Black Eyed Peas are taking the membership idea even farther, with a weblog-like site that allows members to pay $2/mo for bonus material and even a personalized weblog! Very cool idea.
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Web/Tech
Feudin’, Cussin’, & Mailin’
I got a couple of interesting e-mails today. One from a band who added me to their list without asking, which contained some profanity. I grew up in a working class neighborhood adjacent to Philadelphia, so I can tolerate more…
Blogs Build Audience Way Faster Than Radio
Great piece in the NYT about how music blogs are picking up the torch that radio disc jockeys of the 50s and 60s once wielded. They’re tastemakers to key pockets of tastemakers…
Group funding
Lots of folks have been asking me about how to raise capital for recording projects. Fundable is a new website that lets your fans contribute toward a financial goal. If you break down your budget into manageable chunks (say, 100…
The Cost of Cool
Matthew at the always-awesome design shop 37signals takes on band websites that forsake any hope of usability for the sake of looking cool.
Above/Below The Web for Musicians
Most of the musicians I meet at workshops want to know how they can generate more sales from their music websites. I wish I had my hands on this great model that Seth Godin points at, which shows how your…
Opportunities in iPod America
Reading this USA Today story calls up two issues that we discussed on a recent conference call: Americans are not getting exposed to new music on the radio, and aren’t even expecting to be exposed to new music on the…
What the New Powerbooks Mean for Musicians
CDM’s got a good look at what the new Powerbook models mean for home studio and project recording. I keep flashing back to the time I authorized a $20,000 purchase for a mixing board with flying faders and a freakin’…
More happy fun e-mail tips…
Bob Baker’s got a great followup to my own e-mail rant from a few days ago. Just don’t be an e-mail idiot!
nofollow
At 2NMC, you heard Dave and I talk about the importance of leaving comments on blogs so that your audience can triangulate you — associate you with events, people and issues that impact your music. The side benefit has been…
Today’s happy fun e-mail tip.
So if you are in a band and you spam everybody in the industry (including yours truly) with a "look at our site" message and someone somehow actually wants to respond to you, why would you ever send it from…
We Can Work It Out (In Post)
The next time you’re agonizing over your ProTools rig, remember that if you’re writing really great songs, fans will even come to love your "recording anomalies."