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!When I was in school — and I did have to walk uphill in the snow to get to class, so get [...]
Jason Calacanis opens up a great question for debate. If you pre-order a CD, does your support of an artist entitle you to grab it via bittorrent? If you’re a working musician, this question offers an opportunity to serve your audience better, since you should know that they’re already thinking about this. Here’s the new [...]
Rosanne Cash, daughter of Johnny Cash and Vivian Liberto Distin, just came out with a new album, called “Black Cadillac.� After having lost her father, mother, and stepmother, June Carter Cash, in a period of 24 months, she has released an album with twelve “fearlessly unsentimental songs.�
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For those of you who keep up in the Friendster/Facebook/LiveJournal communities (and for those of you who have no idea what I’m talking about), MySpace is a site that anyone can use, fans and musicians alike. Although MySpace wasn’t necessarily designed to cater to a particular type of audience – like college students [...]
They’re eager for folks to enjoy the record, and confident that audiences will support them at shows. [ link via Howard ]
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I know I audioblogged this on the way to Nashville, but I wanted to reiterate…
Bob Baker from the Buzz Factor has a new audiobook on CD, which is probably one of the most fruitful hours you’ll spend doing ANYTHING if you’re a working musician.
He’s boiled down many of the principles of self-promotion that he [...]
8. “Piano Song” / NOAH RAY
(N. Ray)
Athens rock bible Flagpole recently called Noah a “rock god.” He certainly draws the worship of the region’s metalheads when fronting the outstanding metal-as-performance-art ensemble Music Hates You. We wanted to show you the OTHER side of Noah, the side that crafts memorable songs you’d swear would fit right [...]
6. “Astronaut” / KITE CLUB
(Hannah Judson)
It’s a real joy when tracks like this show up. Understated and elegant in every way, Hannah Judson and Kite Club are worthy heirs to bands like Cowboy Junkies and Innocence Mission.
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7. “Afraid” / CERAMIC HOLIDAY
(Arellano/Robinson)
This five-piece from Los Angeles just survived a scary year. Lead vocalist (and co-writer) Jen Robinson was treating a painfully sore throat throughout most of 2002, until a doctor discovered a serious thyroid problem — one that could have ended her career. Eight months after the diagnosis, Jen’s back with her [...]
5. “Fantastic” / THE DENT
(Linker/Norberg/Rauh/Cotton)
These guys have been playing together (on and off) for fifteen years, and their experience shows — especially on this ironic ode to the work of Elton John. So little of the power pop that lands on my desk really gets it right. This does, in a major way.
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