UPDATE 4.9.07: Some experienced buskers brainstorm about ways Joshua could have upped his collections that morning — some really great ideas! For anyone who’s ever made more money from subway busking than from a club gig, here’s a fascinating experiment…
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Where can you still make money in the music business?
While our regular readers ask me that question all the time, another group of people is just as curious about the answer — Wall Street. Clem Chambers from the investment website ADVFN offers a guest commentary in Forbes Magazine about…
Musicians Use Macs and Get Paid
Merlin Mann offers three really insightful guests on The Merlin Show: The last week or so of The Merlin Show has featured three fun interviews with independent musicians — talking about Macs, handling email, and figuring out how to get…
links for 2007-04-06
Nine Inch Nails Tell a Transmedia Story (tags: musicbusiness) Animal Video Stuns McGraw and Hill on Tour Another reason why stage visuals should always be a group decision. (tags: musicbusiness) The Music industry: spinning into oblivion (tags: musicbusiness)
American Idol Songwriter Contest Rules Reviewed
UPDATE – APRIL 27: Big, huge, fun American Idol liveblog + discussion happening on our new discussion boards. The entry form has finally popped up on the American Idol site for their songwriting competition. [CUE FRED SCHNEIDER] Surrrprrrriiiiisssse! It’s gonna…
“Stay the Hell Away from Labels,” says Dick Dale
You might not know the name Dick Dale, but I guarantee you’ve heard his music if you’ve lived in the U.S.A. for more than, say, a week. And he’s got some compelling instructions for young musicians in this short video,…
links for 2007-04-05
By Ken Levine: American Idol this week (tags: musicbusiness americanidol) Hawaii Business Magazine Profiles iTunes Artist “The music business is costly. To make the master copy of a CD usually runs around $30000.” (tags: musicbusiness itunes) PoughkeepsieJournal.com – Film takes…
Good News from Bob Baker
Bob just announced that the new edition of his stellar Guerrilla Music Marketing Handbook is available at Amazon and the other usual places. You can also get an autographed copy directly from him. Your homework is to get yourself a…
American Idol Songwriting Contest Finally Opens!
IMPORTANT UPDATE — MARCH 20, 2008 — AMERICAN IDOL SONGWRITING CONTEST HAS LAUNCHED FOR 2008. CLICK THIS LINK FOR DETAILS. INFORMATION BELOW IS FROM THE 2007 CONTEST. Wow!We all thought this was drifting way beyond the back burner and behind the…
5 Things to Do Everyday to Be Successful
Andy tagged me on this one, and I know I’ve got to catch up on my tag-memes… If you ask anyone that knows me, they’ll tell you that I’m a creature of habit. Check the metrics. I’m a huge fan…
links for 2007-03-30
A Tale of Two Press Releases – Who Is A Musician to Believe? Two very different lobbying groups would like your support over webcasting royalties. (tags: musicbusiness)
You Just Can’t Beat These Kids
Wired editor Chris Anderson finds music biz veteran Bob Lefsetz a little exasperating, but points out yesterday’s post about sweat equity among independent musicians. Labels don’t understand the economics of online music, because there’s not much in it to support…