When I first started writing books about the music industry, I had a very small mailing list of a few dozen folks who helped me bat ideas around. It’s time for me to bounce some new ideas off of you,…
Grammy Goes to Direct Patronage!
Lots of my clients and other webloggers have been going nuts about the Grammy that was awarded to a download-only release. That, in itself, is great news. What excites me even more about the winning project is that it was…
SlowCooked Succ
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NYC Club Business Back to Pre-Smoking Ban Levels
By most accounts, clubs in New York City are back to the same level of business they enjoyed before the city enacted its smoking ban. This shows me even more that when bans like this get introduced in other cities,…
Great Shoes for Women Rockers?
One of our readers asked me today if we knew of any great shoes that look pretty/funky/fun on stage but are still comfortable for women to perform in… Being a rather fashion-challenged guy, I throw the topic out to you,…
Tonic In Trouble
More evidence of the pressure live venues are under… Tonic in NYC presents avant-garde and experimental work, not usually the most profitable business to be in. But they’re one of the few "curatorial" clubs I talk about in seminars, one…
Radio Killed The Radio Promoter
I’ve been telling our clients and conference call listeners for some time now that the payola scandal fallout would actually make it harder to get attention for emerging artists at commercial radio — already an "eye of the needle" situation.…
Rock and Roll Camps for Girls
Right on!
Above/Below The Web for Musicians
Most of the musicians I meet at workshops want to know how they can generate more sales from their music websites. I wish I had my hands on this great model that Seth Godin points at, which shows how your…
Trick out your Mac mini into a recording studio…
Engadget’s got an excellent, illustrated howto on building a homebrew studio around a Mac mini…
Getting Stuff Done
Back today from two days on "in town vacation" with family, and thinking about getting stuff done.
Joe’s Out Of The Office Today (Again)
Wrapping up a family visit today, so posting’s gonna be light/nonexistent. Here’s another fun archive photo someone managed to get of me at my old studio with Shannon Curfman. I mixed live sessions in a little tiny room that used…