Well, well, well! It’s great to be back (it’s like my very own Saturday Night Live intro!). I’m excited to be back on board with the spinme.com site, and I hope you all can work with me so that Scott,…
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Street Musicians Sponsored by Sony
To promote the soundtrack to Walk the Line, Sony is paying street musicians $80/day to play sets of Johnny Cash songs. My head asplode.
How To Break An Act
Abrasive-yet-insightful music industry commentator Bob Lefsetz knocked one of the park a few days back with his post, Breaking An Act. A must-read, even if half of it is just plain common sense.
Happy Birthday to Joe!
Originally uploaded by spinme. I wanted to wish Joe Happy Birthday today! He is very hardworking and loves what he does! Happy Birthday Joe! Love, Lori
There’s a new sheriff in town…
hard rock chair and me Originally uploaded by spinme. Lori’s new year’s resolution was to get her own website revved up… check out her quest at daisyclub.com
Even 50 Cent Plays House Concerts
…sure, he gets $500,000 for them… Track these topics:
Who’s disrupting the market in your hometown?
In the presentation I give at conferences and seminars about hosting house concerts, I note that many music lovers (especially folks who are old enough to own their own homes) are getting tired of shabby rock clubs. Too often, I…
back from mini-hiatus
…been totally absorbed on a client’s recording project for the past few days. If you’ve sent me messages or left me voice mail, I’m back on the case.
What price integrity?
We’ve talked a lot on our conference call about how placement in commercials not only means some short term financial gain for a songwriter, but an important alternate mode of reaching large audiences for relatively unknown bands. Jason Gross from…
Rock Star: INXS — Finale
It’s over… J.D.’s your new lead singer of INXS.
Making Their Own Breaks
Newsweek profiles Gilli Moon and other artists using new technology to connect directly to their audiences.
Should we build our own day planner?
I’ve been toying around with the idea of releasing a spinme.com day planner that can accommodate all the stuff we talk about on our calls — two pages per day with space for booking and technical contacts, built-in goals tracking…