“Dude, how did you get Amazon to carry your CD?” There’s no secret to getting your CD sold through Amazon. Kevin Kelly wrote a step-by-step guide over at his Cool Tools website over a year ago. For US$30 a year…
Cashing in
Rosanne Cash, daughter of Johnny Cash and Vivian Liberto Distin, just came out with a new album, called “Black Cadillac.â€?? After having lost her father, mother, and stepmother, June Carter Cash, in a period of 24 months, she has released…
Tip: Keeping track of merch sales at shows
As a solo artist I often lose track of how many CDs I sell at shows. When I’m busy chatting with people it’s too easy to just slip the cash into my back pocket, and a real pain to puzzle…
MySpace? Or Your Space?
For those of you who keep up in the Friendster/Facebook/LiveJournal communities (and for those of you who have no idea what I’m talking about), MySpace is a site that anyone can use, fans and musicians alike. Although MySpace wasn’t necessarily…
Remaindered Links: January 31
AOL Is Selling Access To Your Inbox: If you have a lot of AOL addresses on your mailing list, stop expecting high response rates and start migrating your folks to RSS!Keywords: email, thisbizlifelinks
Looking for college internships?
Because we occasionally post leads about music industry internships, we now get a lot of folks showing up on the site looking for information on internships in Chicago, internships in New York, and even internships in London. Super!! You know,…
Anybody use Westone in-ear monitors?
One of our members has asked for advice on purchasing in-ear monitors. It’s such a subjective issue, that I wanted to throw the question to all of our readers. What in-ear monitors are you using? Like them? Would you buy…
Help musicians help themselves
Help musicians help themselves $10 can help. $5 can help. Any contribution can help. The folks at GiveMeaning.com are trying to raise $4,000 to fund one month of counseling for 40 musicians and artists. They recognize that depressed musicians often…
14 Songs In 28 Days?
Tomorrow is the first day of February, and the first day of the 3rd annual February Album Writing Month (FAWM). What is it? Sometimes we need a kick in the pants to “show up and get busy.” [FAWM] is an…
Indie label growing pains
It’s not often that I see a blog post that draws public responses from the brass at hot indie labels like Merge and Secretly Canadian. Patrick Monaghan of Carrot Top Distribution was dismayed to discover CDs from Merge and SC…
Class Action Lawsuit Against Indie Label Owner
If you wait by the phone for the day that someone calls you and tells you that with a $5,000+ deposit, they’ll make you famous and distribute your music on radio stations worldwide, do your research before signing over the…
Remaindered Links: January 27
Nettwerk Music Group Takes on the RIAA: Keywords: RIAA, business, music The Beginning Of The End: More on the war between managers and labels, from Lefsetz.Keywords: riaa Bob Baker’s Artist Empowerment Radio: What’s New?: Keywords: advice, success Nettwerk Pays Legal…