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Sell the first thirty tickets to your next gig.

June 3, 2016 Joe Taylor Jr.

It’s a big day here at spinme.com, since we’re launching the first of our new series of courses for working musicians and other creative professionals. Even after writing a bunch of music marketing books, I still end up in conversations with artists who tell me they’re struggling to figure out how to sell tickets to […]

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David Barbe to head University of Georgia music business program full-time.

March 26, 2011 Joe Taylor Jr. Leave a Comment

I’ve written in the past about the music business major degree programs popping up at colleges and universities all over the United States. While it still worries me that we may be creating a bigger supply of would-be music managers than the business currently demands, a handful of schools have stacked the decks in their […]

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Build an Affordable, Essential Website for Your Band

March 24, 2011 Joe Taylor Jr. Leave a Comment

Over the years, I’ve had plenty of arguments with musicians and with music management professionals about the importance of maintaining a website under your own domain. Their responses often included: * 1996: I don’t need my own domain. AOL gives me free web page hosting, and I’ll always have my AOL account! * 1998: I […]

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Chris Brown gets uncomfortable on Good Morning America

March 23, 2011 Joe Taylor Jr. Leave a Comment

Have I mentioned lately that I love subscribing to the Wall Street Journal, if only because it subsidizes Speakeasy? It’s my favorite pop culture blog of the moment, because it’s got such a wry sensibility while filtering the insanity of today’s entertainment community through the WSJ’s very measured prose. They’ve got a great piece up […]

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My @SproutSocial Experiment: Setting Boundaries on Social Media

March 9, 2011 Joe Taylor Jr. 1 Comment

I’ve been teaching some workshops on social media lately, and one of the questions that comes up very often involves how to keep Twitter and Facebook status updates from taking over your life. In the new edition of Grow Your Band’s Audience, I updated my advice about staying accessible and available. To stay focused on […]

Grow Your Audience, Tools, Web/Tech

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