I’ve told you before that it’s easy to get inspiration from your day job. I don’t know if I meant that in the literal way that mortgage advisor Billy Shakes raps about mutual funds, though. Track these topics: music+business

Here’s a great interview with Ben Gibbard from Death Cab for Cutie that addresses the only way you should consider getting signed by a major label — once you’ve got enough audience to know that you’ll make good on the deal, and you can get what you want in the contract. Track these topics: music+business

For everybody that gripes at me about how long it takes to make a recording for an EP or for a full length, check out the session log that Pale Beneath the Blue racked up this weekend. That’s thirteen songs tracked — which shows you what you can accomplish when you put a lot of [...]

Bob Baker asks that question of independent musicians in today’s insightful blog post. Technorati Tags: music+business, musician