I came across the music blog music think tank last night and found an essay by Rhodri Marsden entitled Please Buy My Record: The Futility of Flogging Music. [Flogging is an English expression for selling.] I encourage all musicians to give it a read. Here’s an excerpt -
One thing that nearly all my bands [...]
I had a lot of fun last night playing with Boy Eats Drum Machine at the Wonder Ballroom, my first bass outing in a while. Dat’r, The Xploding Boys and Caves were the other bands on the bill reinterpreting classic songs from The Cure and Talking Heads. Dat’r re-imagining music from Talking Heads’ Remain In [...]
Ok SqueakEClean got him a blog…
Here’s the word - This super spiffy digital weblog includes contributions by the crew at the Squeak E. Clean headquarters, our friends like DJ Zegon of N.A.S.A., and a very loyal army of interns. Tune in to check out N.A.S.A. remixes, news from the front lines of our studio and [...]
I’m certainly not alone in understanding that independent music of all stripes and shades is a huge part of the overall music business economy. One of the biggest reasons this blog exists is because of my passion for independent music. I may occasionally get cranky about this particular chunk of the long tail [see Coldplay [...]
I am not sure I enjoy a mystery revealed. Here’s the story - “Anonymous musician Podington Bear made his musical den on the internet in the beginning of 2007, announcing he intended to write, record and release three songs a week, via podcast and blog. 156 songs total. During this campaign Podington Bear was spotlighted [...]
As readers of this blog may well know, Portland is the undisputed, independent music capitol of N. America…there I said it. Every night of the week you will find hundreds of bands performing in the hundreds of clubs around P-Town. It’s also well known that Portland is home to The Shins, Spoon, Modest Mouse, Stephen [...]
A typical Portland scene
I’m certainly not alone in understanding that independent music of all stripes and shades is a huge part of the overall music business economy. One of the biggest reasons this blog exists is because of my passion for independent music. I may occasionally get cranky about this particular chunk of the long [...]
More promo in the inbox today, this time from Minty Fresh. They sent me a link to grab the free MP3 from French outfit, Prototypes, a track called L’Amour, L’Amour, L’Amour from their upcoming album, Synthetique. It’s quite charming, y’know, in a French synth pop kind of way. I haven’t heard the full-length so no [...]