There was that one time I took the summer off and the record industry exploded…
Quick housekeeping: 1. Yes, posting’s light because I actually accepted a cushy corporate gig that’s only marginally related to the recording industry. I’m having a blast, and that’s helping me love music again. Truth be told, I was dangerously close…
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Yes, I know it’s very quiet here this month…
Extracurricular: Top Ten Careers
As our newsletter subscribers have already heard, I’m spending a little time away from spinme.com to work on some new book projects and to write some pieces that have nothing to do with the music business. One of those pieces…
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LazyWeb: Gig To-Do Macros + Gig Matcher
Scott Andrew and Bill Wilson are riffing on some tools that we could use in the independent music community to get more meaningful artist promotion work done. I like Scott’s idea of automating gig swaps — the kinds of things…
“I could have been a singer!”
Are you asking yourself whether you can still fit your dreams into a busy life? One that includes a spouse, some kids, and maybe even a day job that you enjoy — even if it’s not what you expected you’d…
Universal Music Buys Sanctuary Records, Signaling Move into Artist Management?
We’ve all watched the sad death spiral of Britain’s Sanctuary Records over the past few years, but I didn’t think it would end up like this: Universal Music Group purchased the company for about forty U.S. cents per share. On…
Burnlounge Really Is a Pyramid Scheme, Says FTC in Lawsuit
While I was away, David and Bob both covered the announcement from the Federal Trade Commission, confirming what we already knew. Burnlounge has barely sold any actual songs, and pretty much all of the money it ever generated was from…
Send Music Business Radio a Jingle!
Here’s one place where exposure — to the right people — can actually help you. Our friend David Hooper over at Music Business Radio is looking for some new jingles and stingers to punch up the production on the new…
Getty Images Buys Pump Audio
It’s a $42 million price tag for Pump Audio, the little independent music rights clearing house that could. I remember that, when they first launched, Pump Audio looked dangerously like one of the song sharks we often write about here.…