Archive for the 'Music Industry' Category
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Bo Bice to help kick off songwriter’s festival
It looks like we aren’t the only people impressed by Bo’s songwriting these days:
NSAI’s 18th Annual TIN PAN SOUTH SONGWRITERS FESTIVAL will be held MARCH 30th - APRIL 3rd in NASHVILLE. A festival preview party will take place MARCH 9th, from 3:30-5:30p (CT), at THE RUTLEDGE in NASHVILLE.
The preview party will reveal performance schedules, [...]
Published by Jennheifer on February 18th, 2010 tagged Bo Bice, Music Industry, Tour News | 7 Comments »
Somewhere there’s music, how near how far
Years ago, my first serious boyfriend gave me an old vinyl single of Les Paul and Mary Ford’s How High The Moon. He told me I just had to hear it, and he was right.
Les Paul passed away today, and a minute of googling will bring up loving tributes from just about everyone in [...]
Published by Jennheifer on August 13th, 2009 tagged Music Industry | 2 Comments »
Good strings, bad lighting
It may be a long time before we get any coherent recaps from tonight’s show in River Falls. So far all anyone has managed to gasp out is “Teh Hat…leather jacket… Hot! Hot! Hot!”
So in the meantime, enjoy a couple of videos put up by D’Addario strings. In this interview, Bo talks about his background [...]
Published by Jennheifer on September 6th, 2008 tagged Bo Bice, Friends of Bo, Music Industry | 1 Comment »
Now THAT’S What I Call Music Marketing!
I absolutely love the Alabama 3. I think they’re just incredibly original and interesting and I listen to them all the time.
But this blog isn’t a plug for the band. It’s about the creative ways they market their music.
They’re now recording a new album and they just have the coolest idea. They’re posting 3 [...]
Published by lulu1001 on February 3rd, 2008 tagged Music Industry | 2 Comments »
Seth Godin on the Music Industry
Seth Godin is the king of Internet marketers. He founded one of the very first Internet ad companies, and over the last few years he has built a hugely popular blog, which he then uses to sell books and position himself as a high-profile and very expensive public speaker.
So he knows what he’s talking about [...]
Published by lulu1001 on January 26th, 2008 tagged Bo Bice, Music Industry | 3 Comments »
“Fruit and Flowers” are Expensive!
The Economist has a fascinating article about the changes the music industry is facing. It starts:
In 2006 EMI, the world’s fourth-biggest recorded-music company, invited some teenagers into its headquarters in London to talk to its top managers about their listening habits. At the end of the session the EMI bosses thanked them for their comments [...]
Published by lulu1001 on January 12th, 2008 tagged Music Industry | 6 Comments »
David Byrne on the State of the Music Industry
ThreeDimen posted this article on the forum just before Christmas but for those who missed it …
David Byrne was the former front man for Taking Heads. (Incidentally, he and I are close friends … well actually that’s not strictly true, but he did ask me if he was in the right line for ‘will call’ [...]