Here’s a great interview with Ben Gibbard from Death Cab for Cutie that addresses the only way you should consider getting signed by a major label — once you’ve got enough audience to know that you’ll make good on the…
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Inspiration
Pale Beneath the Blue is on FIRE, y’all*.
For everybody that gripes at me about how long it takes to make a recording for an EP or for a full length, check out the session log that Pale Beneath the Blue racked up this weekend. That’s thirteen songs…
Lori McKenna Made Oprah Cry
Here’s exactly the kind of story that I wish I could tell more often. Catching today’s Oprah with Faith Hill, the show opened up the songwriting process and laid it bare as Lori McKenna played a song on the cream…
What do YOU want to be when you grow up?
Bob Baker asks that question of independent musicians in today’s insightful blog post.
Karaoke Takeover
Has your favorite venue gone karaoke? No worries… make a karaoke track from your original recording, and sing it on karaoke night while barhoppers sing along!
Jumping out of the brainrut…
As usual, Curt’s got some great ideas to spark some creative ideas… Jumping out of the brainrut by Curt Rosengren in Creativity
If it scares you, go do it.
I’m imagining the kind of cold fusion that would break out if Derek Sivers and Phil Keoghan had lunch together. Derek’s got a great little inspirational post that illustrates the kind of mail he and I get all the time……