You might not know the name Dick Dale, but I guarantee you’ve heard his music if you’ve lived in the U.S.A. for more than, say, a week. And he’s got some compelling instructions for young musicians in this short video,…
links for 2007-04-05
By Ken Levine: American Idol this week (tags: musicbusiness americanidol) Hawaii Business Magazine Profiles iTunes Artist “The music business is costly. To make the master copy of a CD usually runs around $30000.” (tags: musicbusiness itunes) PoughkeepsieJournal.com – Film takes…
Good News from Bob Baker
Bob just announced that the new edition of his stellar Guerrilla Music Marketing Handbook is available at Amazon and the other usual places. You can also get an autographed copy directly from him. Your homework is to get yourself a…
American Idol Songwriting Contest Finally Opens!
IMPORTANT UPDATE — MARCH 20, 2008 — AMERICAN IDOL SONGWRITING CONTEST HAS LAUNCHED FOR 2008. CLICK THIS LINK FOR DETAILS. INFORMATION BELOW IS FROM THE 2007 CONTEST. Wow!We all thought this was drifting way beyond the back burner and behind the…
5 Things to Do Everyday to Be Successful
Andy tagged me on this one, and I know I’ve got to catch up on my tag-memes… If you ask anyone that knows me, they’ll tell you that I’m a creature of habit. Check the metrics. I’m a huge fan…
links for 2007-03-30
A Tale of Two Press Releases – Who Is A Musician to Believe? Two very different lobbying groups would like your support over webcasting royalties. (tags: musicbusiness)
You Just Can’t Beat These Kids
Wired editor Chris Anderson finds music biz veteran Bob Lefsetz a little exasperating, but points out yesterday’s post about sweat equity among independent musicians. Labels don’t understand the economics of online music, because there’s not much in it to support…
links for 2007-03-27
Indie Bands Reach New Sales Heights Through iTunes (tags: musicbusiness) Superstar guitarist Satriani reflects upon industry changes (tags: musicbusiness) Shake-up in music business with the breakup of the album (tags: musicbusiness)
links for 2007-03-23
Rachel Platten: Launching The Band What do you need to succeed? “Balls. Serious Balls.” (tags: musicbusiness)
American Idol Songwriting Contest On Hold
UPDATE 4.4.07: American Idol Songwriting Competition Signups Open!! We figured as much, but reality blurred points us to an interview with American Idol Executive Producer Ken Warwick, who tells TV Week that “it still may happen, but at the moment,…
Bum Rush the Charts Day
Via Bob, I learned about this interesting attempt to game the downloadable singles chart, the way that authors often do at Amazon.com. By coordinating a whole lot of purchases through iTunes, the organizers hope to land a podsafe single by…
Getting Over the MySpace Hump
Nancy’s got some great coverage of artists who are discovering that they’ve got to migrate their audience away from MySpace onto their own websites so they can really start to benefit from their relationships with fans. Here’s one funny story…