I need some help figuring out the direction a few of our projects should take. Please take this quick survey, and if you’re among the first 100 respondents, you’ll qualify for a special drawing on March 9th. The winner gets…
Parallel Universes
Diane Rappaport has posted an article at Just Plain Folks that’s essential reading. “There are two parallel music universes, one imploding, the other growing healthier. Growing numbers of major label business professionals that are finding themselves out of work in…
Indie Hall of Fame DOA?
Toronto’s Vit Wagner wonders if the creation of an Indie Music Hall of Fame is a cop-out. Do we risk marginalizing independent music even further by institutionalizing it?
Electronica Opportunities Update
Thanks for all the great submissions — it will take me a little while to get through them all, so please be patient!!
Fringe Composers Going Indie
Clarke Bustard chronicles the progression of independent, “art” composers as they move from niche labels at the majors to controlling their own destinies as independents.
The New Deal for Independent Musicians
As promised, I am in the throes of relaunching MusicBizCoaching.com to focus on personalized, one-on-one help for independent musicians. We will, of course, continue the wildly popular Music Biz Coaching Gym. For a one-time, flat fee, participants will get invited…
Who Can I Turn To?
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I need electronica bands!!
If you are in an electronica or ambient or trip-hop kind of band, and you have a draw of 25-50 in your hometown, I want to hear from you TODAY. I have an opportunity to put you on stage in…
Clamor Music Festival
What a great idea for a festival, with events in almost every major city!
American Idol: Keeping the A&R Myth Alive
A group of our colleagues share notes on why — despite all its guilty pleasures — American Idol is rotting our industry from the inside out.
Grey Tuesday: The Aftermath
We had a compelling discussion in Tuesday’s Music Biz Coaching Gym conference call about the Grey Tuesday protest. Quick catchup: Jay-Z releases mix-minus tracks to his fans to encourage underground remixing of The Black Album. DJ Danger Mouse gets an…
I Can Hear The Rain In The Summertime, Just Underneath the Sound of Record Execs’ Heads Pounding Against Office Walls
I have to hand it to The Alarm, for handing the music industry its own ageist head on a platter and jumpstarting their back catalog sales.