I was talking with my director friend Randy recently, when he told me the story of his last experience at the Sundance Film Festival. He was walking around the streets of Park City when he came across a band that was busking in the streets. The band had rented a little PA, brought the full band, had [...]
Have you heard about the Vimeo Music Store where you can legally license and purchase music to add to your Vimeo videos? This is big news because Vimeo is a popular site for stylish, cool, and engaged video creators. That means that they care about the sound and the quality of the music in their videos. …users [...]
This is an interview I did back in 2009 with Sarah Gavigan, a music licensing consultant and supervisor. I thought some of our new readers may enjoy it. Confused by the music licensing world? Don’t worry, it can be convoluted and there isn’t that much info out there. Luckily for you, we’re on your side. [...]
Trent Reznor is the type of musician that will always have my attention. Especially when he’s talking about the music industry. His ideas are big, bold, and usually successful. Travis Smiley had a chance to interview Trent about the creation of The Social Network. Luckily, Travis and Trent got into deeper issues of art, fear, and [...]
When Soundgarden used clever accounting to reach platinum status for their new album WolfyWolfandTheStarryNight we, at The New Rockstar Philosophy, were turned off by the idea. Well, it turns out no one cares about that noise when there is dollar bills to be made because bundling albums with Guitar Hero, DJ Hero, or DefJam Rapstar is [...]
Bump! Download the Beta version of The New Rockstar Philosophy! It’s 100% free. Here are the steps: Send an email to NewRockstarBook@Gmail.com with “Book” in the subject line You’ll get an confirmation email from us with a link to where you can download the book. Read it at your leisure and let us know what [...]
This is a NRP bump but an important one. We’re almost finished with our Beta version of The New Rockstar Philosophy! So get it while It’s still 100% free. Here are the steps: Send an email to NewRockstarBook@Gmail.com with “Book” in the subject line You’ll get an confirmation email from us with a link to [...]
Today you can download the Beta version of The New Rockstar Philosophy! It’s 100% free. So here are the steps: Send an email to NewRockstarBook@Gmail.com with “Book” in the subject line You’ll get an confirmation email from us with a link to where you can download the book. Read it at your leisure and let [...]
Rock music has become culturally insignificant. I’m watching the Superbowl pre-game circle jerk and I stare in amazement. Old men pretending to be Rock’n’Roll. Bruce Springsteen claiming that his band in 1978 has nothing on his band in 2009. Journey playing the Pepsi sponsored tailgate party without Steve Perry. The Rock Music juggernaut whoring itself [...]
Become an Expert at Licensing Your Music
I recently had a conversation with music supervisor and author, Sarah Gavigan. You may remember her from a previous interview we did with her regarding music licensing. She told me she was hosting an in-depth online workshop to help artists really understand the music licensing world. This is a world where there’s confusion and misunderstanding, [...]