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Welcome, Summer!
For our readers in the U.S., I hope you had an enjoyable holiday weekend – we actually shut down our office for TWO WHOLE DAYS, and celebrated the unofficial start of summer at, of all things, a Herman’s Hermits show.…
Another Club DIY in LA coming up…
June 5th in Los Angeles, there’s a Club DIY event about music publishing. If you live there, you should go. That is all.
Got a Spare Thumb?
The folks at SongCritic are trying something interesting. Artists can pay $5 to post a song, and have it reviewed by a few hundred of their regular readers. The $5 is more than fair to cover their operating overhead (streaming…
Pay-to-play…and not much more
Have a Rotten Time in Toronto
The folks at NXNE have just inked a deal with Johnny Rotten to provide the keynote speech at their June conference. Understanding that, yes, folks are concerned about SARS and Mad Cow Disease, Toronto is still one of the nicest,…
No Class Today / Compilation Update
Good news: we had a great time in Atlanta last weekend.Bad news: something did a number on my laptop, and it's taken me a few days to catch up.Therefore, I'm reluctantly rescheduling today's “Host Your Own Concerts” teleclass to June…
Check out a new tip service from our friends at Kathode Ray Music
Plug time: David Hooper has finally launched his KR Tip Sheet, a data dump of all the queries he gets every week from labels, bands and publishers who are seriously looking for great new songs and recordings. One of the…
New CDStreet Pricing — How will it affect you?
We just received a memo from our friends at CDStreet about their new pricing structure. We’ve been doing business with Glenn and his team since 1998, and I know I’ve been wondering how they’ve been keeping things so cheap.Later this…
Here we go again…
With the recent court rulings sparing Morpheus, the industry is abuzz with talk of file sharing again. This notable article surveys the scene, with two key points that popped out at me.Someone correct me if I am statistically wrong —…
Re-release that CD!
Labels are taking a cue from what their film company counterparts have known for some time. Re-releasing a CD (with or without “bonus cuts”) is a sure-fire way to re-invigorate an audience, and to refresh an artist or a project…
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