Florida Attorney General is investigating Lou Perlman. Over 2,500 complaints have been lodged against Perlman and his company, Trans Continental Talent. The complaints allege fraud, deception, and authorized withdrawals from consumer’s bank accounts and credit cards. Perlman is also being…
Bob Baker launches Online Radio Station
Aspiring musicians can now access free spoken word marketing tips via the new “Artist Empowerment” radio show. Host Bob Baker says the new one-hour show, which is continuously streamed over the Internet around the clock, was created to inspire musicians…
Fly Away Records is looking for the next gospel artist
Fly Away Records, a nationally distributed label, launched a talent search for the next gospel artist. The winner receives a recording contract. Deadline is July 31, 2004. Go here for more information and submit entries at sonicbids.com
Cirque du Soleil seeking a saxophone/keyboard player
Cirque du Soleil is seeking a saxophone/keyboard player for its production of Quidam. Must be a professional musician who plays a saxophone, an XP-80 Roland and has MIDI programming knowledge. Tour experience is a plus. Quidam will tour through Canada,…
See the new T’s!
What all the stylish independent musicians are wearing this summer. (Your purchase pays for our bandwidth — help support spinme.com!)
Tim White Is Spinning In His Grave
Deposed Billboard editor and staffer just filed a monster lawsuit, blowing the whistle on editorial clampdowns at the trade mag (“don’t piss off the majors”) and various sexual hijinx at trade shows.
Talent 2K: Back In Action?
Carlo Oddo protests his company’s poor reputation in a post to MI2N this morning (which is odd, since Carlo is writing a letter and MI2N is a press release wire). I can buy the idea that an overzealous salesperson overcommitted…
Songwriting Seminar, Nashville, June 26th
Little Vixen Music presents “Open Door 2” Saturday, June 26th. Focus: Songwriting, Pitch to Pro Sessions and Vocal Master Class featuring Rachael Rains – vocal coach, John Ozier (Curb Records) Penny Dionne, Troy McConnell. Call Penny dionne at 615-297-9924 or…
Demise of the CD, again?
Super Audio CD (SACD), could possible replace the CD. The SACD provides cinema-style surround sound and requires a whole new player. Most of the buyers so far are owners of home theatre systems that can recreate the higher-quality sound that…
Make House Concerts Part of Your Strategy
Audio of a Q&A Call moderated by David Hooper of IndieBiz.com, where we explore the ways that working musicians can add more fans and earn more money by adding house concerts to their touring mix. David Hooper and I hosted…
Grow Your Band’s Audience Seminar 6/21/04
The core exercise of Grow Your Band’s Audience — developing a vision of your perfect gig and your perfect audience. The full exercise, along with 336 pages of essential information, is part of the Grow Your Band’s Audience resource pack.
Phish + Success = Does Not Compute @ NYT
I loved this review of Phish’s farewell NYC performance, because their runaway success does not seem to conform with the Grey Lady’s definition. Which is to say that, until bands like Phish, bands were only successful when the NYT said…