Who here hasn’t heard of, or hasn’t used Craigslist before? Well, apart from being the most important and active classified ad website out there, it’s also a place where you can find fairly hilarious stuff. They have a section called “The Best Of Craigslist” where you can encounter the most crazy / unusual ads posted [...]
Archive for June, 2009
Tales of stolen CD cases
Posted in Music Talk, tagged craigslist, bob dylan, elliot smith, cd case, backpack, collection, bauhaus, smiths, stolen cds, jeru, astral weeks, van morrison, roadtrip, walkman, best of craigslist on June 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
ONDO’s music editing phone
Posted in Music 2.0/Networking, tagged iphone, music, ondo, phone, pilotfish, protoype on June 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Just found this video out of the blue:
My initial reaction was “is this some kind of joke”, and is goes to show that it isn’t, but that this product is a prototype created by a company called Pilotfish begging for some investor to back it up.
Now since I already started this [...]
Derek Paravicini Documentary – The musical Genius
Posted in Music Talk, tagged Derek Paravicini, documentary, learning impaired, musical genius on June 23, 2009 | 4 Comments »
“Derek Paravicini is completely blind and is severely learning impaired. He is 26, doesn’t know his left from right, and can barely count to ten.” Yet Derek is a complete musical genius. this is his story:
part 1 – part 2 – part 3 – part 4 – part 5
This documentary really [...]
How much do bands REALLY want it?
Posted in Booking & Promotion, tagged band promotion, bands, blog, doggy, interviews, music, promotion element, really want it, unsigned bands on June 23, 2009 | 2 Comments »
The other day I wrote a post called “Where are you hiding your band’s email address“. While browsing through the web in search of bands’ email addresses I realized that many unknown or unsigned bands seem to conceal them in the most awkward places on their Myspaces, Facebook pages and websites, not to mention that [...]
What does “being a successful indie musician” mean nowadays?
Posted in Band Revenue, Band Talk, tagged bruce warile, hypebot, income, music think tank, musician, success on June 22, 2009 | 2 Comments »
For those of you who want to make your music a full-time job, and who are skeptical / wary of your success rate, maybe Hypebot’s list of artists that are growing and sustaining real careers without backup from a major label could help you take a step back and focus on what’s possible.
Check out Bruce [...]
Cassette tape art: The Clash
Posted in Music Talk, tagged erika simmons, iRI5, paul simonon, the clash on June 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Once again some beautiful cassette tape art by Erika Iris Simmons (aka Iri5). Paul Simonon would be proud.
From Wikipedia, here’s the anecdote concerning this monster of an album cover: The album’s cover features a photograph of Simonon smashing his Fender Precision Bass (on display at the Cleveland Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as of [...]
Google celebrates Igor’s b-day
Posted in Music Talk, tagged firebir, google, igor stravinsky, the guardian, woof on June 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I kind of didn’t notice this, but google’s logo yesterday was an homage to Igor Stravinsky’s birthday. Actually I did notice it but felt too lazy to look up the meaning of the colorful image. A shame procrastination lead me to symbolically miss-out on such an important day.
From Tom Serive of The Guardian:
“The iconography is [...]
Where are you hiding your band’s email address?
Posted in fanteraction, tagged band's email, bands, battle of the bands, emails, emergenza, facebook, manager, myspace, paris, U2 on June 17, 2009 | 6 Comments »
I haven’t been very active on the blog these two past weeks. Greg and I have been fairly busy partnering up with Emergenza, that international battle-of-the-bands you probably might have heard of. We contacted them about a month ago asking if they would be interested in trying out our Fanteraction service. I pitched the idea [...]
The Beatles’ Rock Band game intro
Posted in Band Talk, tagged bio, cinamatic, game, rock band, the beatles on June 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Beautiful cinematic illustration of the Beatles’ bio made for their Rock Band game edition.
Enoy!
