcast to solve the problem, and the response has been great – area musicians get promotion, area fans can learn about upcoming gigs and get turned on to new artists, and I get to network AND help out the scene. Everybody wins.

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