Archive for October 2006

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Oct 31st, 2006 | By Joe Taylor Jr. | Category: News

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HOWTO: Make your audio play in IE7 with one click.
(tags: flash IE7 javascript howto music business)

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HOWTO: Make your audio play in IE7 with one click.

Oct 31st, 2006 | By Joe Taylor Jr. | Category: News

Correspondent Scott Andrew penned this little tutorial a few months ago to help musicians and non-techies get flash music players and other “embedded” widgets working properly inside Internet Explorer 7. Just a quick bump, since lots of folks seem to be searching the site for this.
Technorati Tags: flash, IE7, javascript, howto, music+business
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How to Get Through My Slush Pile

Oct 26th, 2006 | By Joe Taylor Jr. | Category: Growing Your Audience

Are my ears buzzing?
If so, you stand a better chance of getting on my radar. And that doesn’t just go for me, it goes for every A&R person, every radio programmer, and every journalist that you want to recruit for your cause.
Even though I’m no longer actively representing musicians, I still get dozens of e-mails [...]



Multiple Levels of Engagement for Musicians

Oct 25th, 2006 | By Joe Taylor Jr. | Category: Concerts

Tom Hespos writes from the point of view of a music fan, frustrated that he feels left out when his favorite bands come to town and he doesn’t know about it until it’s too late. For too long, record labels and music managers have just assumed that fans will find out about gigs on their [...]



A Chronic Shortage of Music Managers

Oct 24th, 2006 | By Joe Taylor Jr. | Category: Editorial

At a recent music business workshop in Jamaica, some experienced artists and managers remarked that a good manager can cut the amount of time it takes for an artist to become profitable in half. However, many people with the potential to become good managers don’t enter the business. The panelists found two reasons:

It’s sexier to [...]



Compact Discs as Souvenirs

Oct 24th, 2006 | By Joe Taylor Jr. | Category: Selling CDs

Lefsetz writes that he no longer wants e-mail from folks about the viability of compact discs. Indeed, the compact disc itself is not just a storage medium for music — it’s a reminder of how much you enjoy the work of an artist, and it’s a standalone product that should extend the experience that an [...]



Music Nation: Cringing and Backlash?

Oct 21st, 2006 | By Joe Taylor Jr. | Category: Events

It’s always interesting to see music business posts on places like TechCrunch, since tech writers approach so many things with a community-oriented, “Web 2.0″ perspective.
The issue with Music Nation isn’t that it’s necessarily a ripoff, or that anyone there is being disingenuous. Marshall Kirkpatrick from TechCrunch expects to see “cringing and backlash” from the music [...]



YP.com Still Sending Sneaky Checks

Oct 20th, 2006 | By Joe Taylor Jr. | Category: Editorial

About once every few days, we get a phone call from an otherwise well intentioned operator from YP.com who wants us to upgrade our business listing. Despite our repeated requests to be removed from their list, they keep calling. And they’re always puzzled by the idea that I don’t want to pay hundreds of dollars [...]



Being Open to Wacky Ideas (The Movie Music of Mark Rubin)

Oct 20th, 2006 | By Joe Taylor Jr. | Category: Film

The other day, I was speaking with a client about some sudden opportunities that he had picked up to score some film soundtracks and to get some of his song hooks into movies and television shows. One of the things that many working musicians overlook is the fact that there are still tremendous opportunities in [...]



links for 2006-10-19

Oct 18th, 2006 | By Joe Taylor Jr. | Category: News

Details from AllofMp3 press conference
Sure, they’re on the run. But the folks behind AllOfMP3 have tapped in to an interesting audience — folks that view music as a utility, like water or electric. They’re willing to pay, but not at the rates that the recording industry has set.
(tags: musicbusiness)

How the iPod Took Over the World
Five [...]