Remarkable acceptance speeches from Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova:
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Send Music Business Radio a Jingle!
Here’s one place where exposure — to the right people — can actually help you. Our friend David Hooper over at Music Business Radio is looking for some new jingles and stingers to punch up the production on the new…
American Idol Songwriting Contest Discussion Continues…
Our discussion about your entries into American Idol’s songwriting contest rolls on. For newcomers, we’ve been splitting comments into new threads every 100 comments or so to keep our server from melting. Beyond that, there’s a lot of fun, positive…
American Idol Songwriting Contest Raises Great Questions
The discussion among American Idol Songwriter entrants is still going strong. We have opened up a new thread just about every day to accommodate the comments without bogging down the server or creating huge page downloads. If you’re new to…
Make Make a Pancake
Are you having this much fun making videos? If not, you should: I think I’m gonna have some pancakes for breakfast today. Also, make sure you watch past the credits. [ via Natalie Dee ]
5 Things to Do Everyday to Be Successful
Andy tagged me on this one, and I know I’ve got to catch up on my tag-memes… If you ask anyone that knows me, they’ll tell you that I’m a creature of habit. Check the metrics. I’m a huge fan…
Flutes on the Highway
Y’all shouldn’t be practicing on the way to a gig, unless your band’s in a van or a bus driven by someone else. I’m looking at you, flute players.
Did Faith Hill Just Punk Carrie Underwood on National Television?
…that’s what most of the music industry is trying to figure out this morning. According to different sources, Faith is either: a) Pranking us all. b) A little confused. c) Punching her ticket to Diva-land. I love Gretchen Wilson’s, “I…
Saturday Fun: Ben Folds’ Cover of “Such Great Heights”
CD Prank on Paris Hilton
A UK performance artist has secretly switched copies of Paris Hilton’s new CD with Folger’s Crystals his own remixes and cover art. Nobody has brought the affected discs back for refunds, since — well, has anyone not affiliated with her…
OK Lego
Maybe you and your bandmates aren’t athletic enough to dance on treadmills like OK Go, but you can probably move some Lego bricks around…
Clell Tickle: Indie Marketing Guru
Ever wonder who really assigns those scores at Pitchfork?