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American Idol Songwriting Competition Back for 2008
This week’s sponsor: With not a whole lot of rumor or speculation, the fate of the American Idol Songwriter contest for 2008 was up in the air until this week, when officials reopened the contest site to the public. By…
Joe’s Tweets for 2008-03-19
Holy @#$%! Barack Obama’s gonna be on my street tomorrow! # Powered by Twitter Tools.
My Favorite Links for 03/19/08
AMERICAN IDOL: Top 11 How to Have a Conversation, or Tell Me About Me Forget the Movie, Go To A Concert Good comment: Pipenta, on artists and drugs Idol Banter: Guitars Gently Weep ‘Idol’ Tracker: Archuleta de Triumph Protect Yourself…
SXSW in the Wall Street Journal
Jim Fusilli offers a great write-up of his experience last week in Austin, where Daniel Auerbach from the Black Keys tells him that SXSW “has morphed into something else.” Twenty-one years after the first festival, it’s now an overstuffed parade…
Joe’s Tweets for 2008-03-18
I just saw an ad for the C&C Mattress Factory and wondered if their products are gonna make me sweat. # @andymatic That is awesome news! Did you guys grab one of those neat, new townhomes over by the CalTrain…
RETRO: Booking Agents and Music Managers
I’ve been wanting to write some new articles about booking concerts. It seems like we’re in another cycle where folks ask me questions like, “now that we have Twitter and Facebook, it should be totally easy to find a booking…
Joe’s Tweets for 2008-03-17
Looking for some dashboard widgets to make Twitter posting faster. # Powered by Twitter Tools.
Neon Armadillo: Redefining Live Country Music
Many of my friends and colleagues have gravitated into the country music space over the past few years. It makes sense, given that Nashville is probably the last stronghold of the traditional music business model that relies on teams of…
My Favorite Links for 03/17/08
Ashley Dupre makes $204,000 from Web music sales [Jackpot] A word to the press: fight for the public’s right to know Would You Pay a Fee for Legal Music File Sharing? – Washington Post
Music at SXSW is just the afterparty for tech bloggers on their way out of Austin.
It’s tough enough to be a record executive these days. Your budget’s shrinking, your staff keep leaving to join tech startups, and you keep having to figure out which one of your interns is the one who’s leaking your biggest…
Joe’s Tweets for 2008-03-15
RoadRunner is made of fail this morning. Clearwire looks better every day. # OMG "Atomic" by Blondie is playing in the supermarket. End of the world is nigh. # Powered by Twitter Tools.