Archive for March 2008

American Idol Songwriting Competition Back for 2008

Mar 20th, 2008 | By Joe Taylor Jr. | Category: Songwriting and Television

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With not a whole lot of rumor or speculation, the fate of the American Idol Songwriter contest for 2008 was [...]



Joe’s Tweets for 2008-03-19

Mar 19th, 2008 | By | Category: General

Holy @#$%! Barack Obama’s gonna be on my street tomorrow! #

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My Favorite Links for 03/19/08

Mar 19th, 2008 | By Joe Taylor Jr. | Category: General

AMERICAN IDOL: Top 11
How to Have a Conversation, or Tell Me About Me
Forget the Movie, Go To A Concert
Good comment: Pipenta, on artists and drugs
Idol Banter: Guitars Gently Weep
‘Idol’ Tracker: Archuleta de Triumph
Protect Yourself Against Energy Vampires

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SXSW in the Wall Street Journal

Mar 19th, 2008 | By Joe Taylor Jr. | Category: News

Jim Fusilli offers a great write-up of his experience last week in Austin, where Daniel Auerbach from the Black Keys tells him that SXSW “has morphed into something else.”

Twenty-one years after the first festival, it’s now an overstuffed parade of big names who don’t need the gig, successful touring bands that are compelled to play [...]



Joe’s Tweets for 2008-03-18

Mar 18th, 2008 | By | Category: General

I just saw an ad for the C&C Mattress Factory and wondered if their products are gonna make me sweat. #
@andymatic That is awesome news! Did you guys grab one of those neat, new townhomes over by the CalTrain station? Yer in a wicked cool hood. #

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RETRO: Booking Agents and Music Managers

Mar 18th, 2008 | By Joe Taylor Jr. | Category: Booking More Gigs

I’ve been wanting to write some new articles about booking concerts. It seems like we’re in another cycle where folks ask me questions like, “now that we have Twitter and Facebook, it should be totally easy to find a booking agent, right?” (Three years ago, it was, “now that we have MySpace…” Before that, it [...]



Joe’s Tweets for 2008-03-17

Mar 17th, 2008 | By | Category: General

Looking for some dashboard widgets to make Twitter posting faster. #

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Neon Armadillo: Redefining Live Country Music

Mar 17th, 2008 | By Joe Taylor Jr. | Category: Booking More Gigs

Many of my friends and colleagues have gravitated into the country music space over the past few years. It makes sense, given that Nashville is probably the last stronghold of the traditional music business model that relies on teams of writers, producers, artists, and marketers to make things happen. In so many ways, country is [...]



My Favorite Links for 03/17/08

Mar 17th, 2008 | By Joe Taylor Jr. | Category: General

Ashley Dupre makes $204,000 from Web music sales [Jackpot]
A word to the press: fight for the public’s right to know
Would You Pay a Fee for Legal Music File Sharing? - Washington Post

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Music at SXSW is just the afterparty for tech bloggers on their way out of Austin.

Mar 16th, 2008 | By Joe Taylor Jr. | Category: Concerts and Events

It’s tough enough to be a record executive these days. Your budget’s shrinking, your staff keep leaving to join tech startups, and you keep having to figure out which one of your interns is the one who’s leaking your biggest acts rough mixes to BitTorrent.
At least you always had SXSW to look forward to, right?
Apparently, [...]