It’s been covered in a few tech journals today, but the news that Gracenote will soon distribute song lyrics online is great news for songwriters and for working musicians alike. Although the web seems like a perfect place for song lyrics, copyright and trade association rules about distributing sheet music has made it pretty hard [...]

UPDATE – APRIL 27: Big, huge, fun American Idol liveblog + discussion happening on our new discussion boards. It’s a really fun week here at spinme.com, because a lot of our clients and readers are waiting anxiously to hear whether they have been chosen as one of the Top 20 finalists in the American Idol [...]

UPDATE – APRIL 27: Big, huge, fun American Idol liveblog + discussion happening on our new discussion boards. Half of the songwriters I know are busy filing their taxes. The other half are working hard to get their entries into the American Idol Songwriter competition. The deadline for both is the same: tomorrow. We’ve had [...]

UPDATE – APRIL 27: Big, huge, fun American Idol liveblog + discussion happening on our new discussion boards. Our readers kick butt. Seriously, you guys, you rock. The discussion has been great and my inbox has been full of really insightful stuff. The American Idol Songwriter contest seems like the kind of poke our working [...]

UPDATE – APRIL 27: Big, huge, fun American Idol liveblog + discussion happening on our new discussion boards. The entry form has finally popped up on the American Idol site for their songwriting competition. [CUE FRED SCHNEIDER] Surrrprrrriiiiisssse! It’s gonna cost $10 to enter the contest. Ordinarily, I think $10 is a totally reasonable entry [...]

OLGA, a venerable and very popular guitar tablature archive, received “take down” notices under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. Guitar tab archives are such a gray area for working musicians. For up-and-comers on a budget, guitar tabs are a simple, free way to learn songs. However, sheet music is a traditional way that songwriters have [...]