Some things show up in four year cycles, like the Winter Olympics, leap years, and complaints about Talent2K. In the past few weeks, I’ve found myself again facing a stack of mail asking whether Talent2K is “legit,” whether they’re “reformed,” or whether they can deliver on the promise of a record deal. Contributors to spinme.com [...]
Can Spotify Satisfy American Copyright Laws?
July 27, 2009 By 2 Comments
Lots of friends and colleagues from abroad have hyped up Spotify to me, and I don’t doubt that it’s an awesome service. As we hear more about Spotify, especially involving mobile apps and in-car services, I fear we might be getting ahead of ourselves. Specifically, I worry that users’ fervor for the system overlooks the [...]
Technical Heads-Up: New Newsletter Address
May 31, 2008 By Leave a Comment
Reader Mail: Do Teachers Really Get Three Months Off?
April 15, 2008 By 9 Comments
Musicians who check out spinme.com for music business news may want to skip past this post — it’s about one of my extracurricular projects. As always, I am so flattered and excited when I get to write for my friends at Yahoo! about careers. My editors asked me to look into some jobs that offer [...]
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March 26, 2008 By Leave a Comment
For two years running, the American Idol Songwriter competition has brought a HUGE traffic spike to the site. Here’s an easy way to help us pay the bills and earn $25 for about three minutes’ work. Steve Case, who once helped launch AOL, is starting up a PayPal competitor. He’s offering $25 for each new [...]
What happened to subtle marketing?
March 15, 2008 By Leave a Comment
House of Nanking, San Francisco, CA [Off Topic]
March 5, 2008 By Leave a Comment
Upcoming posts for 2008…
December 17, 2007 By 1 Comment
While it’s been pretty quiet here of late, I’ve been cooking up some new topic streams that I think you’ll find interesting in the new year. Some of the topics I’m kicking around include: more information about finding/training music managers what to look for and what to avoid in music business contracts how to find [...]
