“Falling Slowly” Wins Best Original Song Oscar
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…
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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…
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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…
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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 ]
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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…
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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.
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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…
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Saturday Fun: Ben Folds’ Cover of “Such Great Heights”
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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…
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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…
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Clell Tickle: Indie Marketing Guru
Ever wonder who really assigns those scores at Pitchfork?
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Jill Sobule Sings About Net Neutrality
I always use Jill as an example of someone who’s been grinding out a living as a working musician in between crazy label signings. She’s successful because she builds great relationships with her fans and she’s not afraid to pull…
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10,000 Band Names for the Taking
MIT researchers used a computer to generate 10,000 “fake” band names, though I suspect at least a few of these will show up on MySpace in the next few months. I’m already poised to join the street team for “Retribution…
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Rock Star: Supernova — Night #1
Now that power and cable have been restored to the house, Lori and I can handicap this year’s Rock Star competition. Episode one just wrapped up, and here’s our view from the couch… Storm Lori: Good, but missing something. Love…
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American Idol and Signs Of The Apocalypse
Upset to hear that American Idol trounced the Grammy Awards earlier this month, making it the least-watched Grammys since the 70s and signaling the decline of civilization? Well, it may be time to panic. AI also crushed the Olympics last…
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Getting fans involved online
How can you get your fans more involved with your career with your website? Acoustic soul-rocker Granian has a “share” page with info on how to spread the word about his music. Ironic popster Brad Sucks encourages his listeners to…
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New rock memoir hits shelves this week
Back in the mid-90s, Boston singer-songwriter Jen Trynin was the subject of a major label bidding war. A few years and two unsuccessful albums later, Trynin left the major label game, went back to school and into hiding for awhile.…
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14 Songs In 28 Days?
Tomorrow is the first day of February, and the first day of the 3rd annual February Album Writing Month (FAWM). What is it? Sometimes we need a kick in the pants to “show up and get busy.” [FAWM] is an…
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Maybe if he had talked up the pizza beforehand?
Rhonda goes to a Bob Guiney show and ends up watching Anchorman and eating free pizza…
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Enter the gangsta nerds.
They’re rappin’ about XBox games and making music videos on Halo. That’s right. I said “gangsta nerds.” [ language advisory ] [ via kottke ]
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Seven Band Names That Would Be Impossible to Book
I think I still have the press kit from Cancelled Due to Fire…
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Proof of un-serious indie rock
spinme.com member J’Ae from the band Lokata sent me over one of their webisodes. It’s a fun video clip that looks behind the scenes at their recording process and other stuff they spend their time doing. (Are those pie plates…
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Direct a music video. Get a little famous. Win Stuff.
Two of my favorite folks are teaming up for a very cool video contest…
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The Roll Call
I’m a little run down today, so I thought we’d have some fun. Before the site redesign, we used to have a little "bandroll" on the sidebar with links to bands that were readers or clients of ours. As spinme.com…
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Virtual Studio Visitor Plugin
I can’t tell you how many times my studio sessions have improved when Bea Arthur has shown up with a Dandy. [via CreateDigitalMusic.com]
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Even Better Than the Real Thing
No longer content to portray an audience, those improv agents stage their own concert, with hilarious results.
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What’s gonna happen when Danielle starts playing some Sisters of Mercy?
ROFL: Goth, Metalhead Overcome Subcultural Differences To Find Love
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Friends Don’t Let Friends See Cover Bands
Check out these shirts from our friend Rhonda…
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“Rent-A-Crowd”
David Hooper and I have been exchanging some tongue in cheek posts about how someone could make a lot of money by setting up a crowd rental service or a flash-mob-for-hire company, to help new bands look really good in…
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Oops!
Brad Hill points us at evidence of the Louis Armstrong cover cover-up. But seriously, if you want to see a great Louis Armstrong cover, stop by New York City’s Canal Room to see Rick Cusick this Friday night.
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Since U Been Gone…
…the annual report.
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I’ll show YOU, American Idol!
What’s it like to audition for (and get rejected by) American Idol? Carrie Coker reports.
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The Ramones Signature iPod
…comes preloaded with all 320 Ramones songs. Almost a full hour of music!