“We want to be artist-friendly,” says a Clear Channel exec, right before announcing that they will sue the arse off any artist that attempts to sell a CD of a concert recording at the end of said concert. [Golf clap.]
Archive
May 2004
The Way The Music Died
Tonight’s episode of Frontline on PBS is ESSENTIAL VIEWING. Check your local listings and record this thing.
The Wounded Healer
Folks have been asking me to explain what I mean when I say that your audience can support you on many levels. Here’s a clear example. Tracy Grammar’s beloved violin has cracked and weathered with age. It’s beyond repair. Sad…
Indie Music Video Festival Looking for Entries
The 3rd Annual IMVF-Indie Music Video Festival is accepting music video entries for the touring 2004 program. Cross-continent and cross-genre punk-folk,pop-rock,roots-goth,industrial-ska karaoke-blues,screamo,hip-hop,avant garde et al independent artists music videos. VHS and DVD (NTSC) submissions only. Dodobird deadline: June 30 2004…
Marc Gunn is back!
Marc Gunn is blogging again!
Indie Or Major? Sometimes, It Doesn’t Matter.
Everyone should read Bobby Borg’s analysis of an indie deal gone horribly wrong…
Capitalize on your Sopranos Placement…
…by posting a free MP3 of your featured song, like Shawn Smith has done. What a great way to stay on folks’ radar!
Call Scott Stapp, Tell Him We May Have Another Member for the Support Group…
Fans report a bizarre experience at a recent Jewel show…
Should you use cheap CDR’s for your music?
In the case of blank CDs, steer clear of those cheap no-name bulk CD offers, unless you don’t care about how long the disk will last. Meanwhile, don’t pay extra for ‘audio’ CDs for your computer’s CD burner. They’re really…
Austin All Access
All Access Live, the new weekly 30 minute concert series, is a behind the scenes look at some of today’s best concerts broadcast from Austin TX. Moving past the long lines at the venues, giving you full access to backstage,…
Artists should consider whether a label can do more than they can themselves
According to Scott Harrington, music attorney & counsel for the Rolling Stones and the Eagles, unsigned artists should look inward. In a recent Music Connection interview, Harrington noted 2 hot issues concerning artists’ rights. Labels now demand assignment clauses, a…
Trying to e-mail us?
Our mail server has been getting slammed with an unprecedented amount of virus-spam since about 9am, to the point where the poor thing lis limping along. (This is exactly why we have mail and web on two separate servers!) We’ve…