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Gotta admit it’s a cool and aggressive way to get your [...]
Virgil Dickerson of Suburban Home Records is asking his blog readers for advice on how to (cheaply) promote a tour for one of his bands. He’s already got a partial list of ideas posted and a few responses (mine included) in the comments.
What is effective promotion, really? I think it has to do with your [...]
Today’s 5 Questions interviewee is Tom Dorsey of Nice, a promotional firm specializing in print and radio, headquartered in Portland OR. Starting only a few years ago with a handful of local bands and singer-songwriters as clients, the Nice roster past and present boasts acts like United State of Electronica, songwriter Luke Temple and math-rockers [...]
I remember the first time Jennie made me listen to Green Day. We were both working at our college radio station, and I was still mostly listening to Paul Weller. I had no clue what to make of them, and I would never have expected, fifteen years on, that they would become rock royalty.
Along the [...]
Chris needs to send you a fruit basket, or buy you dinner at Morton’s or something, because you totally saved his ass last night by screwing up a familiar song even worse than he did.
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And they’re not far off, with a piece describing just how much technology and legislation have caused frangmentation in the music marketplace. If not for Sheryl Crow and OutKast, this decade might be devoid of monster record releases.
You can choose to understand how this is not bad news. In fact, a music industry that returns [...]
Speaking of Music Hates You, Patrick’s got an amazing post on his personal weblog that exposes an experience that every working musician reading these pages has experienced at one point or another. The difference between bands that make it in the music business and bands that don’t is the ability to stand up to the [...]
Now that power and cable have been restored to the house, Lori and I can handicap this year’s Rock Star competition. Episode one just wrapped up, and here’s our view from the couch…
Storm
Lori: Good, but missing something. Love that she’s got a deep voice.
Joe: Strong, but maybe her look’s a little too polished?
Ryan
Lori: Trying to [...]
I love our new neighborhood in Charlotte. Apparently, the tree in front of our neighbors’ house feels compelled to escape. This 100 year old tree came down during last night’s fireworks display, totalling three of our neighbors’ cars but mercifully injuring nobody. Work crews earned every cent of holiday pay, restoring power to the block [...]
Basically, once you pick that username, it’s yours to keep. If you want a different one, you’ll have to sign up again
However, you don’t have to be stuck with giving out a MySpace URL you don’t like.
Get your own domain for eight bucks a year through our friends at KRDomains.com (we don’t get a kickback [...]
