Brian Clark from Lateral Action wrote a great article about the innovative entrepreneurial skills of Kurt Cobain. According to Brian there are 3 major points that Cobain taught us: Always use a new and better approach, or a fresh and innovative way to do the tried and true. If the “do it the way it’s [...]
The setting: Late July, in the interior of British Columbia. The night falls on the first official day of the inaugural Pemberton festival. The day had been warm, but in the mountains when night hits. the temperature drops 15 degrees within 5 minutes. The crowd, already numbering in the 10′s of 1000′s, grew restless as [...]
By now, those who know what’s going on in the industry know all about 360 deals. The deal where the label gets a piece of the pie from every (or many) revenue streams an artist makes. Some artists and managers are angered since the Majors have built a reputation for making most of the money [...]
You know in Sports Illustrated, where they have their “Signs of the Apocalypse” section? Well, I think here at the New Rock Star Philosophy we’ll start doing the same… except it will all be music focused. So, for our inaugural Sign of the Apocalypse, we have David Cook, winner of American Idol, asking out Kimberly [...]
A new file format that offers separate volume controls for each musical instrument, such as guitar, drum, base and voice, is being considered as a new Internet standard.The new .MT9 file format, which a commercial title of “Music 2.0″, was selected as a candidate for consideration at a regular meeting of Motion Picture Experts Group [...]
Band Website Besides Myspace?
Recently a friend of mine spent a pretty penny on getting a beautiful website setup. He felt that his money was well spent as now his fans have a place where they can learn more about his band. His band website has a slick feel and everything you’d expect it to have. But I wonder, [...]