Because I want to make sure spinme.com remains one of your favorite places to get news, tips, and tools for your career as a working musician, I’ve recruited two familiar faces to help keep things moving around here. They’ll be…
Remaindered Links: January 21
New York Talent Agency Agrees to Refunds: Keywords: scam, showbiz
Remaindered Links: January 20
The ‘Song Doctor’ Is In: Keywords: production, songwriting Nellie McKay’s Ongoing ‘Head’-Ache: Keywords: business, music
Remaindered Links: January 18
gapingvoid: doc searls was wrong: Keywords: audience, sneezers, viral
There and Back
The only time I usually get to see MTV is at the gym, so I missed last night’s debut of Ashley Parker Angel’s new series, There and Back. The former O-Town singer’s trying to get a solo record made, he’s…
The Orchard’s Rebirth Catches the New York Times’ Attention
That Robert Levine spends two pages talking about digital distribution without mentioning the runaway success of CDBaby boggles the mind. However, the article does frame up the interesting position that the Orchard has taken. Instead of focusing on the onesy-twosy…
There’s a new sheriff in town…
hard rock chair and me Originally uploaded by spinme. Lori’s new year’s resolution was to get her own website revved up… check out her quest at daisyclub.com
The Coffeehouse Talent Buyer State of Mind
Finally getting back to speed after getting a bad, bad cold during my holiday expeditions (the cold all my Northeast U.S. clients warned me that I would get!) — I’m catching up on a few hundred e-mails. If I haven’t…
Happy New Year!
I had such high ambitions for putting together a great end of year wrap-up, but my clients have kept me so busy that I will have to leave you to your own devices — go ahead, use the date archives,…
Remaindered Links: December 21
Great newbie overview of digital music publishing options.: Keywords: business, music
CDBaby + Best Buy
Weeks are flying by so fast around here, and I realize I hadn’t even weighed in on the CDBaby/BestBuy.com mashup. Basically, if you go wayyyy down here into the cellar of their site, there’s a “Browse CDBaby” button and a…
Athens House Concert Venue Gets Shut Down by Code Enforcement
I wrote about this in Host Your Own Concerts, but we’ve got an example of it here in Athens, where lots of folks host house concerts, backyard parties, and tailgates with live music. House concerts typically work best in a…