Nettwerk Music Group Takes on the RIAA: Keywords: RIAA, business, music The Beginning Of The End: More on the war between managers and labels, from Lefsetz.Keywords: riaa Bob Baker’s Artist Empowerment Radio: What’s New?: Keywords: advice, success Nettwerk Pays Legal…
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Maybe if he had talked up the pizza beforehand?
Rhonda goes to a Bob Guiney show and ends up watching Anchorman and eating free pizza…
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Curating your own life soundtrack: How does your audience really use your music in their daily lives?Keywords: advice, audience, songwriting
Street Musicians Sponsored by Sony
To promote the soundtrack to Walk the Line, Sony is paying street musicians $80/day to play sets of Johnny Cash songs. My head asplode.
Lou Pearlman Has Visited Glamour Shots
Not only does today’s news of a Pearlman-backed, American version of the esteemed BBC series Top of the Pops raise some eyebrows at Fark, but the story contains one of the most questionable headshots of a recording industry executive ever.…
Happy Birthday to Joe!
Originally uploaded by spinme. I wanted to wish Joe Happy Birthday today! He is very hardworking and loves what he does! Happy Birthday Joe! Love, Lori
Meet Your Very Special Correspondents!
Because I want to make sure spinme.com remains one of your favorite places to get news, tips, and tools for your career as a working musician, I’ve recruited two familiar faces to help keep things moving around here. They’ll be…
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New York Talent Agency Agrees to Refunds: Keywords: scam, showbiz
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The ‘Song Doctor’ Is In: Keywords: production, songwriting Nellie McKay’s Ongoing ‘Head’-Ache: Keywords: business, music
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gapingvoid: doc searls was wrong: Keywords: audience, sneezers, viral
There and Back
The only time I usually get to see MTV is at the gym, so I missed last night’s debut of Ashley Parker Angel’s new series, There and Back. The former O-Town singer’s trying to get a solo record made, he’s…
The Orchard’s Rebirth Catches the New York Times’ Attention
That Robert Levine spends two pages talking about digital distribution without mentioning the runaway success of CDBaby boggles the mind. However, the article does frame up the interesting position that the Orchard has taken. Instead of focusing on the onesy-twosy…