Check out my little piece in Performer on why I think Kickstarter is in danger because of confusing policies and ideas about project-based crowdfunding. This is a short piece and presents a brief set of ideas meant to open up … Read More
Courtesy of local music scene satirist Richard Douche-ard. Used withouthis damn permission. Try and stop me! To free or not to free?I’ve been having a series of conversations on Facebook (1 – 2) about various components of the value of … Read More
We’re experimenting with a new service called Gimme Sound. The idea of it is that fans can download music for free and the company splits its ad revenue based on the number of downloads you receive. So, as an extra … Read More
I came across this list of the top earning tours of 2008. I noticed something interesting. All of these artists either have been around for ever and ever or (usually and) they have target audiences comprised of older folks (the … Read More
It seems like every day on Myspace, we just get 50 requests from bands saying, “come listen to us” or “you’re friends with so and so, so we thought you’d like us” or “check out our new single.” My response … Read More
Team Love has decided to rotate a selection of free downloads of its albums and rarities in the Team Love Library: http://library.team-love.com/ It’s a great bunch of things available already. It looks like they are posting albums that have already … Read More
Music Think Tank is a great blog examining how the music industry is changing. I know I’ve been posting a lot of industry stuff lately, but it’s really what’s on my mind as we try to come to terms with … Read More
An interesting article about how the concept of “selling out” has changed in the last few years: Famous music/ad controversies: -xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx-The Motion Sick Blog – https://blog.mikeandsophia.com/
Pretty great free e-book on New Music Strategies for all you music makers: Definitely has some great points. -xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx-The Motion Sick Blog – https://blog.mikeandsophia.com/
It looks like Reverbnation might be a quick solution to getting all of our content posted in many places easily. I am not 100% sold on it yet, but it seems pretty good. I really wish I could group songs … Read More
A great read by reporter Jed Gottlieb. The affairs of local Hardly Art (a label that I am quite fond of) act, Pretty & Nice are outlined a bit. They talk about the realities of the current music industry and … Read More
Derek Sivers, founder of CDBaby and real indie music industry guru of sorts, wrote a neat little thing on how we anchor things to the monetary value that we first experience. http://sivers.org/uncomparable how did Starbucks successfully start charging $4 … Read More
Don’t Overestimate Free Part 2 – A follow-up to that previous post. Not as exciting this time, but a bit more… http://cameronmizell.blogspot.com/2008/10/dont-overestimate-free-part-2.html -xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx-The Motion Sick Blog – https://blog.mikeandsophia.com/
As I think about new models in music and money (and whether there is even any reason to try to make music and get it out to people when the musiconomical climate is so bleak), I sometimes come across essays … Read More
Hypebot is now reporting that Myspace does plan to include indie music if it’s already on Amazon. I think the Amazon download thing is pretty rad. No DRM and it’s easy to download stuff without super crappo proprietary software (I’m … Read More
Ever since a long list of fiascos related to Myspace teaming up with Snocap (from personal experience, Snocap was terrible), the world has wondered if and how myspace would sell music. Hypebot has a little insider information today about their … Read More
An interesting article (rant?) called “Please Buy My Record: The Futility Of Flogging Music” points out a lot of the unpleasant realities that are all too familiar to us (and probably every other band at our level). That is, sales … Read More
Adam Ritchie from The Lights Out (who I promise to retroactively write an Ash Wednesday feature for, as they were part of Splash Wednesday – the week before I decided to write features on the bands), pointed me to a … Read More