Here’s a cool article on Brit Daniels and his band Spoon, and his workman-like approach to music: The singer-guitarist-songwriter says his years intently listening to radio hits were like “extensive research.” Knowing from the beginning that he cared most about…
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American Idol is also "a learning lab" the contestants call "star school" or "boot camp": Keywords: idol, showbiz, singing
Nashville Star no star-maker
Like its pop counterpart American Idol, the show Nashville Star has failed to produce country superstars as first expected. Second season winner Brad Cotter was dropped from his label after his post-NS release only sold 128,000 copies. (Is it me,…
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Sirius reaches deal with music studios: Keywords: licensing, music
It still takes money…
Coolfer points out that the new music business still needs money to function, and references two articles about the unseen overhead of promoting a single in the age of MP3s and MySpace. Cheap technology and internet may have eliminated some…
5 Questions with Evan Brubaker of Cake Records
In the mid-90s producer/engineer Evan Brubaker founded Cake Records as a boutique label, producing and collaborating on records by artists such as Holly Figueroa and Kym Tuvim. Since then, Cake has undergone a dramatic growth spurt, embracing a wide range…
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Changes to Flash and Quicktime in new Internet Explorer: If you’re using an embedded applet in your band’s web page, your site is about to get harder to use. And it’s not Microsoft’s fault.Keywords: websites
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Evan and Jaron show up to whore themselves on American Inventor’s premiere: Keywords: selfemployment
“Relentless repeatability”
I was flipping through the online version of entrepreneur Bruce Judson’s book Go It Alone! and came across an interesting concept: “relentless repeatability.” In a nutshell, Judson beleives the ability to reduce your activities into a process you can refine…
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UK online radio stations must Geo-lock content or face closure: UK stations have been skirting the stiff regulations that US broadcasters have dealt with for years… however, could this shut down a valuable source of airplay for independent artists, or…
REAPER: almost-free recording software
Although it’s not quite to version 1.0 yet, Reaper looks like it’s going to be killer recording shareware. Windows-only, but lots of the same features you’d expect from a pricier recording suite. I particularly like the VST/DXi support since there’s…
CD Baby updates
Thousands of artists use CD Baby’s digitial distribution program to get their music into iTunes, Rhapsody and other digital stores. Today, CD Baby posted a streamlined version of their DD agreement. Among the changes are: improved readability, ringtones and an…