Though I’m not a fan of the title, here’s a good example of the kind of pitch you can make to a club booker. Show them that you’re focused on getting folks in the door, even if it means an…
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Host Your Own Concerts
Host Your Own Concerts is finally live!!! (Now I can get some sleep, and return all these phone calls in the morning!)
Four Men And A Baby
The band that babysits together, stays together.
We Sue Because We Love.
“We want to be artist-friendly,” says a Clear Channel exec, right before announcing that they will sue the arse off any artist that attempts to sell a CD of a concert recording at the end of said concert. [Golf clap.]
The Way The Music Died
Tonight’s episode of Frontline on PBS is ESSENTIAL VIEWING. Check your local listings and record this thing.
The Wounded Healer
Folks have been asking me to explain what I mean when I say that your audience can support you on many levels. Here’s a clear example. Tracy Grammar’s beloved violin has cracked and weathered with age. It’s beyond repair. Sad…
Marc Gunn is back!
Marc Gunn is blogging again!
Indie Or Major? Sometimes, It Doesn’t Matter.
Everyone should read Bobby Borg’s analysis of an indie deal gone horribly wrong…
Capitalize on your Sopranos Placement…
…by posting a free MP3 of your featured song, like Shawn Smith has done. What a great way to stay on folks’ radar!
Call Scott Stapp, Tell Him We May Have Another Member for the Support Group…
Fans report a bizarre experience at a recent Jewel show…
Trying to e-mail us?
Our mail server has been getting slammed with an unprecedented amount of virus-spam since about 9am, to the point where the poor thing lis limping along. (This is exactly why we have mail and web on two separate servers!) We’ve…
(L)ove (E)gos (A)lternative (R)ock
If it wasn’t enough work to write and produce a play about the independent music scene, the cast and crew of L.E.A.R. are running a nifty companion music weblog!