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Radio companies scramble as listeners tune out
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The Shins want you to record a live show
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Award Nominations
Scott’s nominated for some JPF [...]
Deaf and dumb
“I’d pay to see you face your artists â€â€? 50 Cent, Eminem, Elvis Costello, BB King, LL Cool J, Chris Rock, et al â€â€? and call them “softwareâ€Â? to their faces.”
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Radio Airplay in 7 Days
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Don’t confuse celebrities with heroes.
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It’s official. There was already a band called Supernova before Tommy Lee and his posse decided to put together a summer reality series supergroup. And tonight, after the group picks its lead singer, it’s got to pick a new band name to comply with a court order.
Ten years ago, before there was Google, it was [...]
I was going to post a link to Nancy Baym’s post about the issues that bands are facing when reaching out to under-18s, when I realized… you just need to be reading all of her blog, Online Fandom. Seriously, add this link to your feed reader, because she’s on-target every single day.
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A few months ago, I asked my readers to tell me what kind of project I should take on next. I was pretty surprised by the result. An astonishing number of musicians asked me to compile all of my most effective strategies into a simple, day-by-day playbook.
Every day of my new 180-day plan gets a [...]
Listen to this great description of how one listener uses and enjoys iMix selections from the Apple iTunes Music Store. People in America used to use radio and mixtapes for that kind of experience, but now they turn to other listeners online.
So here’s one suggestion to boost sales of your music while growing your audience.
Think [...]
Instead of selling every seat in the house for $30, INXS recently staged an auction on Ticketmaster. The highest priced ticket sold for $500, the lowest for $3. Nine Inch Nails used a similar model, and watched online scalping drop substantially. Venues and ticket sellers are finally clued in to the idea that pricing for [...]
BNL’s Steven Page weighs in on Spiral Frog
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A UK performance artist has secretly switched copies of Paris Hilton’s new CD with Folger’s Crystals his own remixes and cover art. Nobody has brought the affected discs back for refunds, since — well, has anyone not affiliated with her management, her label, or tabloid media actually bought this thing?
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