South by Southwest is a unique cultural experience. So much music, so many artists and bands, so many ideas being expressed in one place. Because of the festival’s unique place in the world, getting a handle on it can and will take more than one go. When bands get selected to play showcases in Austin [...]
Since arriving on Monday I’ve seen a lot of bands. Walking down 6th Street will do that. But it seems that during the set of every good band I see, I’m asked the same type of question by an interested member of the audience: Who is this? Do you know who this is? What did [...]
I have a friend in a website crisis. The story is that after years of having no website at all, my friend Jen was approached by a enthusiastic fan who wanted to set up her website for no charge. This fan had a solid background in web design and seemed legit enough, so without much more thought [...]
Have you heard about the Facebook Page changes? They are pretty big. You are no longer master of your landing page domain…. You see, in a surprise move Facebook now has control on the first place people will see when they type Facebook.com/yourbandname. You know the offers to join a mailing list (mailchimp), listen to [...]
Good news! The New Rockstar Philosophy will be heading down to Austin Texas for the annual music industry orgy known as South By Southwest! We’re incredibly psyched to be going down this year for many reasons. The first —-> New Rockstar Philosophy iPhone App is coming out! Yes the mysterious iPhone app that Ideas Club [...]
We’ve been talking about Tumblr for more than two years but we hadn’t hooked up an NRP Tumblr because we thought we wouldn’t have anything cool to post… But it turns out that because Tumblr is infiltrated with cool people with lots of time there are is a ton of stuff… like Metallica memes, choice [...]
From the labs of Hype Machine comes this very cool web app called Kickstumbler. The idea is simple - Stumble into projects on Kickstarter you’d never see otherwise. …When not making Hype Machine, we’ve been obsessively browsing and funding projects. We quickly noticed though, that we haven’t been exploring more than just a few categories, and [...]
A few years ago we posted an article titled Change Your Name Or Stay The Same. In it we wrote about how there are many factors to consider in any band name change. We noted that music was the main factor, but what if you’re dealing with a legal issue? A band I know is [...]
McCartney is trending on Twitter. While perusing the tweets, I noticed a link with the description “Who is Paul McCartney”. It links to everyone who’s tweeted their ignorance to the existence of Sir Paul. At first I was like, are you serious?? How can you not know who Paul McCartney is. I just had an [...]
I’ve been part of This Is My Jam for a few months now. The always brilliant Chris Dahlen, sent me a beta invite and I’ve been putting up a new track every once in a while. The idea is simple: Have a new song you’re digging? Put it up on the network and people/friends can [...]
