In the past few days I’ve seen a few pieces of content floating around on my social networks that both point to the same thing; Music is important, and musicians should be compensated accordingly. It appears that the free economy is no longer cutting it for some. This is from musician Dave Goldberg as an [...]
Recently we wrote about how SOPA or no SOPA many file sharing sites were either being taken down or blocking US residents. The list was getting pretty long and unfortunately we can add a few more to the list. This from our man in the field: Now Filesonic won’t let you download links unless you share a [...]
Remixes are good for your career. The right remix can lift your career onto the international level. Like my buddy Economics. Economics is a musical project that has some big fans…… like DJ Shadow. Economics got a chance to remix a DJ Shadow song and is now gaining new fans from all over the world. All [...]
SOPA or no SOPA it appears that many file sharing services have been spooked by the recent events. MediaFire went as far as releasing a statement calling themselves a “cloud storage service” rather than a “File sharing service”…rrright. Now that MegaUpload has been shut down by the feds, other file sharing sites (Fileserve, Hotfile, Rapidshare, etc) are deleting [...]
Recently we wrote about how SOPA or no SOPA many file sharing sites were either being taken down or blocking US residents. The list was getting pretty long and unfortunately we can add a few more to the list. This from our man in the field: Now Filesonic won’t let you download links unless you share a [...]
Remixes are good for your career. The right remix can lift your career onto the international level. Like my buddy Economics. Economics is a musical project that has some big fans…… like DJ Shadow. Economics got a chance to remix a DJ Shadow song and is now gaining new fans from all over the world. All [...]
SOPA or no SOPA it appears that many file sharing services have been spooked by the recent events. MediaFire went as far as releasing a statement calling themselves a “cloud storage service” rather than a “File sharing service”…rrright. Now that MegaUpload has been shut down by the feds, other file sharing sites (Fileserve, Hotfile, Rapidshare, etc) are deleting [...]
Here is the DAY 3 YouTube preview for DAY THREE of Coachella 2012. For DAY ONE, click HERE. For DAY TWO, click THERE. Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg At the Drive-In Justice Florence and the Machine The Weeknd Girl Talk Get THE NEW ROCKSTAR PHILOSOPHY on Kindle The Hives Company Flow Real Estate Get THE [...]
Here is the Coachella 2012 YouTube Preview for DAY TWO. For DAY ONE, click here Radiohead Bon Iver The Shins Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds Jeff Mangum Get THE NEW ROCKSTAR PHILOSOPHY on Kindle Andrew Bird Feist Godspeed You! Black Emperor St. Vincent Azealia Banks Squeeze A$AP Rocky Destroyer Get THE NEW ROCKSTAR PHILOSOPHY on [...]
I’m going to Coachella! I was fortunate enough to get tickets to this grand celebration of music down in Indio, California. Last year I got last minute tickets, so I only got a chance to check out a few bands before. This year, I wanted to get to know every single artist to really plan [...]
Born Into This isn’t so much a music documentary as more of a poet documentary. It tells the life of Charles Bukowski, who’s one of my favourite poets. The guy is so real, and speaks to me on such a level that I felt I had to share this doc with you. Tom Waits, Sean Penn, [...]
Our friends over at Next Big Sound have just released a ton of information on the state of online music in 2011. Unsurprisingly it’s doing very well. Numbers are up everywhere (even MySpace) and Next Big Sound has a purdy looking visualization to explain it all right here. Some quick facts: SoundCloud song plays had an amazing 231% increase/growth. And [...]
The thought of touring Europe has crossed the minds of most musicans across the pond… any pond. The continent has a high population density, which means less travel time between gigs (read: money spent), and most countries have a large appetite for music (read: money made), and many genres do well (read: your audience). So if [...]
Are Musicians Fighting Back? #venue vs #musicians
In the past few days I’ve seen a few pieces of content floating around on my social networks that both point to the same thing; Music is important, and musicians should be compensated accordingly. It appears that the free economy is no longer cutting it for some. This is from musician Dave Goldberg as an [...]