Thousands of readers who visit this site every week to learn how to play a bigger game in our field. Hundreds of musicians who carry dog-eared copies of Grow Your Band’s Audience. Dozens of clients who are prepared to build…
Go with the best. Discard the rest.
Jason Kottke’s weblog usually focuses on media design and production, but there’s a post in there this week that I think applies just as well to bands. If the “average” band has a life span of a few years and…
Burn And Share
The folks in the band Granian have put together a really compelling promotion which takes advantage of the Creative Commons license and actually REQUESTS that folks “burn” their free MP3’s onto CDs and “share” the discs with others. It’s this…
And the winner is…
Bronfman, by a few BILLION noses.
Mighty Morphin’ Power Warners…
Just when you thought things couldn’t get any weirder… could Warner cut loose?
Hear Our MP3… Win an X-Box?
Here’s an interesting idea. A band is running a sweepstakes, an X-Box is the grand prize, and the winner will be chosen from everyone who registers to listen to an MP3 of their song. Though a stunt like this might…
Gym Memberships Now Available
It’s good to be back… After finishing the nearly SEVEN HOUR Monster Music Business Survival Call with David Hooper (and hundreds of YOU — thank you for spending a Saturday night with us!), I went to sleep, woke up the…
From The MailBag: Licensing for Film and TV:
I’m making good on my promise to answer some leftover questions from the Monster Call. Here’s one: I have a student at an university who wants to use a couple of our songs for her film. She will be giving…
The Art of Abundance In Action
Jive-O-Matic‘s curious press release caught my eye this morning. By donating half of their digital sales to charities that work with music in the schools, this band (and their “management company” — which may or may not be the same…
Back To Business
Thanks to everyone who’s been patiently waiting for replies to e-mail. Normally, I try very hard to respond to everything that gets past my spam filter, or to at least acknowledge a question that I might use for an upcoming…
MP3.com is Dead. Long Live MP3.com.
CNET has just purchased “most of the assets” of MP3.com, which effectively means the site as we know it will cease on December 2nd. What CNET has in store is anyone’s guess, but if it mimics the evolution of their…
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Seriously, these purple pills are about all that’s keeping me going through this illness. Thanks for your patience as I get caught up from seven days (mostly) away from blog + e-mail.