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…
Holy Flood O’ GMail!
Like a lot of other folks, I got me FIFTY Gmail accounts to give away. A few clients have asked me what I love about Gmail. First, it’s superb that, when I’m on the road, I can pop into any…
He’s sitting with people he doesn’t even know!
How you act "in person" with your audience defines who you are as a person. (Even though this example is about a sports figure and not a musician, same rules apply.)
I goofed!
I totally munged the access code for tonight’s conference call for IndieBiz.com members. You all were sitting on hold on one line while I was sitting on hold on another. So to make it up, I offered the first four…
The importance of good lighting…
Hoping to get lighting designer John Schlick on one of our future podcasts — he’s currently working with the Genitorturers and doing some quality work for very low rates for emerging artists. Check out his site for some reasons why…