UPDATE – APRIL 27: Big, huge, fun American Idol liveblog + discussion happening on our new discussion boards. Half of the songwriters I know are busy filing their taxes. The other half are working hard to get their entries into…
What We Have Learned About the American Idol Songwriter Contest
UPDATE – APRIL 27: Big, huge, fun American Idol liveblog + discussion happening on our new discussion boards. Our readers kick butt. Seriously, you guys, you rock. The discussion has been great and my inbox has been full of really…
Music Business Networking on the Decline
Brian Austin Whitney writes about the challenges he’s facing putting together the next Just Plain Folks Roadtrip. A lot of our long-time readers are also JPF members (as am I), and the Roadtrip has always offered a great opportunity to…
Make Make a Pancake
Are you having this much fun making videos? If not, you should: I think I’m gonna have some pancakes for breakfast today. Also, make sure you watch past the credits. [ via Natalie Dee ]
The Nog in Boston — No TV During Bands
In general, this story about a favorite Irish pub in Boston is inspiring. For every club owner that moans about how hard it is to grow a following and stay in business, this should be mandatory reading. These guys lost…
WaPo’s Joshua Bell Busking Experiment
UPDATE 4.9.07: Some experienced buskers brainstorm about ways Joshua could have upped his collections that morning — some really great ideas! For anyone who’s ever made more money from subway busking than from a club gig, here’s a fascinating experiment…
Where can you still make money in the music business?
While our regular readers ask me that question all the time, another group of people is just as curious about the answer — Wall Street. Clem Chambers from the investment website ADVFN offers a guest commentary in Forbes Magazine about…
Musicians Use Macs and Get Paid
Merlin Mann offers three really insightful guests on The Merlin Show: The last week or so of The Merlin Show has featured three fun interviews with independent musicians — talking about Macs, handling email, and figuring out how to get…
links for 2007-04-06
Nine Inch Nails Tell a Transmedia Story (tags: musicbusiness) Animal Video Stuns McGraw and Hill on Tour Another reason why stage visuals should always be a group decision. (tags: musicbusiness) The Music industry: spinning into oblivion (tags: musicbusiness)
American Idol Songwriter Contest Rules Reviewed
UPDATE – APRIL 27: Big, huge, fun American Idol liveblog + discussion happening on our new discussion boards. The entry form has finally popped up on the American Idol site for their songwriting competition. [CUE FRED SCHNEIDER] Surrrprrrriiiiisssse! It’s gonna…
“Stay the Hell Away from Labels,” says Dick Dale
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…