UPDATE – APRIL 27: Big, huge, fun American Idol liveblog + discussion happening on our new discussion boards. UPDATE 4.4.07: American Idol Songwriting Competition Signups Open!! Has it really been six weeks since my last post? My, how holiday time…
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Pandora: not just another jukebox
Pandora has been building a buzz in indie music circles lately: Pandora is a music discovery service designed to help you find and enjoy music that you’ll love. It’s powered by the Music Genome Project, the most comprehensive analysis of…
Your CD on Amazon? Yes!
“Dude, how did you get Amazon to carry your CD?” There’s no secret to getting your CD sold through Amazon. Kevin Kelly wrote a step-by-step guide over at his Cool Tools website over a year ago. For US$30 a year…
Starbucks Eyeing MP3 Downloads
Looks like Starbucks is moving closer to offering digital music downloads through their Hear Music program, allowing customers to load MP3s directly onto portable players, in addition to CD sales and on-the-spot CD burning: “A lot of our customers are…
Indie Artist of the Week
David Hooper’s going to spotlight an independent artist every week on his new radio show.
Duman & Fiero Set To Debut Independent A&R Clinic
Bay Area readers: Gian Fiero is hosting a series of Independent A&R Clinics in Oakland in September and November. They’re free, and if you send your material in advance, Gian can give you an unbiased professional opinion of your work.
Athens, GA Music Internship
Troy at Nomad Artists, a super booking/management agency here in Athens, is expanding into concert promotion and needs some interns. (And for crying out loud, let’s not have a repeat of the Chicago incident — send your contact info to…
Ozzy Osbourne Guitar Player Wanted
Do you have what it takes to co-write an album with Ozzy Osbourne?
FREE Open Phones Session on Tuesday at 3pm ET
I’m pulling back the curtain to let you hear what happens on one of our members-only “open phones” conference calls. About six times every month, I reserve some time for members to ask me any question at all about achieving…
This week’s LIVE conference calls
Music Industry Internships — more folks stumble onto this site looking for information about music business internships than anything else. Therefore, our members get to participate in a great LIVE discussion about identifying opportunities to get your foot in the…
Direct a music video. Get a little famous. Win Stuff.
Two of my favorite folks are teaming up for a very cool video contest…
Private Lessons as Another Stream of Music Income
Since most of my coaching clients want to segue out of their current day jobs into full time careers as working musicians, we’ve been talking a lot about “multiple streams of music income.” As frustrating as teaching music lessons can…