Archive for February 2008

My Favorite Links for 02/29/08

Feb 29th, 2008 | By Joe Taylor Jr. | Category: General

Welcome to spinme.com, where we help working musicians make more money making music. If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to our RSS feed or our weekly newsletter. Thanks for visiting!

Radio industry may need to tune in to new thinking to survive - South Bend Tribune
Forecasters: Big storm next week
NBC opposing LA [...]



My Favorite Links for 02/28/08

Feb 28th, 2008 | By Joe Taylor Jr. | Category: General

How to save the record label (maybe) - CNNMoney.com
Escaping the Entrepreneurial Seizure: Interview with Michael Gerber (Plus: Tim Speaking)
New twist at DQ: Franchises rebel
With a simple fiddle you can top the charts - Sydney Morning Herald
What’s new at Starbucks: 3 changes [Serious Investigative Journalism]
Digital Music Forum: The Indie Takeover?
How Will Recording Artists Be Discovered in [...]



David Archuleta Referencing Eva Cassidy’s Arrangement of “Imagine”

Feb 28th, 2008 | By Joe Taylor Jr. | Category: Television

Ann Powers writes longingly of the “wave of Eva-mania” in the late 1990s, and I remember it well. So it surprised her and others when American Idol contestant David Archuleta won compliments from the panel for his “original” cover of John Lennon’s “Imagine.”
It’s a peculiar thing about music that you internalize the first time you [...]



My Favorite Links for 02/27/08

Feb 27th, 2008 | By Joe Taylor Jr. | Category: General

What Happened to the Fortune Michael Jackson Made? - New York Times Blogs
Guy Hands feels the strain of EMI takeover - Telegraph.co.uk
iBank 3 lands with Direct Downloads, iPhone sync, more
‘Idol’ Tracker: Facing the judges’ Do’s and Don’ts
Online Music Fan Community Powerpoint
CD to digital: Painful for music industry
A Downtown Impresario’s New Uptown Canvas - New York [...]



Download “Falling Slowly” from the Once Soundtrack for Free

Feb 26th, 2008 | By Joe Taylor Jr. | Category: Indie Music Resources and Selling MP3s

This week’s sponsor:

Seems like everyone’s on the free bandwagon this week. I don’t know if this was on the site before the Oscar win, but you can download a copy of “Falling Slowly” in MP3 with no DRM, right from the Fox Searchlight website.
If you enjoyed this post, make sure you subscribe to my RSS [...]



My Favorite Links for 02/26/08

Feb 26th, 2008 | By Joe Taylor Jr. | Category: General

Music video for Orbital’s The Box from 1996. That’s Oscar…
US Airways to charge $25 to check second bag
Heavy metal success music to his ears - York Region Era Banner
Video presentation about the future of the music business
‘American Idol’: Axed contestant Amy Davis speaks out
80-20 Freelancing

If you enjoyed this post, make sure you subscribe to my [...]



Joe’s Tweets for 2008-02-25

Feb 25th, 2008 | By | Category: General

Not quite liveblogging the Oscars, since we’re watching on TiVo. First up, Barbara Walters and Miley Cyrus. #
Barbara is astonished that Jamie-Lynn Spears is Miley’s friend. Miles reminds Barbara that her parents aren’t idiots. #
iPhone keeps autocorrecting me. #
Accidentally borked the spinme.com server by disabling the ad rotator. Nice one, JT. #
Lori wants to know [...]



My Favorite Links for 02/25/08

Feb 25th, 2008 | By Joe Taylor Jr. | Category: General

Scheduly
FREE: Wired’s Chris Anderson explores the Divide-By-Zero problem in the Long Tail
Getting Your Band Out Of The Garage And Into Bonnaroo (Part 3 of 3 … - jambands.com
In the Drama of Britney Spears, a Show Business Fortune Is at Risk - New York Times
The Ultimate Guide To Networking With Bloggers

If you enjoyed this post, make [...]



“Falling Slowly” Wins Best Original Song Oscar

Feb 25th, 2008 | By Joe Taylor Jr. | Category: Events, Film and Fun

Remarkable acceptance speeches from Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova:

If you enjoyed this post, make sure you subscribe to my RSS feed!



My Favorite Links for 02/24/08

Feb 24th, 2008 | By Joe Taylor Jr. | Category: General

Edge: BETTER THAN FREE By Kevin Kelly
Genre confusion fills niche-happy music industry - The Grand Rapids Press - MLive.com
When bands go through the cool cycle - Times Online
Computers die; how to limit grief

If you enjoyed this post, make sure you subscribe to my RSS feed!