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!Lefsetz sums up many of the reasons I loved living in the UK. Even when I was down to my last few [...]
Are my ears buzzing?
If so, you stand a better chance of getting on my radar. And that doesn’t just go for me, it goes for every A&R person, every radio programmer, and every journalist that you want to recruit for your cause.
Even though I’m no longer actively representing musicians, I still get dozens of e-mails [...]
Listen to this great description of how one listener uses and enjoys iMix selections from the Apple iTunes Music Store. People in America used to use radio and mixtapes for that kind of experience, but now they turn to other listeners online.
So here’s one suggestion to boost sales of your music while growing your audience.
Think [...]
“Sampling Creates Audience.”
It’s a phrase we used to use a lot around my office when I worked in radio, and it’s true no matter what business you’re in. While radio has worked hard to weed out the unfamiliar, television relies — and thrives — on it. Musicians make great television — dreams create drama.
And, [...]
Plenty of debate has been swirling around Chris Anderson’s notion of the “Long Tail,” including Marc Fisher’s Washington Post column. Fisher posits that audiences still crave “hits” and that musicians (like other creative people) will always strive to reach the largest possible audience.
I agree that most singers and songwriters would prefer that their work be [...]
I was helping to produce a seminar for musicians at the front end of the MySpace explosion — this was a few years ago — and a band pitched a booking agent at the event by saying, “we’ve already got 2,000 friends on MySpace!”
And the booking agent replied, “ugh, you’re not one of those MySpace [...]
I’d love to see someone do a formal study of this (not that the RIAA would fund it, or anything), but it’s always been my personal belief that direct links to MP3’s in places like blogs and bulletin boards ultimately lead to sales. The paralyzing fear that folks have around sampling prevents us from enjoying [...]
Jennifer Layton posted a great article at Indie-Music.com about the challenges that independent musicians face when playing outside the U.S.A. She covers more than the usual territory about stringing together some pickup dates in Europe and Asia — she digs deep with the help of some expats and discovers what life is like for folks [...]
We have a lot of new readers rolling through the site this week, so I thought I’d sum up my philosophy on how to make money making music. I just typed out a quick note to one of the members of our music business mentoring program that frames things up nicely…
The challenge with being a [...]
I always use Jill as an example of someone who’s been grinding out a living as a working musician in between crazy label signings. She’s successful because she builds great relationships with her fans and she’s not afraid to pull some clever stunts to meet new listeners. Riding the wave of attention around net neutrality, [...]
