From BoingBoing, another compelling case for file sharing… if you know you’re not getting paid for your songs, like the singer from Sister Machine Gun, why not encourage file sharing?
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Joe Taylor Jr.
Host Your Own Concerts Call 6/18/04
Here’s a call where I cover the basics of hosting your own concerts — just before I get wiped off the face of the earth by a freak thunderstorm! On top of everything else, our server’s busted, so until we…
Anyone see my a**?
Notable for two things: 1) How genuinely funny this is. 2) How genuinely original this is. David Hooper has the play-by-play.
Shut the door…
…and rock on.
Save bandwidth on your hosted MP3’s
Thanks to the Internet Archive’s new FreeCache project, you can conserve your bandwidth when posting links to your MP3 or other media files. Just stick the URL: http://freecache.org/ …in front of your own URL. Like this: http://freecache.org/http://yourserver.com/yourfile.mp3 (don’t click this…
Why Radio Can’t/Won’t Play Your MP3
Some buzz from BoingBoing on an issue we’ve known about for some time. Professional radio stations generally can’t play an MP3 that you e-mail to them, and it has nothing to do with copyright or preference or legitimacy. It’s all…
Upon the occasion of our 500th post…
Thank you for making our little site a daily stop on your travels! -Joe T. & the spinme.com team
Goodbye, Ray.
Dave Loves Stinky Cheese
Behold, one of the best backstage riders ever. It gets its point across with style and a sense of humor…
Bands Without Fans
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…
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.
