I wrote about this in my other blog but I think it bears repeating: If you’ve received a Myspace friend request then you have probably seen this attached to that request: “Klicke hier, um eine Nachricht einzugeben, die mit der Freundanfrage mitgeschickt wird!” “Klicke hier, um eine Nachricht einzugeben, die mit der Freundanfrage mitgeschickt wird!” [...]
Read a pretty an interesting interview at 26thstory.com featuring Seth Godin. He’s the author of many insightful-makes-sense marketing books and a big music fan too. Anyways, at one point he talks about the future of the content industries, specifically music and books. As an author, he thinks spreading his ideas is much more important than [...]
I came across a video EPK for Erin McCarley, a singer/songwriter promoting a new album on Universal/Republic. After a few minutes, I knew what she was about and what I could expect from the album. The video quality isn’t that special, but it doesn’t have to be. The story is still engagingly told. It got [...]
I had to share this is a great post by Heavy from A Heavy Jamming Blog: Please allow me to be a little bit of a modern hippie for a moment. I want to talk to you today about something that is exciting, emotional and almost spiritual. The jam circle as I like to call [...]
I was in Chicago for a few days and had the pleasure of visiting Buddy Guy’s Legends Blues Bar. The place ooozes history. From the signed SRV guitar, the Grammies, pictures of him jamming with Bowie and Clapton, this was a place you had to visit. Anyways, we were watching the opening act that night and [...]
Recently a friend of mine spent a pretty penny on getting a beautiful website setup. He felt that his money was well spent as now his fans have a place where they can learn more about his band. His band website has a slick feel and everything you’d expect it to have. But I wonder, [...]
Josh gave us a heads up about an interesting new music site called The Next Big Sound. The angle that The Next Big Sound takes is that YOU are a LABEL and YOU get to CHOOSE who gets signed. Andrew at Artists House commented that the one of the coolest things about the site is [...]
This may seem like pretty obvious stuff, but I am the type of person that needs to be told things a few times and even then it’s best just to show me. So below are a few clips on how to use Garageband. The program has become an indispensable part of my music. Often I’ll [...]
Just a heads up for all you University and College students: The RIAA has convinced Tennessee to filter computer networks for unauthorized music downloads at the states colleges and universities. This piece of legislation once again shows the short sightedness and idiotic attitude of the Recording Industry. The cost to monitor file sharing is expected [...]
When Music isn't Enough: The Thrills
I am a firm believer that if you have a good enough song, there is nothing in the world that will stop you from reaching a wide audience. But as I dissect the careers of my all time favourite artists I begin to notice that great music is but one part of the equation. There [...]