Just stumbled upon the tongue-in-cheek Sellout Watch of indie artists with prominent placements in commercials.
Who’s Buying Indie Music?
In the Christian Science Monitor article on Indie Music (and O’Reilly’s discussion of it), lots of attention is focused on the notion that purchasers tend to be older audience members who are unwilling/unable to download music. I agree with O’Reilly…
Dallas Songwriters’ Workshop
Time’s running out to get in on this great songwriters workshop in Dallas on July 12th.
LAMC Sets Panels for L.A. Conference
The Latin Alternative Music Conference is a compelling event scheduled for August, and they’ve announced more panels for their event. Look at the demographics in America over the past few years, and know that there is an audience that’s really…
Indie Music On Sale!
Our friends over at Buy Indie Music have posted a great short list of the artists they’ve featured throughout June.
Summer Strategy Seminar Update
Signups for the Summer Strategy Seminar have been opened to the public (though without the deep discount that our newsletter subscribers enjoyed!). Register before all the seats are gone, or e-mail me if you’d be interested in attending if the…
Pay-Per-P2P
The Electronic Frontier Foundation is taking a step toward a middle ground on file sharing with this new hub page.
Dave Allen Launches OEBase
I used to get a kick playing Gang of Four and Shriekback records on college radio back in the day. Portland-based Dave Allen (who fronted those bands) has launched a very slick online boutique to sell records he really, really…
Quotas for Indies?
Eric de Fontenay from MusicDish has posted a compelling editorial, inspired by the Supreme Court’s opinion on Affirmative Action. Although Eric and I agree on many things, I’m not sure I believe that establishing airplay and store space quotas for…
Meet CD Baby’s Derek Sivers in L.A.
Club DIY is doing it again — you folks in L.A. are VERY lucky to have this resource!! On Thursday night, they’re hosting an event with CD Baby founder Derek Sivers. Not only is he one of the first people…
Get Your Links Here!
We’ve started using a nifty service to manage the links list on the site. Click this link to sign up for Blogrolling’s free service — when you add a link to our site from yours using the service, we’ll put…
Embarcadero Update
So many folks are asking, “what happened to Embarcadero?” Don’t worry! Plans for our first ever compilation CD are still underway. I just ran a little behind. I am working on Embarcadero and Bloom (#2) simultaneously, and we’ll have ’em…