Beating a dead horse… It’s gonna be hard for me to spend time with your music if I don’t know who you are. I know, you hate that. It’s kind of like you can’t get a job without experience, but how are you supposed to get that experience in the first place? You’ve got to… [Read more…]
April 5, 2012
See the previous post to understand exactly what the industry is commenting about… but here it is: What is it that makes these artists think that you (and most other execs in the music business) actually evaluate new music for the quality that it may or may not have? Don’t they understand that the thing… [Read more…]
April 5, 2012
What if I came to your door and harangued you for twenty minutes trying to convince you to buy something you don’t want, that you’ve got no interest in, whose purchase will benefit me, not you. NOW YOU KNOW WHAT IT’S LIKE WHEN YOU E-MAIL ME UNSOLICITED MP3s! It’s bad enough when you send me… [Read more…]
March 25, 2012
My sister’s favorite person in the world wrote this, and it resonated with me, so I decided to print it here on my blog…. -Wendy Greed. By, Chris Capp Some might be inclined to believe that I am jealous of the rich, or in someway maladjusted, because of my disdain for Republicans and the right… [Read more…]
February 26, 2012
“Early morning, April 4 Shot rings out in the Memphis sky” “Pride (In The Name Of Love)” U2 Actually, it was 6:01 PM. Not that we’d expect Irishmen to get it right. Not that we’d expect Americans to get it right, certainly not white Americans. I was sitting at my desk, doing my algebra homework,… [Read more…]
February 24, 2012
We need a thinning of the herd– something that occurs naturally in Nature, but doesn’t seem to happen in the music industry. This was not an extremely busy week, yet I received: +47 EPKs, press releases, links to artist pitches from publicists (46 of which I do not know and never heard of, so I… [Read more…]
February 16, 2012
Entrepreneur = Indie Artist http://thenextweb.com/insider/2012/02/15/sites-that-will-help-save-you-money/?awesm=tnw.to_1DLbE
February 14, 2012
“According to Bluefin Labs, the Grammys earned 13 million social comments. That breaks the record from last week’s Super Bowl and absolutely dwarfs every other entertainment event from the last year.” http://mashable.com/2012/02/13/grammys-social-tv-stats/ THAT’S the power of music! Enough with the hogwash about how the Internet killed the music business. People care more about music than… [Read more…]
February 14, 2012
You can read Bob’s entire Grammy piece on his blog at www.Lefsetz.com. I think the Grammys are as relevant as cassette tapes so I give them very little time or attention in my world. But what I do want are the lessons that come from these award shows, to learn from and to share with… [Read more…]
February 13, 2012
The end of paper changes everything! Not just a few things, but everything about the book and the book business is transformed by the end of paper. Those that would prefer to deny this obvious truth are going to find the business they love disappear over the next five years. The book itself is changed.… [Read more…]
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