From our friends in Arizona — how to target the right “early gigs” for yourself or your band.

…just make sure he isn’t already a little toasty!

There are 20% more people reading this week’s issue than last week’s. THANK YOU! Your support, and the way you’ve been spreading the word about our project, really makes the difference.I wanted to highlight a few of our subscriber benefits…

DJ Catatonic is one of the few folks I have met who’s actually helping artists use MP3.com to its full potential. He’s got two excellent sites that you should know about.At Hard Core Promo, you can register to add your…

Congrats to Ryan Farrish, who’s been earning some mailbox money this month by licensing his tracks to (of all places) The Weather Channel.

Indie-friendly Urban Hitz Radio is pioneering streaming radio to cell phones! Click in, show some love, and submit your music!

I was fortunate, early in my career, to work with Todd Rundgren as he was figuring out things like PatroNet. This week, Pat Dinizio takes the artist subscription model a few steps further with his P.A.T. program. Regardless of what…

DIY Reporter’s building a new database of house concert venues!

An ambitious new service just sprung up at TheRecordPool.com. Unlike record pools of the past, DJs and clubs are paying a subscription fee to download tracks provided by labels. (Didn’t it used to be that the labels would pay for…

Evor Street Journal covers the decline and fall of MP3.com.

It’s almost overlooked these days that finding low cost ways to get your music into audience’s hands is crucial. When you make a small investment in your music, like these bands did. Two key reasons for success: bands pitch in…

On one hand, our history is littered with stories of mom-and-pops who took product on consignment, for which artists never saw a dime. But for each place like that, there are nine or ten who really do care about the…