All Posts Tagged Tag: ‘music biz’
Solo Bass & Stat Porn
Last week I released my first solo bass video in many years – and I wanted to take a quick look at the performance across all the wonderful social media we Artists have available. Unlike many artists – I’m not shy about self-promotion. But I am conservative about how much I promote my stuff. Probably too conservative. But let’s take …
Read MoreReach out and appreciate someone
The flip side of last weeks post about artists acting like big dumb corporations is the question of how we behave as consumers. I’ve noticed in my own consumption that I tend to treat to all transactions equally – that is – with the same anonymous disregard for the maker as the maker is assumed to have for me as …
Read MoreArtists, Stop Thinking Like A Big Dumb Corporation
By now you Artist types have probably already seen the Amanda Fucking Palmer TedTalk about the Art Of Asking. If not, it’s embedded here for your viewing pleasure. I admit, I never really understood the Amanda Fucking Palmer thing. Her art wasn’t for me. But most great art isn’t for everyone – only the faithful fucking few! But how can …
Read MoreMoved, Touched & Inspired
A collection of 3 things that Moved, Touched and Inspired me recently. Hopefully this will be an on-going feature. Jiro Dreams Of Sushi I finally got a chance to see the little documentary all my creative internet peeps have been talking about – Jiro Dreams Of Sushi. On the surface – it’s a simple movie about a simple man, …
Read MoreA band from Now
Meet Archie Pelago: Sax + Ableton Live + Cello + Ableton live + DJ + Serrato = wow. For the tech minded – each guy is running his own Ableton Live rig with FCB1010 Foot controller and Korg nanoKontrollers. Their machines are all sync’d up – so they loop their own instruments – process the loops and improv while staying …
Read MoreThe cook at Olive Garden doesn’t care if you like his Linguini. It’s just a #37 and he hates his job.
most “state of the music industry” rants bore me. this bit by henry rollins also falls into cliche (mtv sucks… auto-tune sucks) But he had one train of thought that made me laugh and smile in agreement. starts about 1:40 un-loved corporate music. nuff said.
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