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My Favorite Links for 05/13/08

May 13th, 2008 | By Joe Taylor Jr. | Category: Featured Links

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Top 10 Ways to Get More People to Your Next Gig

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Alison Wenham cordially invites you to a flame war.

May 13th, 2008 | By Joe Taylor Jr. | Category: Featured Article and General

Writing for The Independent, Ms. Wenham finds it ludicrous that anyone would be insulted by the British music industry’s proposal to require a surcharge every time a listener transfers a music file from device to device.
Furthermore, anyone blogging about the music industry in this business climate can hope to achieve little more than “repetitive strain injury.”
Job [...]



My Favorite Links for 05/10/08

May 10th, 2008 | By Joe Taylor Jr. | Category: Featured Links

NYT Music Industry Reporter Laid Off
two three four ONE, two three four ONE

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Proposed Chicago Law Would Make It Harder to Host Your Own Concerts

May 10th, 2008 | By Joe Taylor Jr. | Category: Featured Article and Hosting Concerts

It always strikes me as odd how Chicago doesn’t always embrace its heritage as one of this nation’s most important cultural cities. A city-backed study revealed that Chicago is a “music city in hiding,” with lots of vibrant clubs and venues hidden from view. Sure, it’s fun to visit a club that doesn’t advertise or [...]



My Favorite Links for 05/09/08

May 9th, 2008 | By Joe Taylor Jr. | Category: Featured Links

Moving to a new country
two three four ONE, two three four ONE
Eddy Arnold, at 89; crooner widened appeal of country music - Boston Globe
Workaholics fixate on inconsequential details
Four more words
NPR Considers Convergence for Next Generation of Radio [Voices]
‘American Idol’ Tracker: After Jason Castro, le deluge

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Music Business Education Reaching High Schools

May 8th, 2008 | By Joe Taylor Jr. | Category: Featured Article, Inspiration, Making Money and Selling CDs

After hearing so much great response from our profile of Drexel’s campus-based music business program, I’m noticing more stories about schools that model their student-run record labels and booking agencies along the same principles. This week, the Los Angeles Times profiles a school that’s offering the same kind of real world experience, only at a [...]



My Favorite Links for 05/07/08

May 7th, 2008 | By Joe Taylor Jr. | Category: Featured Links

Music marketing in throes of digital transformation - Lynchburg News and Advance
Aim for the edges.
Ravelry gets funding from its own community
Frank Sinatra Got It
eliminating the time between thinking something and doing it
Phil Collins Announces ‘Retirement From Music Industry’ - Gigwise
If I had a record label, would you be signed to it?
At Cafe 939 on Boylston [...]



My Favorite Links for 04/28/08

Apr 28th, 2008 | By Joe Taylor Jr. | Category: Featured Links

eliminating the time between thinking something and doing it
Phil Collins Announces ‘Retirement From Music Industry’ - Gigwise
If I had a record label, would you be signed to it?
At Cafe 939 on Boylston Street, Berklee students not only play the … - Boston Globe
Why is New York-style pizza so difficult to replicate in…
7 Guidelines For Getting [...]



Why Nobody Is Making a Living Off 1,000 True Fans

Apr 28th, 2008 | By Joe Taylor Jr. | Category: Featured Article and Growing Your Audience

I would love to be a fly on the wall when Scott wakes up and sees that Kevin Kelly has linked to him.
OMFGLMAOBBQ!!1!!11eleventy.
Seriously, though, it does seem that the research Kevin’s doing for his new book is touching on an area that readers of this site have been struggling with for a while. Since 1999, [...]



My Favorite Links for 04/21/08

Apr 21st, 2008 | By Joe Taylor Jr. | Category: Featured Links

Indie sellers’ all-day party on Saturday is a shout-out that they … - Denver Post
Free Your Mind

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