Just some of the things I learned by reading The Music Industry Self Help Guide, just released by Mike Repel (buy the book here). If you’re doing any of these things, stop it right now. (1) Having a shitty, entitled attitude. If you’re showing up late for gigs, not...
Size matters. Numbers matter. Last week I told a manager friend about a new band he had to check out. The first thing he did was pull out his phone and went to their Facebook Page. Facebook Likes are a quick, one glance indicator of status. It’s not the be all and...
United States House Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property and the Internet Hearing. Hearing on Section 512 of Title 17, ie, the DMCA. March, 2014. Washington, DC. Rep. Tom Marino (R) Pennsylvania: Thank you Chairman, and thank you...
UK Music, the Intellectual Property Office, and animation company Aardman have teamed up to release an iOS and Android game called Music Inc. The official description says that this is “a game that allows you to envelop yourself in the world of music production.”...
I hate downloading music. It’s a burden. It takes up space on my (already overcapacity) iPhone and laptop. Before Spotify, it took me hours to go through albums, playlists and songs to choose the ones I wanted to include on my 16GB iPhone for my various tours. On a...
