In the last few months, I’ve found myself gravitating towards artists I think I’m going to listen to in 10-15 years. Artists I can hold on to, artists that mean something, artists that know how to connect. There will always be music for the moment (grunge, garage rock revival, etc), but it’s so rare you [...]
Came across a 8 minute jam style version of The Roots’ classic “You Got Me” featuring Jill Scott. It shows how artists can make the live show an experience much more than a recorded song. Everyone enjoys shows where artists they take their songs, that everyone knows and loves, and moves them to the next [...]
So I was browsing YouTube and came across a video by Greg Patillo, a flutist who’s really taking advantage of YouTube to market his music. He has a few vids up but there are two videos that are in the millions of views category. They are both covers: The Mario Bros theme song (over 11 [...]
A couple posts ago, I talked about how a lot of independent artists and labels are offering free digital downloads with the purchase of the Vinyl Record. Today, I was listening to Tool and wanted to talk about packaging as an incentive to buy the physical product. If you’re a fan of tool, you know [...]
I think a lot of music fans can agree that Vinyl is the best form of music in physical format. The artwork is large, it feels great to hold, and has an arguably better sound than CD/Digital. Problem is, vinyl is still somewhat pricier to produce than a CD. As a fan you gotta really [...]
Awhile back, a friend sent me this YouTube video of this guy (Matt Weddle of Obadiah Parker) covering “Hey Ya” by Outkast. It became viral and everyone was talking about it (over 2 million hits). I thought he was going to be the next big singer-songwriter. What’s surprising is that he didn’t get offered a [...]
OK, so the whole Kanye West Vs. 50 cent is a little old, but I wanted talk about it since Kanye is gearing up for his new release in November. What I want to talk about specifically is how the supposed rivalry was really a partnership and an example of working together to benefit both [...]
You don’t have to have a $300,000 music video budget to get people into your music. There’s now many examples of videos that cost practically nothing to produce, but effectively turn people on to a band. For today’s post, I want to show you a Video EPK for one of my fav bands, GlassJAw. It’s [...]
Check out Derek Sivers’ (former head of CDBaby) speech at Berklee College of Music. He makes a lot of great points, but one of the points really stood out: “Be one of the few that knows how to help yourself, instead of expecting others to do it for you.” We all need to remember to [...]
Coldplay Gearing up for Independence
Coldplay has a 5 album deal with EMI/Parlaphone. Vida La Vida is officially their 4th album to date, so they owe one more album (if that doesn’t count a greatest hits collection). Their actions in the last year have shown evidence of planning for independence after their contract runs out. You heard about Coldplay building [...]