It’s hard to read the tea leaves on this one, since this company has survived and evolved through things far worse than this:CEO Greg Scholl is leaving the company, which is also laying off one-fifth of its team. News reports and press releases...
Topics: News

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Derek Sivers posted a little experiment.In it, a band that was selling its CD for $15 at gigs asked the audience to come see them at the merch table. “Pay what you want,” they said, “and if you can’t pay anything, we’ll send.
Topics: Growing Your Audience

{"title":"Is Poor Self-Esteem Killing Your Band?","post_url":"http:\/\/spinme.com\/2009\/09\/is-poor-self-esteem-killing-your-band\/","feed_url":"http:\/\/spinme.com\/feed\/","author":"joetaylorjr","date":"2009-09-21 18:00:58","summary":"Derek Sivers posted a little experiment.In it, a band that was selling its CD for $15 at gigs asked the audience to come see them at the merch table. “Pay what you want,” they said, “and if you can’t pay anything, we’ll send."}

Lots of friends and colleagues from abroad have hyped up Spotify to me, and I don’t doubt that it’s an awesome service. As we hear more about Spotify, especially involving mobile apps and in-car services, I fear we might be getting ahead of...
Topics: Editorial

{"title":"Can Spotify Satisfy American Copyright Laws?","post_url":"http:\/\/spinme.com\/2009\/07\/can-spotify-satisfy-american-copyright-laws\/","feed_url":"http:\/\/spinme.com\/feed\/","author":"joetaylorjr","date":"2009-07-27 09:00:26","summary":"Lots of friends and colleagues from abroad have hyped up Spotify to me, and I don’t doubt that it’s an awesome service. As we hear more about Spotify, especially involving mobile apps and in-car services, I fear we might be getting ahead of..."}

I’m sick of articles that contain the phrase, “during these tough times.” (Sick of writing them. Sick of reading them.)Many of my contacts in the booking business have freaked out about receipts this year. When jobs are on the line and..
Topics: Booking More Gigs

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For the past hundred years, the conventional wisdom about marketing your music has been about building a brand and sticking to it. Think about some of the classic stars of the last century: Frank Sinatra, Etta James, Elvis Presley. It’s tough to...
Topics: Featured Article, Growing Your Audience

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