I keep yammering on about the importance of band agreements — not just for what can happen to you if you don’t have one, but what can happen if you don’t honor one. Two former members of the Doors found…
Watch those contracts…
Ashanti just lost a lawsuit and must pay her demo producer over $600,000 in damages. Why? Because said producer was promised in the demo contract that he could produce two tracks on her first major label release. Ashanti apparently failed…
The Yellow Jersey
We were just talking about Tiger Woods in the member area, and here’s another sports analogy for you… I keep admonishing musicians that want to just “get signed,” thinking that someone’s going to wave a wand and grant them wishes.…
Getting the most from your music business books…
David’s got a great set of suggestions to maximize your investment in books about the music business. As I discussed on our member call about The War of Art, you can easily trap yourself by reading about success without doing…
Your Success Team
spinme.com members can now enjoy a 40 minute video presentation about identifying key roles on your success team…
Fun with barcodes
A new 80’s Hits compilation in the UK has a huge bar code on the front cover. Three problems: 1. Confused cashiers are scanning this big bar code, instead of the real bar code on the back. 2. When scanning…
Hating your customers
Jeff Jarvis notes the AP report on the tripling of legal music downloads, and the industry spin that it’s because of anti-piracy campaigns… not at all because the folks at Apple and Y!Music have worked so hard to make it…
spinme.com RSS feeds are live!
I finally fixed the RSS feeds for the members area, so you can now track all of our posts and comments through your favorite newsreader! Public Feed Podcast Only Member Posts Member Comments (these links are live and active as…
Rock Star: INXS – Neal’s Out
The guys made the right call tonight. Neal just couldn’t pull off that INXS song. In fact, I doubt we’ll see any of tonight’s performers in the final. The big challenge here is that you’ve got some performers who are…
The J-Curve
If you look at your music career the way a venture capital manager would look at an investment, you should expect to see a “J-Curve.” As you invest time and money into your project, you’ll see profit dip for a…
College radio gets fingerprinted.
CMJ quietly announced a new technology partnership that allows them to monitor some top college radio stations using “fingerprint technology.” This is the same kind of tool that BDS uses to verify airplay at commercial radio, and it has some…
Book Club: The War of Art
Even if you have not had a chance to read this brilliant book by Steven Pressfield, join me on the conference bridge to learn some of my favorite tips and ideas that apply to musicians. The call’s tomorrow at 9pm…