From BoingBoing, another compelling case for file sharing… if you know you’re not getting paid for your songs, like the singer from Sister Machine Gun, why not encourage file sharing?
Host Your Own Concerts Call 6/18/04
Here’s a call where I cover the basics of hosting your own concerts — just before I get wiped off the face of the earth by a freak thunderstorm! On top of everything else, our server’s busted, so until we…
Anyone see my a**?
Notable for two things: 1) How genuinely funny this is. 2) How genuinely original this is. David Hooper has the play-by-play.
Willie Nelson and the 4th of July go together like mustard on hot dogs
At Willie’s annual Independence Day Picnic at The Stockyards in Ft. Worth, TX, this year, he’s announcing the launch of his new web service…
Shut the door…
…and rock on.
First female-owned hip hop label in Cleveland
Hip-hop producer Lolita Darlese Swain (Lollipop) just launched Visible Lyrics Record Company. In an industry that can be so male-oriented and in a genre that’s so male-DOMINATED, it’s great to see a woman take a leadership role, and we wish…
Save bandwidth on your hosted MP3’s
Thanks to the Internet Archive’s new FreeCache project, you can conserve your bandwidth when posting links to your MP3 or other media files. Just stick the URL: http://freecache.org/ …in front of your own URL. Like this: http://freecache.org/http://yourserver.com/yourfile.mp3 (don’t click this…
Why Radio Can’t/Won’t Play Your MP3
Some buzz from BoingBoing on an issue we’ve known about for some time. Professional radio stations generally can’t play an MP3 that you e-mail to them, and it has nothing to do with copyright or preference or legitimacy. It’s all…
Upon the occasion of our 500th post…
Thank you for making our little site a daily stop on your travels! -Joe T. & the spinme.com team
Linda Ronstadt’s opinion on today’s music industry
Linda Ronstadt tells the Daily News that we’re glutted with singers who work harder at looking good than sounding good… “If you are someone like Beyonce who happens to be gorgeous and talented, well great. But there are a lot…
Goodbye, Ray.
Should you protect your band’s name?
NIN frontman Trent Reznor is suing his former manager, alleging fraud and breach of fiduciary duties and, according to news reports by MTV, is seeking the exclusive rights to the name Nine Inch Nails. [Thanks, Wordlab!]