Originally scheduled as a chat with Talent2K owner Carlo Oddo, our featured guest declined to appear. With help from Fox Chicago’s consumer reporter Danielle Serino, we led a group discussion about avoiding scams and learning to understand the difference between…
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Today’s Town Hall Meeting
As I posted to this morning’s newsletter, it’s increasingly unlikely that Carlo Oddo will be present for today’s Town Hall Meeting. He simply fails to see the value in telling his side of the story in an open, unedited, public…
Chicago Internship – Learn The Ropes of Promoting Gigs
Here’s a great, in-the-trenches opportunity from our friends at Metro, one of Chicago’s best clubs. This positions consists of distributing flyers/posters to local retail outlets (record stores, etc.) on weekly, as well as possible specialty routes as needed. Routes are…
Another Indie Rock Doc Needs Your Help
Kathryn’s looking for grassroots financing for her indie rock documentary… PayPal a buck or two if you can…
July 8: spinme.com Goes “On The Record” with Carlo Oddo
Thanks to everyone from our newsletter subscriber list who gave us feedback about the projects we should be working on in the second half of the year. Loud and clear, we heard that you want more opportunities to connect with…
HostYourOwnConcerts.com is Live!
The companion site to Host Your Own Concerts is finally online! Thanks for your patience. The members area is freshly painted, and ready for you to populate with chat and networking. Next on my list, overhauling the Grow Your Band’s…
See the new T’s!
What all the stylish independent musicians are wearing this summer. (Your purchase pays for our bandwidth — help support spinme.com!)
Tim White Is Spinning In His Grave
Deposed Billboard editor and staffer just filed a monster lawsuit, blowing the whistle on editorial clampdowns at the trade mag (“don’t piss off the majors”) and various sexual hijinx at trade shows.
Talent 2K: Back In Action?
Carlo Oddo protests his company’s poor reputation in a post to MI2N this morning (which is odd, since Carlo is writing a letter and MI2N is a press release wire). I can buy the idea that an overzealous salesperson overcommitted…
Make House Concerts Part of Your Strategy
Audio of a Q&A Call moderated by David Hooper of IndieBiz.com, where we explore the ways that working musicians can add more fans and earn more money by adding house concerts to their touring mix. David Hooper and I hosted…
Grow Your Band’s Audience Seminar 6/21/04
The core exercise of Grow Your Band’s Audience — developing a vision of your perfect gig and your perfect audience. The full exercise, along with 336 pages of essential information, is part of the Grow Your Band’s Audience resource pack.
Phish + Success = Does Not Compute @ NYT
I loved this review of Phish’s farewell NYC performance, because their runaway success does not seem to conform with the Grey Lady’s definition. Which is to say that, until bands like Phish, bands were only successful when the NYT said…