Posted in Recording/Mixing/Tech, tagged daw, daw touch screen, home studios, pro-audio on July 31, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I haven’t posted anything pro-audio lately so here goes.
For all of you who produced music regularly in their home studios, and who have been looking to spend some money on a new cool device that can massively ease-up your configuration, I would recommend checking out this device:
When I first saw the [...]
Posted in Band Talk, tagged business parrot, feral parrot, grindcore, hatebeak, parrot singer, reptilian records, waldo on July 30, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Yesterday we saw videos of cats playing some Schoenberg on the Piano, and today I give a thrash-grindcore band whos lead singer in a 19 year-old parrot named Waldo.
This song is called Feral Parrot:
The band is called Hatebeak, and they are signed to Reptilian Records. Go figure. From an interview back [...]
Posted in Music Talk, tagged cats, cory arcangel, kutiman, meow, piano, schoneberg, THRU YOU, youtube channel on July 29, 2009 | 2 Comments »
You are about to see something pretty frigin’ amazing. I mean, if I were to you show you videos of cats playing Schoenberg on the piano, that would be amazing right?
Well voila!
So there you have it, cats playing the second movement of Schoenberg’s Opus 11. Here’s the first and the third. [...]
Posted in Band Revenue, Band Talk, tagged audiolife, bandzoogle, david rose, e-commerce, indie artist X, merch, reverbnation on July 29, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Just a quick note to let you know that David Rose, who is editor over at www.knowthemusicbiz.com and responsible for Artist X’s website, has published an article yesterday on his strategies for getting X’s site up and running. Once again, this is a good overview for any musician who lacks website creation skills and who [...]
Posted in Industry Talk, tagged joel tenenbaum, music, record industry, RIAA on July 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
“He who rejects change is the architect of decay”.
Harold Wilson
Ever heard of Joel Tenenbaum? Well I hadn’t really paid any attention to that name until today, and more precisely until I read this article from The Guardian – “How it feels to be sued for $4.5m“. I have always known thousands in the states had [...]
Posted in Band Talk, tagged band analytics, jimmy winter, music arsenal, rockdex pro, sxsw on July 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Some time ago, I had written a post on a band management website called Music Arsenal. Its founder, Jimmy Winter, who was working on an analytics features for Music Arsenal, decided to turn turn the feature into a whole new independent venture called RockDex Pro. I received an email from Jimmy on Friday asking me [...]
Posted in Band Revenue, Band Talk, Booking & Promotion, Industry Talk, tagged amanda palmer, hypebot, interview on July 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Hypebot’s interview with Amanda Palmer is a must read for basically anybody, so I highly recommend you take some time here and there and check out all three parts (as well as the comments!).
Posted exactly as on Hypebot’s blog:
“If the point is to find meaning and fulfillment but the very idea of staying connected is [...]
Posted in Band Revenue, Booking & Promotion, tagged business plan, indie artist X, music insiders, musicians, musos on July 24, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Last week I wrote a post on the new Indie Artist X project, devised by a group of music industry insiders, who’s main goal is to launch the career of an anonymous musician by applying all DIY techniques and music 2.0 tools available in today’s day and age. In other words, these music insiders will [...]
Posted in Booking & Promotion, tagged bandize, bands, management platform on July 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Bandize is finally out of Beta!
Bandize is a logistics management platform for bands that offers a whole set of practical tools to organize their contacts, tours, tasks, products/merchandise and whatnot. It’s a complete package solution for all bands who wish to organize their activities in one single place, bypassing the many logistical struggles they have [...]
