Folks, I have an urgent personal matter to attend to on Wednesday, so I will be bumping the two scheduled classes ahead one week to next Wednesday, at the same times. Structuring Your Ideal Music Business will happen next Wednesday…
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Joe Taylor Jr.
Shaking the day job…
A selection of artists from my neighborhood go on the record about their day jobs. Most folks work part-time gigs so they can tour, although many of my own clients are enjoying dual-tracking. One telling quote: Even while playing in…
What will future record stores look like?
Newbury Comics in the Northeast U.S. is testing out custom mix-CD technology, similar to what the folks at Starbucks are rolling out. I’ve been saying for some time (to paraphrase Dan Poynter) that record stores are pretty lousy places to…
CD Release Party Gets One Philly Band a Jail Sentence
I keep telling folks that they’ve really got to pull out all the stops on CD Release parties. Leave it to our friends in Showin’ Tell to go above and beyond, holding a lock-down party for fans in an actual…
MySpace To Start A Record Label
Everyone who counts “Tom” as a friend might start seeing some other common groupings when MySpace starts their own record label imprint later this year. Makes sense: MySpace is turning into a one-stop shop for A&R and promotion, though talent…
Sharks circling in Orlando?
An indie artist’s manager makes some interesting allegations in this press release that a prominent Orlando radio program director guaranteed airplay on his station in exchange for points on a record’s major label re-release, plus $15,000 in advance. The manager’s…
Rock Star: INXS: Elimination #7
Since folks have a tendency to ask me for these results even before I get to see the show on my Moxi, it sounds like Suzie’s getting love from the audience, and Ty’s tweaking the increasingly annoying J.D.: Rock Star:…
GarageSpin Interview with GarageBand Exec
Garagespin talks with Patrick Koppula, COO of GarageBand about some new production and distribution tools for their artists. [ tx, Digital Music Weblog ]
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.
October Conference Call Suggestions
How quickly August flew by! Time to let me know what topics you’d like me to cover during October’s conference call classes. What areas of the music business do you want to explore? Let me know by Monday the 29th,…
Shuffling the deck chairs…
Fond as I was of the previous template, I didn’t realize until today how poorly it was displaying on IE browsers. Sorry! This new one is stripped down, and I’ll get to have some fun with the top photo…