I’ve talked to many musicians and managers of musicians about which social media sites they should be on: Twitter? Facebook? Myspace? YouTube? etc. The answer of course is all of them. Each of these sites have millions of users and, when you are promoting yourself, anytime you can reach millions of people for free you…
There Are No Shortcuts Kids
I remember when Rock Star INXS was on people were all giddy because the winner, J.D. Fortune, was from Mississauga. There was a story this past weekend in the Toronto Star and it turns out that the tour is over, Fortune is out of the band and was (at the time of the story) unemployed…
Now on Selling Out or Not
Back on January 7 I wrote a post specifically about Feist but more generally about the outdated notion of “selling out”. Selling out is still definitely possible, but it’s about the integrity of your work – not about who signs the cheques. In an age when fewer and fewer people are buying music recording artists…
New Feeds Added
Band Blogs $100 Violent Kin Music Blogs Sixeyes: by Alan Williamson Music Business Audio Blood News Another Point of View Grumpy Voter
New Feeds
I have a long list of stuff to look at, but for now these are the newest feeds added. More will be coming soon and, as always, suggestions are welcome. Music Business Down By the Point Records Endearing Records Grumpy Cloud Records Out of Touch Records Band Blogs Cam Malcolm and the Owls News April…
Music Business Aggregator
I’ve added a new page to pulicbroadcasting.ca – the Music Business page is brand new and I’m just getting started in adding everyone to it but it will have aggregated blogs from Canadian music labels, festivals, live venues and more. So far the list contains Blocks Recording Club Burnt Oak Records Coalition Entertainment Fuzzy Logic…
How Much Do You Have to Give Back Before It’s Not Selling Out?
Canadians tend to have a bit of the tall poppy syndrome to begin with and it’s much worse for musicians. The whole ‘indie’ thing says, essentially, that anyone who is even modestly successful is a sellout and therefore should no longer be taken seriously. Never mind the fact that no one could ever properly define…
Juicebox.com: PWYC Record Label Launches
On Saturday, December 20 Toronto’s newest record label and the first (as far as I know) Pay What You Can (PWYC) record label ever launched at juicebox.com. It’s first release JuiceBoxDotComp includes tracks from Gravity Wave, Saint Alvia, the Wooden Sky, Spooky Ruben, PDF Format and more than a dozen others. It is available for…
Ding Dong The Witch is Dead
Which old witch? How about RIAA lawsuits over Peer to Peer file sharing. From the Wall Street Journal via Michael Geist comes word that the RIAA, which has sued more than 35,000 people since 2003 has decided to abandon it’s strategy of suing their best customers. This doesn’t mean that they are gone, or that…
Piracy is Good For You
Another new study out today, which looked at audience reaction to Radiohead’s most recent album, confirms what every independent study on the subject has shown: Illegal downloads are actually good for artists and that, even if that were not the case, there is nothing that can be done about them. “Rights-holders should be aware that…