Well January flew by and 2011 is moving at a brisk pace in spite of the Winter trying to slow us down. Just in case you may have missed some of the New Rockstar Philosophy talk we’ve decied to put up a monthly review of our top posts. MySpace Lays Off Half Of Work Force – Well [...]
Creativity is a mystical force. Music is creation at its finest. You often hear famous songwriters talk about how the creative process is unpredicatble. The best songs just “arrive”. You could be strumming a g-chord one day and come up with nothing. The very next day, something fantastic will come from strumming the same g-chord. [...]
After last week’s rant about MySpace I’d hoped I wouldn’t hear about it anymore, but then I read the article below from Simply Zesty. It has some important points that NRP has been saying for years but still need attention. The main point being that social network sites come and go and although MySpace, Friendster, [...]
Friends, We have officially closed down the free downloads. We are going to be doing edits for the new version. You can still sign-up to be informed when the new book is released. Stay tuned and thanks for the love. Take Control of Your Music Hoover & Voyno
Lefsetz was raving about the Pomplamoose/Hyundai commercial. This is a band who did everything themselves and this commercial was something Lefsetz cheered on. It’s not selling out because they did everything themselves. It’s like a reward for their hard work. They deserve it. He made it sound like it was as glamorous as “getting signed” [...]
Just caught this email to Bob Lefsetz from Terry Ellis, co-founder of Chrysalis Records on the reason they started their own label. Definitely worth reading. Hello Bob, I have been reading your newsletters for a couple of months now. I enjoy your views and admire the passion and energy which motivates you to write this [...]
Just caught the latest post from Derek Sivers. It’s about his deal with Apple when they wanted all the music from CD Baby for iTunes. It’s behind the scenes happenings you expect may happen, but are always surprised when it actually does. . ….I flew home that night, posted my meeting notes on my website, [...]
I just wanted to highlight an example of shifting and evolving your sound to match the venue, as per Voyno’s earlier post. Coldplay. If you’ve listened to Parachutes, you know it’s a great, but mellow record. Yellow is a big tune, but the rest of the album is much more sleepy-esque. Before Yellow took over [...]
Attention music fans who are also book nerds!! Band bookmarks are the next hot merch item! Alright. Maybe they aren’t the next big thing, but in an effort to add something new to the merch table, Canadian band We Were Lovers made bookmarks out of a photo booth session for a recent tour. Why is [...]
Jay-Z is an entrepreneur. He enjoys and wants to market his music and many businesses. His upcoming book, Decoded, is getting a million dollar marketing boost from Microsoft! That being said, I was reading a Wall Street Journal article on the man and one point that stood out for me was his view on over exposure. [...]
