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Joe Taylor Jr.

back from vacation…

Back in the office today after a few days away… catching up on e-mail, so if you sent me a note since Wednesday, I’ll have a chance to respond later today or early tomorrow.

Suggest future conference call topics!

Thanks for indulging me this week with all of these informational posts about our new members area. I wanted to point out one more benefit of membership – the ability to shape the topics we cover on our member conference…

in review, part 5 of 5

Wrapping up our look at this year’s favorite posts, here’s what we talked about in May and June: Clever online tools have emerged to let your audience fund projects like recordings and release parties. It started as a joke, but…

What happens on our new, members-only weblog?

A couple of readers have e-mailed me to ask about what happens on our new, members-only weblog. It’s a fun place. First, I post even more tools, tips, and resources for working musicians than I do right here on our…

in review, part 4 of 5

Back in April, we were talking about: Dual-tracking, where you get a little help from your day job (either emotional or financial) while you build a second career. Concertpodding: the experimental practice of offering folks the ability to load iPods…

Why pay for music industry knowledge?

I’m still on the road, but I’ve had a few moments here and there to catch up with my e-mail. First of all, I want to say a huge “thank youâ€?? to everyone who has joined our spinme.com members area…

mea culpa!

If you’re one of the handful of people who just got a note from me addresses to "$firstname," I AM SO SORRY! This is what happens when I try to do work on vacation. 🙁 jt

in review, part 3 of 5

More flashbacks to our most popular posts from the past six months: Chris Anderson’s Long Tail gives working musicians an easy phrase to describe the phenomenon that supports so many back-catalog sales. Poor e-mail messages could be costing you at…

What happens during a teleclass?

Some folks have been asking me about what exactly happens during one of our spinme.com members teleclasses. Take a look at the schedule to see some of the topics we’ve scheduled for the next two months. Every class gets underway…

in review, part 2 of 5

I’m on the road, and GMail is unusually fritzy… so on with our look back at the year’s most talked-about posts. Here’s what was on the top of our minds in February: Given enough time, clubs can survive just fine…

changes at spinme.com

Over the holiday, you may have noticed us rolling out a set of upgrades here at spinme.com. I’ve been on the road, so I haven’t had a chance to personally bring you up to speed on what’s going on. First…

in review, part 1 of 5

I’m on the road this week, which means I don’t know when I’ll get to add any "live" blog posts. So, in the spirit of Jason Kottke’s "Last 100 Posts" series, I’m going to spend the next few days reviewing…