A few folks have asked me why I haven’t mentioned the recent anniversary of Jerry Garcia’s death. Personally, I have always preferred to celebrate birthdays instead. However, it’s important to reflect on the life of someone that impacted so many…
Music-Space Wikipedia
Chris at the Long Tail wonders why we don’t have a definitive music industry equivalent of the IMDB or Wikipedia. Folks in the comments posit that the big data players (i.e., Gracenote) might have too much to lose.
Rock Star: INXS – Elimination #5
This week’s elimination was pretty interesting because it highlighted the fact that more folks are watching the show overseas than in the U.S. That could explain how, from time zone to time zone, different tastes got reflected in the voting,…
Seven Band Names That Would Be Impossible to Book
I think I still have the press kit from Cancelled Due to Fire…
Looking for September’s Book Club Candidates
Thinking about book club selections for September and beyond… If you have an idea for a book you’d like to discuss (or if you have written a book), suggest it in the comments. I’ll probably make a decision next week.
Here’s a specific problem — solve it.
Folks in the members area have been talking about songwriting, which is simply the most challenging part of anything you will do in your music career. So it was neat to stumble on a post about Eno on the Microsoft…
Free online ticketing and event management solution.
For years, I have harped on clients to aggressively sell advance tickets to shows. PayPal makes it easy to collect a few bucks for low (or no) fee, but one of my clients mentioned that it was still tough to…
Poor Man’s Copyright
Snopes chimes in on the status of “poor man’s copyright,” the practice of mailing materials to oneself to assert a date of creation in case you ever find yourself in dispute over ownership of a song or any other creative…
Learn to sell more CDs at shows and online.
Members get to join me tomorrow (Tues., 8/9) at 9pm ET for a special conference call class where I’ll share some of our most effective tips and techniques for selling more albums at your gigs. We’ll also talk about using…
Ask me about careers in music management — for FREE!
Tomorrow morning (Tue., 8/9) at 9am ET, join me on a FREE conference call on the topic of careers in music management. It’s a preview of the kinds of calls that our members get to participate in every week, and…
Technical alert for spinme.com charter members.
I just sent a quick e-mail to our charter members to alert them to a glitch in our member database. If you’re not a charter member, you can safely move along… 🙂
Keane uses Apple’s Logic Pro, PowerBooks to fill void
We talk a lot on our member calls about improving stage peformance, especially when you’re a solo act or you just lost a band member. Here’s how Keane dealt with losing their guitarist — they assigned one person to play…