Not only does today’s news of a Pearlman-backed, American version of the esteemed BBC series Top of the Pops raise some eyebrows at Fark, but the story contains one of the most questionable headshots of a recording industry executive ever.…
Happy Birthday to Joe!
Originally uploaded by spinme. I wanted to wish Joe Happy Birthday today! He is very hardworking and loves what he does! Happy Birthday Joe! Love, Lori
There’s More Than One Kind Of Gig
Ahem. Check, one two…check… ::thump thump:: Hi. I’m Scott Andrew, singer-songwriter guy from Seattle, and as Joe already mentioned, I’ll be a guest blogger on spinme.com for the next few weeks. I’ve never been a “guest blogger” before, so this…
Meet Your Very Special Correspondents!
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,…