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Resource Rundown: Health Insurance for Musicians
Just spent most of the last week on the couch, recovering from a really freaky infection of the sinuses and inner ear. Plenty gross. And on top of that, it caused my tongue to swell up, so I couldn’t even speak! Probably the worst thing that can happen when you’re a professional trainer and speaker, [...]
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About the Author
Joe Taylor Jr. has worked with independent musicians since 1990. First as a recording engineer, then as a radio producer and as a marketing consultant, Joe has studied the rapid changes in the music business over the past two decades.
Since 1999, Joe has chronicled the best practices of independent musicians at spinme.com. With four books on music marketing and more on the way, Joe continues to post new thoughts and research for independent musicians every week.
Indie Music Resources
It's an unassuming title for a free e-book, but Derek Sivers has created the most important piece of literature you ...
Pigs vs. Sharks
I love that Derek Sivers is blogging his experiences as a music business mentor, if only to see him live ...
Nick Lea sings “Several Thousand” by Jim Boggia on “Men in Trees”
Just one of those neat things... You know how when you hear a song you love so often that it ...
American Idol Songwriting Competition Back for 2008
This week's sponsor: With not a whole lot of rumor or speculation, the fate of the American Idol Songwriter contest for ...
Music at SXSW is just the afterparty for tech bloggers on their way out of Austin.
It's tough enough to be a record executive these days. Your budget's shrinking, your staff keep leaving to join tech ...
Are we so transparent about marketing these days that it's okay for NBC to just slap a box on their ...
Growing Your Audience
Why Nobody Is Making a Living Off 1,000 True FansI would love to be a fly on the wall when Scott wakes up and sees that Kevin Kelly has linked to him.
OMFGLMAOBBQ!!1!!11eleventy.
Seriously, though, it does seem that the research Kevin’s doing for his new book is touching on an area that readers of this site have been struggling with for a while. Since 1999, [...]
Hosting Concerts
Proposed Chicago Law Would Make It Harder to Host Your Own ConcertsIt always strikes me as odd how Chicago doesn’t always embrace its heritage as one of this nation’s most important cultural cities. A city-backed study revealed that Chicago is a “music city in hiding,” with lots of vibrant clubs and venues hidden from view. Sure, it’s fun to visit a club that doesn’t advertise or [...]
Making Money
Bebo Sale Spotlights Online Music Licensing ControversyTwo years ago, as Billy Bragg tells it, the founder of British social networking site Bebo came to him for advice about avoiding the same music licensing pitfalls that Bragg had railed about during the evolution of MySpace. As I wrote previously, Bragg’s lobbying resulted in MySpace clarifying its terms of service so artists could [...]
Interviews
5 Questions With Mary McFaul, artist management, McFaul Live MusicMary McFaul has directed the music career of songstress Laura Love since 1991 and has 30 years of experience in artist management, publishing and licensing, booking, tour management and more. In addition to Love, Mary’s consulted for artists such as Catie Curtis and Tim O’Brien, and her current roster includes up-and-comers Vicci Martinez and Jo [...]
Songwriting
Bebo Sale Spotlights Online Music Licensing ControversyTwo years ago, as Billy Bragg tells it, the founder of British social networking site Bebo came to him for advice about avoiding the same music licensing pitfalls that Bragg had railed about during the evolution of MySpace. As I wrote previously, Bragg’s lobbying resulted in MySpace clarifying its terms of service so artists could [...]
Editorial
Reader Mail: Do Teachers Really Get Three Months Off?Musicians who check out spinme.com for music business news may want to skip past this post — it’s about one of my extracurricular projects.
As always, I am so flattered and excited when I get to write for my friends at Yahoo! about careers. My editors asked me to look into some jobs that offer more [...]
