Sorry no installment last weekend. I would have had this post up last Sunday but I came down with a pretty nasty flu/fever thing which put me down/out/way behind this past week. Ouch. As I’ve mentioned, by the time I came into the Get Busy...
Topics: Digital Muzak

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As I mentioned last weekend, the band I’m co-managing is releasing a record called Uzi Does It at nearly every digital retailer on the planet (with INgrooves as our digital distributor) on Tuesday, November 10th. We’re having a party at Zune.
Topics: Digital Muzak, Self-Promotion

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You’re going to laugh, but it’s true so I’ll own up: I’ve started co-managing an artist *. The artist is Get Busy Committee and consists of Ryu (Styles of Beyond, Fort Minor, Demigodz), Apathy (solo super-MC, Army of Pharoahs,...
Topics: Digital Muzak, get busy committee, managing, Music Is The Best, Self-Promotion

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I made a new friend recently, Garrett Shelton, who’s worked at jazz labels Verve, Decca, and Sunnyside, and now does freelance consulting for jazz artists including Dave Holland. Garrett packed up his tent and came from NYC to one of...
Topics: Digital Muzak, Music Is The Best

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Anyone who knows me knows I’ve been rambling on and on about digital packaging since 1999, when I realized the Winamp skins we were distributing were not the future of the CD case.Two Octobers ago I pleaded with the industry to embrace standards...
Topics: Digital Muzak

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