I came across this pretty cool vid for a documentary on the punk rock scene in the 1990′s. I still feel weird saying that, because it seem like yesterday. Anyways, the vid takes a look at the Offspring specifically, but if you were into music around that time, you knew that Green Day’s Dookie, Rancid’s [...]
So more vids from John Mayer at Berklee have gone up on YouTube since my last post. Thought I’d em lay out for you guys. These are student vids so the camera control and overall quality isn’t the greatest. There’s more music on youtube, but I think I have all of his talk. Part [...]
Have you read Malcolm Gladwell‘s ‘The Tipping Point‘? If not, I would recommend that you do. It’s not only a great read, but it offers an interesting perspective on why some things reach the moment of critical mass, the threshold, the boiling point, the Tipping Point if you will, while others languish in the underbelly [...]
I came across an article on adage.com featuring Mr. Bryce Edge, Radiohead’s long-time manager (since 1991). In it he discusses the reason Radiohead went the way of their now famous “Pay What You Want” model. What might be more interesting to you as an artist, is what he has to say about promoting new [...]
I was doing some research on a couple bands I want to interview for our upcoming book, and came across this ad for Ding, and wanted to let you guys know about it. Ever seen people with a cool graphic sticker on their laptop or ipod? Well that’s what Ding is all about. People can [...]
Fresh off his summer tour, John Mayer showed up at Berklee College of Music to play some tunes and give artists some advice. One student taped the whole thing for the world to see and I’m glad she did. Whether you like him or hate him, the dude is a smart guy. There were a [...]
As we’ve been writing our book and this blog, I’ve heard more and more about artists attempting to fundraise their recording fees online. So, I did some digging around to find some sites that may help you out if you’re an artist thinking about this. Fundable.com is a site dedicated to help you raise money. [...]
Tuesday 8:30 PM, The Yard & Flagon Pub. “Oh man did you hear the new Oasis record?” “No man, how is it?” “Dude, I have it on Sandisk! Let me just…. uh where is the uh.. MicroSD…. that’s the one right?” “No its the other side i think” “Oh hear it is. Ah shit, I [...]
If you are into indie rock, you’ve heard of Vampire Weekend. They are THE buzz band of the last little while. A lot of bands are probably envious of their quick rise to indie fame, but I figured there’s got to be a little more to the story. I was doing a little digging and [...]
Self-Publishing Your Own Songbooks
Between The Buried and Me, a progressive hardcore band, has been going DIY with their songbooks. Both the guitarist and bass player have self-published their parts to two of the band’s albums. They are selling it to fans who want to know how to play the songs. You take a listen to the band and [...]