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…
Into Downloads?
UK site IntoMusic just relaunched with a clever new subscription model that splits revenues 50/50 with artists. They’re doing a great job using the front of their site to promote artists instead of technology, and for about five bucks a…
Summer Strategy Seminar Filling Up Fast!
Yesterday, subscribers to the IMC Newsletter got a heads-up (and a deep discount) on our next Grow Your Band’s Audience 10-Week Strategy Seminar, and the seats are filling up fast! The seminar happens by phone for 90 minutes every week,…
Worst Buy
In all of last week’s commotion, I failed to notice that Best Buy finally unloaded Musicland. How long will the chain limp along on $18.98 list price disc sales?
In-Store for Indies via iPod
I love this business model. DJs cut licensing deals directly with independent musicians and labels, load up iPods with custom mixes, and rent the iPods to cafes and stores for a fraction of what it might cost for them to…