Kevin Salwen notes that, in today’s society, it’s nearly impossible to achieve the true “work/life balance” we seek. It is, however, still essential to set good, solid boundaries between the two. Eliminating interruptions is what keeps the teeter-totter from punching…
The Wizard Speaks
Rock icon (and one of my former bosses) Todd Rundgren is back with his first album in ten years. The Sun-Times helps him lay the guilt trip on all the labels he pitched pay-per-download to back in the day… “When…
Austin, May 8th, Spotlight Series music showcases
The Austin Music Foundation announced its inaugural Spotlight Series, featuring 34 live bands on 7 stages at the following 5 venues in the Red River district: Stubb’s BBQ, Emo’s, Red Eyed Fly, Caucus Club and Headhunters. The Spotlight Series joins…
Indie Music Needs To Cheer The Hell Up
A column from the most recent Flagpole Magazine has the best title I’ve read in forever.
Cooch Music’s Songwriting Contest
While other songwriting contests are open to professionals and amateurs, Cooch’s new contest is for amateurs only and there are no limits to the amount of songs you can enter. In fact, if you enter one song you can submit…
Weekly Showcases in LA
SP Entertainment and Planet Shark Productions are presenting weekly showcases of the best local artists in L.A. Taking place each Tuesday at The Foxx Club in West L.A., the showcases, called City of Rhythm Industry, also act as a networking…
Indie Music Store Owner Steps Up Fight Against Chains
In another example of music businesses leveraging their community resources, here’s a story of one business owner who points out that $45 of every $100 you spend at an indie record shop stays in your local community, versus $13 from…
5,000 Downloads
My head’s been so underwater, I missed this study that’s been causing buzz in the blogosphere. According to a UNC researcher (and others), it takes 5,000 peer to peer downloads to “displace” one retail sale of a CD. And, as…
diyTunes
If you’re determined not to take advantage of some of the great offers for digital distribution on the market, you can check out a new book about placing your independent music on the iTunes service. As always, it’s still up…
First Annual Radio Comedy Competition Announced
For our radio friends… All Comedy Radio, the new 24/7 radio network and New Radio Star, the long established morning radio on-line service, are proud and excited to jointly announce today the first annual Radio Comedy Competition, an international creative…
Let’s hear some of that old rock n roll!
In USA TODAY, Edna Gunderson tells us why young teens are flocking to the old rock n roll of the 60’s and early 70’s. Here are some excerpts from the article: The complaint about many modern albums is that many…
More About Catalogs
Before you begin the effort to market your product to any type of catalog company, you need to know this: a catalog company is no different than any other distributor. The catalog companies will behave exactly as the distributors do…