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…
CD Stands!
Regular readers might recall my rant (posted on the old system) about not being able to find quality point-of-purchase displays in small quantities. Galaris feels my pain and is doing something about it.
Heineken Announces Songwriters Grants
Apply soon for one of seven $3,000 grants sponsored by Heineken and administered by ASCAP.
Help Wanted
I’m going to be taking a little vacation in July – hooray! Although I’ll pre-schedule some tips and tools, I could use some help from someone who’d like to contribute a good post every so often. E-mail me if you’re…
Downloading does not cause word of mouth…
…it will always work the other way around. Seriously, even if every musician on the planet had their music on iTunes or KaZaA, the only way an audience member would even think to download them would be if they heard…