Share I was reading Bob Lefsetz’ latest mail bag email, when an email from Robin Millar came in talking about Sade. He helped produce Sade on her breakout hit “Smooth Operator” in the 80′s and was dumbstruck when label after label turned them down when he knew this would do well. “…every record company turned [...]
Share Altered Zones is Pitchfork Media’s newest project. It is their attempt at creating a filter for an entire world of music, consisting of the experimental and lo-fi movement. Both of which have enjoyed a spirited revival in the last 4 years. From a money/power perspective Altered Zones is a brilliant move on Pitchforks part. They have [...]
Share I’m a big fan of meme’s, and they don’t come along much sweeter than Double Rainbow. A very excited man shows the world a beautiful double rainbow. Awesome. As is the natural meme development it was quickly remixed into a very hilarious song, aptly titled Double Rainbow Song, done by the very talented Gregory [...]
Share I was reading a Rolling Stone interview with Chris Martin as Coldplay were preparing to release “Vida La Vida or Death and All His Friends.” It was candid and informal which I really dig about some of the Rolling Stone interviews. Anyways, there was a point where Martin said Coldplay practiced everyday for 2 [...]
Share You read that title right. Billboard the top of the top chart magazine/organization is ovah. . .Well not quite but soon it seems. You see BigChampagne, the massively successful media measurement company has turned their eyes to the music industry and has released the painfully titled ULTIMATE CHART!!!!! Kyle over at Hypebot has a great piece on the Ultimate Chart. [...]
Share It used to be all too easy for a band to be labeled a “sell out”. Partner with the wrong company, tour with the wrong act, wear the wrong clothes, or heaven forbid, license your music to an advertisement. Never mind that conventional advertising and music have worked together hand-in-hand since the birth of [...]
Share You probably have heard about Pomplamoose, we’ve written about them before. They are one of the most succesful DIY bands on YouTube. They started putting up clever covers and in a short time developed an ever expanding covers fan base into fans of thier own songs. The interesting thing is that they don’t tour, and [...]
Share Ocassionally I get shoved up the ass of the internet so far that I forget that the real world exists. Or rather, I lose a sense of what net trends have become discovered by the greater public and what are still very far from crossing over. MySpace is dead. Everyone knows that correct? You’re [...]
Share Last month when ArtistData was gobbled up by Sonicbids there was more than a few sad faces at NRP offices. But Brenden from ArtistData assured us this was for the best. Sonicbids had more resources, could reach a bigger audience and bring a better product to the musical middle class as Sonicbids caters too. Well [...]
Share Greetings! Just a quick note today that over at Hypebot they are having “Social Media Day.” It’s a idea started at Mashable but Kyle and the Hypebot team have brought it to us musicans. A quick glance at thier page shows a huge number of ideas, theories, and plans that you can put into [...]
