You know the whole MySpace thing is out of hand when Ivy League universities have their own profiles.
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I’ve just posted a new video to the spinme.com members area! It’s a broad overview of the ways I recommend that you use retail to grow your audience. Members can log in and access it here.
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I finally had a chance to give you a personal tour of the new site and the membership area. If you’re interested in joining our music business mentoring program, check out this video for the technical details.
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The guys at MusicBiz.com, with whom I usually agree on a lot of things, are taking an oddly defensive tone to the recent report from the Future of Music Coalition exploring how government-sanctioned consolidation has choked off a once vibrant industry. [Note: How I wish MusicBiz.com would add permalinks -- by Tuesday, their post will [...]
Either someone’s out astroturfing for a competitor of CD Baby, or somebody must have had a freakishly screwed up order. Someone calling themselves John Miller is sending e-mail and posting forum and blog comments to just about every independent music website they can find, claiming that they’re starting up a class action lawsuit against Derek [...]
[Thanks to a Stereogum commenter for a great headline.]
In my books, I’ve written about the ways that baby bands would push hard to get a date at a venue like CBGB, then complain when a talent buyer would insist on preselling dozens of tickets for a showcase slot. (Hint: the talent buyer knows you don’t [...]
Despite my intention to not stir up debate, a whole mess of folks are rolling through the site looking to defend Burnlounge. Judging by some of the e-mail I have received, some readers might have confused my opinion with what other readers say in the comments.
So, to reframe my previous post, here’s what I think [...]
The Executive Editor of CNet explains why Digital Rights Management tools are full of C.R.A.P. Whenever I lead a seminar on growing your audience, folks either understand why unrestricted MP3s are great for the independent music business, or they’re freaking out about the eighty cents in revenue they feel they lost because some street team [...]
(Because, four hours into the relaunch, someone has already asked…) I’m finally making this page more visually appealing than it’s been for a long time by tossing some random pictures from my personal Flickr stream throughout the pages. Expect to see pics of me, Lori, Audrey, Calvin, and everyone we meet on our day-to-day travels…
If [...]
Today’s the official launch of our revamped home page and the next version of our private music business mentoring program. (If you get our weekly newsletter, you heard all about this last week.)
Here’s the deal…
For the last eighteen months or so, we’ve been doing some seriously cool stuff with a group of serious, committed musicians [...]
