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!Maybe you and your bandmates aren’t athletic enough to dance on treadmills like OK Go, but you can probably move some Lego [...]
Ever wonder who really assigns those scores at Pitchfork?
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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, [...]
MIT researchers used a computer to generate 10,000 “fake” band names, though I suspect at least a few of these will show up on MySpace in the next few months. I’m already poised to join the street team for “Retribution Jenny.”
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Now that power and cable have been restored to the house, Lori and I can handicap this year’s Rock Star competition. Episode one just wrapped up, and here’s our view from the couch…
Storm
Lori: Good, but missing something. Love that she’s got a deep voice.
Joe: Strong, but maybe her look’s a little too polished?
Ryan
Lori: Trying to [...]
Upset to hear that American Idol trounced the Grammy Awards earlier this month, making it the least-watched Grammys since the 70s and signaling the decline of civilization?
Well, it may be time to panic. AI also crushed the Olympics last Tuesday, drawing almost twice as many viewers.
The Olympics recovered a bit after “Idol” went off the [...]
How can you get your fans more involved with your career with your website?
Acoustic soul-rocker Granian has a “share” page with info on how to spread the word about his music.
Ironic popster Brad Sucks encourages his listeners to remix his tunes, and posts the remixes on his site.
Northampton indie band School For The Dead leaves [...]
Back in the mid-90s, Boston singer-songwriter Jen Trynin was the subject of a major label bidding war. A few years and two unsuccessful albums later, Trynin left the major label game, went back to school and into hiding for awhile. Her new book “Everything I’m Cracked Up to Be,” based on journals she kept during [...]
Tomorrow is the first day of February, and the first day of the 3rd annual February Album Writing Month (FAWM). What is it?
Sometimes we need a kick in the pants to “show up and get busy.” [FAWM] is an annual kick in the pants. This website forges a collaborative online community where musicians hold each [...]
Rhonda goes to a Bob Guiney show and ends up watching Anchorman and eating free pizza…
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