I just came back from running an errand at the Plaza at King of Prussia. The whole mall is crawling with girls lined up to catch a glimpse of Robert Pattinson from the movie Twilight. 300 fans lined up in some crappy weather this morning to buy $30 shirts and wristbands for a meet-and-greet event. [...]
According to a recent survey, independent musicians have no more access to major market radio now than they did before major networks agreed to settle over charges of payola.
What I can’t figure out is why, in the year 2008, when radio is a declining force in the way Americans learn about new music, do we [...]
USAToday profiles Regie Hamm, the winner of the second American Idol Songwriter competition.
Last year, our boards were pretty heated up, with folks so excited about the opportunity to get their songs discovered. Unfortunately, nothing in the rules specifically stated that an amateur songwriter would win the contest — just that they couldn’t submit a song [...]
Moving to a new country
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Eddy Arnold, at 89; crooner widened appeal of country music – Boston Globe
Workaholics fixate on inconsequential details
Four more words
NPR Considers Convergence for Next Generation of Radio [Voices]
‘American Idol’ Tracker: After Jason Castro, le deluge
I would love to be a fly on the wall when Scott wakes up and sees that Kevin Kelly has linked to him.
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Seriously, though, it does seem that the research Kevin’s doing for his new book is touching on an area that readers of this site have been struggling with for a while. Since 1999, [...]
Miracle Pizza
The Music Industry’s New Extortion Scheme
Amazon.com Telling POD Publishers – Let BookSurge Print Your Books, or Else…
Chikezie goes home; Syesha and Jason Castro were also at risk
‘Idol’ Banter: The Chikezie Conundrum
‘Idol’ Tracker: A stool too far
Music industry rules are shifting under feet of artists, fans and … – Los Angeles Times
’80s pop star plans [...]
Two years ago, as Billy Bragg tells it, the founder of British social networking site Bebo came to him for advice about avoiding the same music licensing pitfalls that Bragg had railed about during the evolution of MySpace. As I wrote previously, Bragg’s lobbying resulted in MySpace clarifying its terms of service so artists could [...]
When I was in school — and I did have to walk uphill in the snow to get to class, so get off my lawn — the campus radio station was where you had to be if you wanted a career in the music business. I chose Ithaca over Syracuse and Temple as soon as [...]
