Christopher Reyes earns some column inches for his work on the excellent city guide LiveFromMemphis.com. Whether or not he’ll find enough revenue to hit his dream of hiring a $500K a year staff is up for debate. But this is…
GarageBand
I’ll pass on the iPod mini, but GarageBand makes me regret switching back to PCs after my last PowerBook self-immolated.
That Really Is An E-mail from Me.
I was having so much fun sending out the first Indie Music Club newsletter of the year, I plumb forgot to give it a subject line. That really is a message from me in your inbox. It isn’t spam or…
Idea: Build Your Band’s Site in Ten Minutes
I’m thinking of offering a free teleclass about ways you can build a good band website for under $5 per month, in about ten minutes, without any technical expertise. If you think you would go to this, please vote “aye”…
Video On The Cheap
Don’t know why this didn’t catch my eye sooner. Director Ryan McFaul put together this clip for the Ukes of Hazzard on a shoestring budget of $1800 plus a bunch of sweat equity. I think it looks sharper than lots…
Indie Music Dating
Dunno, but so much is summed up in this bulletin board posting.
Fun Onion Contest
This has nothing to do with music, but if you want a shot at winning some excellent books from The Onion, just enter this month’s BlogStakes. (Jay has gotten me these books for my birthdays over the years. Kick ass…
Coming soon: Better E-Commerce
I have become aware in the past few days that our previous printer/fulfillment house was doing a crummy job of getting some orders out on time, and they appear to have stopped listening to their voicemails. Therefore, I will have…
I really do answer e-mail.
To clarify an earlier post, I have been travelling for most of the last 4-5 weeks, visiting relatives and actually taking a break. While I was gone, so much spam built up on the server it actually overwhelmed the system…
Idea: Indie Music Club Booking Agency?
2011 UPDATE: We tried this for a little while, and the folks we hired to do this have spun it off into their own agencies. From time to time, I’ve taken on booking agent duties for clients who really mean…
Automatic E-Mail Updates
Thanks to our friends at Bloglet, you can now get our Indie Music Club posts automatically sent to you via e-mail! In the next few days, we’ll merge it with our newsletter, but if you just can’t wait, here’s a…
Back to School
I caught this compelling article from a Montana newspaper that chronicles the adventures of indie musician David Walburn. Not only has he distilled some of his more exciting life experiences into song, he has actually supported himself by converting his…