Music Marketing

Talent2K Complaints Return to My Inbox

Editorial

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 [...]

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Indie Music Lacks Access to Radio, But Why Worry?

Music Marketing

According to a recent survey, independent musicians have no more access to major market radio now than they did before major networks agreed to settle over charges of payola. What I can’t figure out is why, in the year 2008, when radio is a declining force in the way Americans learn about new music, do [...]

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Chinese Democracy Drops Nov. 23: Free Dr. Pepper for All?

Featured Article

I just saw an item hit the Reuters wire that the long-awaited Guns N’ Roses album, “Chinese Democracy,” is going on sale November 23. That’s an odd date to release an album, right? And then, I remembered that Dr. Pepper’s marketing director placed a bet that if the record dropped anytime in 2008, “everyone in [...]

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