We’re having an early summer heat wave here in Seattle, and the sunny weather always turns my thoughts to…touring! Roadtripping , playing in different cities to new audiences, living on fast food and floor crashing at the homes of host…
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Preparing your Flash website for IE7
(This post contains more web-geekery; if you’re unfamiliar with things like HTML and JavaScript, you’ll want to get your webmaster or a web-savvy friend to help you out.) I was messing around with my website a few days ago when…
More on Flash players and visitors without Flash
(Warning: this post gets a bit geeky, so make sure you involve your webmaster if you’re unclear or uncomfortable making changes to your music website.) Yesterday I mentioned that if you’re using a Flash music player on your music website,…
Tip for better MySpace searching
Bob Baker has produced an e-book on using MySpace as a music marketing tool. Lots of interesting ideas, from how to set up a MySpace profile to tips from musicians in the trenches. (Disclaimer: I’m one of them, and quoted…
DIY recording tips and other cool stuff
My girlfriend found these two DIY recording links on O’Reilly’s MAKE weblog: How to make your own sound dampeners. How to make your own microphone pop screen. Lots of other good links in MAKE’s music category archives.
5 Questions With Lynn Resnick, Expanding Brooklyn
Lynn Resnick is the dynamo behind Expanding Brooklyn, an up-and-coming management firm located in Seattle. Through EB, Lynn has helped guide the careers of country and bluegrass songwriter Korby Lenker and experimental electronic outfit Mercir. I asked Lynn to participate…
Embrace Obscurity
Let us now sing the praises of not being in the public eye… I love this article: Embrace Obscurity. The author is talking about business but it certainly applies to musical pursuits as well: When no one knows about you…
How to be miserable as an artist
Print this out and stick it on the door of your studio or practice room. Or, if it helps, your forehead (via Brad).
Roll your own press list
Over the weekend I saw a post on Craiglist by a guy offering to sell databases of music press contacts for between $50-$75 a pop. Not a bad way to make some cash I suppose, but with a little bit…
5 Questions with Evan Brubaker of Cake Records
In the mid-90s producer/engineer Evan Brubaker founded Cake Records as a boutique label, producing and collaborating on records by artists such as Holly Figueroa and Kym Tuvim. Since then, Cake has undergone a dramatic growth spurt, embracing a wide range…
“Relentless repeatability”
I was flipping through the online version of entrepreneur Bruce Judson’s book Go It Alone! and came across an interesting concept: “relentless repeatability.” In a nutshell, Judson beleives the ability to reduce your activities into a process you can refine…
On being “real”
Seth Godin’s blog is another non-music website I think all working musicians should read. Godin has a rep as a marketing “guru” but I suspect his true talent is a keen grasp on what people really value in their lives.…