Music Success in 9 Weeks – Review
Music Success in Nine Weeks! What an audacious claim indeed. Music Success in 9 weeks is a music business book that lays out a 9 week plan for world domination…well, not necessarily… Read More
Defining Your Success
– From The New Rockstar Philosophy book out in March 2009– I came out of the fuckin’ sticks to take over the world. I was an emperor. –John Lennon, Rolling Stone Interview.… Read More
Thieves of Rock and Roll
The other day I stumbled upon this quote by Jim Jarmusch. Nothing is original. Steal from anywhere that resonates with inspiration or fuels your imagination. Devour old films, new films, music, books,… Read More
Franz Ferdinand is Coming After You!
Franz Ferdinand is using Web Sheriff Confessed pirates themselves, Franz Ferdinand have recently taken a pro-piracy stance, encouraging fans to download some of their work. It was therefore quite a surprise to… Read More
The Necessity of a Breakout Hit
Before The Beatles hit America they wanted a breakout hit. They knew the power that a crossover hit had, so they sat down and wrote I Wanna Hold Your Hand. Coldplay wrote… Read More
Your Merch Online
Bands today make more money off their merchandise then their music. So you basically have the music selling a clothing line. I must have heard that on a random website, because I… Read More
Getting and Keeping Band Momentum!!!
Momentum When bands have momentum there is a buzz and an intangible, yet significant, energy around them. It can be seen when they play, it can be felt from their recordings and… Read More
4AD Making New Friends
4AD is a Independant label close to my heart. The Pixies were on 4AD, and lord knows I love the Pixies. For Christmas 4AD is giving away a digital sampler disc. It… Read More
Copyright Hype: Indie Pool
Recently there has been some net chatter about Copyrighting your songs. My friends have asked me, “What’s the deal?” So here’s my take: Copyrighting is a different beast then it used to… Read More
Ze German Myspace Disease!
I wrote about this in my other blog but I think it bears repeating: If you’ve received a Myspace friend request then you have probably seen this attached to that request: “Klicke… Read More
