So we make it into O’hare International Airport in Chicago last night and text Andy from Popstache.com. We haven’t met the guy yet, but we’re staying at his place for the night. We hope he’s cool. Turns out the guy is a stellar mother brother and lives in a cool area of town. We head [...]
You’ve probably heard that comedy is all about delivery. Well timed punch lines delivered in a certain style of expression are what make comedians stand out and be funny. The same is true of music. You hear a singer sing and you can tell how much he/she feels what’s she’s singing. Is she just trying [...]
Well it appears Weezy is about to turn his baby money into big boy money because the man has already sold 300,000 digital copies of Tha Carter IV and is now expected to sell close to one million digital albums. WHAAAAAA! That is nutz. Just a few weeks after Jay-Z and Kanye West broke the first [...]
I’ve been noticing a trend in big Major Label releases. It’s all about the first 24 hours. More and more superstars like Kanye, Lady Gaga, and Lil Wayne are pushing for big sales up front because they know the longer their music is out after the opening day, the easier it will be for kids [...]
As a new artist or even an established artist, but especially for a new artist, the impact of one song has incredible importance. I understand that in order to truly be great, most of your songs have to be awesome, but it always starts with one song. That one song that really grabs people and [...]
Indio, California. I was fortunate enough to attend Coachella last weekend. We drove 30 hours South through blizzards with very little sleep to get to the site where we dealt with insanely hot weather, waking up in sweat, and not showering for days. It was worth it though to be awash in a thick, heavy [...]
South By South West is known for being a buzz amplifier. Whether Metallica’s doing a club gig to promote Rock Band, Tim Ferriss launching the 4 hour week there, Ipad2 launching on SXSW opening day, or Jay-Z and Kanye doing a secret show for their Watch The Throne project (I don’t know if they are [...]
Two years ago Hoover and I wrote about the concept of consistent new music. We created the idea of the 3P (3 new songs every 3 months) as a way for artists to keep creative and keep their fan base engaged. Fast forward to 2011 and we have The Flaming Lips creating their own version of consistent new [...]
The full video for Kanye West’s epic track Monster isn’t even out. But with the Kanye West hype machine on overdrive, Monster is generating controversy. Monster, one of the many epic tracks on Kanye West’s fine album My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, is the first video to be released from Camp Kanye since his “visual accompaniment” Runaway. [...]
Kanye West played an intimate concert last night for 550 people. I, like many, vainly tried to get tickets but was thwarted by Captcha once again! Thank god for the internet, because now we can see a concert’s highlights like we were one of the chosen few. Not only did Kanye bring out a huge [...]
