Colbert on pop culture: It’s Crumbelievable! “Why can’t awesome be what music executives say it is?” (tags: musicbusiness) What’s Next, Ramen Noodles? If guitar tab sites can be shut down, can a ramen noodle clampdown be far behind? (tags: musicbusiness)…
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links for 2006-08-29
Wired looks at Nettwerk’s Terry McBride (tags: musicbusiness) Free Song Download: Weird Al Yankovic Comes Out With Song & Animated Film Parody of RIAA : “Don’t Download This Song” (tags: musicbusiness) Names, Numbers & Big Breaks If you’re waiting for…
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22 Lessons from Wayne Dyer (tags: powerfulthought)
links for 2006-08-25
Taylor Hicks sues former producer for selling old songs on iTunes (tags: musicbusiness) Meet Some Of My MySpace Friends, errr… Spammers (tags: myspace) Beck Makes the Infinite Album Todd Rundgren did this, too. Just about a decade too soon.
Blogging’s light, because… well… look at this.
Multimedia message Originally uploaded by spinme. I’m working on location with a client this week in a beautiful part of the country. California, to be exact, and that’s Lake Tahoe in the distance. No broadband where we’re at, so I’m…
links for 2006-08-24
Singing in the shower was never meant to come to this (tags: gadgets) “I cannot believe the future of music is giving it away” | Digital Copyright Canada (tags: musicbusiness)
links for 2006-08-23
Cut rate downloads won’t stop piracy (tags: piracy downloads) Tower Falls (tags: tower+records) Indie Music Industry – Radio, It Aint What It Used To Be (tags: musicbusiness) PODCAST: Gerd Leonhard on why attention–not content–is king (tags: musicbusiness) The Way It…
links for 2006-08-22
Cut rate downloads won’t stop piracy (tags: piracy downloads)
Interpol Signs Major Label Deal with Capitol Records
Though it might have seemed that Interpol was already on a major label, it was really a solid critical and fan presence that elevated them to today’s deal. Selling nearly a million records on Matador Records had something to do…
Musicians Fascinate UK Youngsters
By Brian Farley In the UK for the last 18 years at least, a whole generation has been virtually starved of live musicians for a variety of reasons. The advent of computers being a standard household utility with their accompanying…
Meet You Halfway
Random, non music-biz fun for a Sunday…
How to use unconventional musical instruments to make a classic sound, or vice versa.
While technology lets you do some amazing things on stage, the power of your songs can sometimes be muted when your audience focuses too much on the gimmick. It doesn’t sound like this is the case for Pamela Z and…