Deposed Billboard editor and staffer just filed a monster lawsuit, blowing the whistle on editorial clampdowns at the trade mag (“don’t piss off the majors”) and various sexual hijinx at trade shows.
Archive
June 2004
Talent 2K: Back In Action?
Carlo Oddo protests his company’s poor reputation in a post to MI2N this morning (which is odd, since Carlo is writing a letter and MI2N is a press release wire). I can buy the idea that an overzealous salesperson overcommitted…
Songwriting Seminar, Nashville, June 26th
Little Vixen Music presents “Open Door 2” Saturday, June 26th. Focus: Songwriting, Pitch to Pro Sessions and Vocal Master Class featuring Rachael Rains – vocal coach, John Ozier (Curb Records) Penny Dionne, Troy McConnell. Call Penny dionne at 615-297-9924 or…
Demise of the CD, again?
Super Audio CD (SACD), could possible replace the CD. The SACD provides cinema-style surround sound and requires a whole new player. Most of the buyers so far are owners of home theatre systems that can recreate the higher-quality sound that…
Make House Concerts Part of Your Strategy
Audio of a Q&A Call moderated by David Hooper of IndieBiz.com, where we explore the ways that working musicians can add more fans and earn more money by adding house concerts to their touring mix. David Hooper and I hosted…
Grow Your Band’s Audience Seminar 6/21/04
The core exercise of Grow Your Band’s Audience — developing a vision of your perfect gig and your perfect audience. The full exercise, along with 336 pages of essential information, is part of the Grow Your Band’s Audience resource pack.
Phish + Success = Does Not Compute @ NYT
I loved this review of Phish’s farewell NYC performance, because their runaway success does not seem to conform with the Grey Lady’s definition. Which is to say that, until bands like Phish, bands were only successful when the NYT said…
The Case for File Sharing
From BoingBoing, another compelling case for file sharing… if you know you’re not getting paid for your songs, like the singer from Sister Machine Gun, why not encourage file sharing?
Host Your Own Concerts Call 6/18/04
Here’s a call where I cover the basics of hosting your own concerts — just before I get wiped off the face of the earth by a freak thunderstorm! On top of everything else, our server’s busted, so until we…
Anyone see my a**?
Notable for two things: 1) How genuinely funny this is. 2) How genuinely original this is. David Hooper has the play-by-play.
Willie Nelson and the 4th of July go together like mustard on hot dogs
At Willie’s annual Independence Day Picnic at The Stockyards in Ft. Worth, TX, this year, he’s announcing the launch of his new web service…
Shut the door…
…and rock on.