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December 31, 2018 Dear Reader, Since 1997, spinme.com's been the place where I posted anything I wanted to about music and pop culture. Sometimes, I'd…
Joe Taylor Jr.
Jul 22, 2021
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January 2017
Government arts funding's going away. It's our job now.
We knew it would happen someday. Back in 1989, Andres Serrano busted open a simmering debate over whether it’s right (or even effective) for tax dollars…
Joe Taylor Jr.
Jan 20, 2017
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Getting music picked for branded content platforms
Morning Edition’s Allyson McCabe dropped a five minute mini-documentary about how “pay for play” at radio stations has evolved from the scandalous “song…
Joe Taylor Jr.
Jan 17, 2017
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Fighting for the freedom to make music, art, and words worth sharing
spinme.com turns twenty this year. Our mission, when we first launched this thing, was to try to expose the work of artists who weren’t getting enough…
Joe Taylor Jr.
Jan 16, 2017
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Avoiding music business scams
I just posted dozens of "classic" coaching call recordings to our membership area, and even though some of them are over a decade old, many of those…
Joe Taylor Jr.
Jan 16, 2017
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June 2016
Get up every night.
Excellent advice for comics from Brent Morin, who released an excellent Netflix special not long ago: Get up every night. Bar shows and coffee shops…
Joe Taylor Jr.
Jun 8, 2016
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Stop worrying about ticket scalping bots. Make an even better show.
Nathan Hubbard, former CEO of Ticketmaster, dropped a scorch-the-earth essay on the state of concert ticketing on The Ringer. Lin-Manuel Miranda, who’s…
Joe Taylor Jr.
Jun 7, 2016
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Sell the first thirty tickets to your next gig.
It's a big day here at spinme.com, since we're launching the first of our new series of courses for working musicians and other creative professionals…
Joe Taylor Jr.
Jun 3, 2016
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August 2015
Caring for your core.
I'm posting some early chapters of Audience Supported for spinme.com members... It doesn’t matter if you follow every other step in this book to the…
Joe Taylor Jr.
Aug 17, 2015
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Powers of Ten (What are the "right ears" for your music?)
From our “Ask a Question” mailbag, Joey M. writes to ask: “I guess my query is the same as many others. How do I get my music to the right ears?” I…
Joe Taylor Jr.
Aug 15, 2015
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Under new management.
I'm posting some early drafts of chapters from Audience Supported just for supporters of spinme.com... The new boss looks a lot like the old boss. We’ve…
Joe Taylor Jr.
Aug 14, 2015
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Finding corporate sponsors without sacrificing authenticity.
I'm posting some early drafts of chapters from Audience Supported just for supporters of spinme.com... Elvis Presley only recorded one commercial in his…
Joe Taylor Jr.
Aug 13, 2015
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