Jay Z’s $150-million deal shocks record labels – Ottawa Citizen What’s really keeping you from where you need to be? (It’s not piracy.) I quit being a musician because I couldn’t play without drinking Get ready for Record Store Day
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Joe Taylor Jr.
Pigs vs. Sharks
I love that Derek Sivers is blogging his experiences as a music business mentor, if only to see him live through some of the same experiences I enjoyed on my first few “book tour” appearances. Derek gently reminded an audience…
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…
My Favorite Links for 04/15/08
Top 10 Mistakes Bands and Musicians Make The Buzz puts off alternative listeners with mainstream lineup change – Independent Florida Alligator
My Favorite Links for 04/13/08
Ringbacks underline mobile, music biz divide – Washington Post
My Favorite Links for 04/11/08
AT&T to invest $80M in N.C. network
My Favorite Links for 04/10/08
Guess I Didn’t Want to Work For Free Badly Enough Assholes on a Plane
My Favorite Links for 04/09/08
New Book for Musicians – Move Your Music Forward Network Solutions Hijacking Unassigned Sub-Domains THERE OUTTA BE A LAW! Calif Legislators Go After Unfair Hollywood Accounting
My Favorite Links for 04/07/08
Never have a limit on your income Saying farewell to a hobby ? Getting into Momofuku Ko Hip-hop star Jay-Z ’s $150m deal puts music industry in spin – Times Online
My Favorite Links for 04/03/08
Google’s CIO leaves search giant for job at EMI (via CNet news) Waiting until the last minute “Music stylist” picks the tunes that set the tone at Quinn’s – Seattle Times The Magic of “Live Music” Live Nation And Jay-Z:…
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 just resonates with you, and it doesn’t surprise you when it pops up other places? I’m working on an article…
My Favorite Links for 04/01/08
Why Won’t the Music Business Hire Nerds? – New York Magazine This short blog post by Sasha Frere-Jones about rock show… U2’s concert deal illustrates new face of music industry – Independent Berklee’s music coffeehouse is creating a buzz –…