Archive for the ‘ music ’ Category

radiohead: in rainbows

This week I’m sharing with you my “Five favorite albums that aren’t available on Napster but are available on Imeem”. So if we’re going to do this, let’s start it off right… In Rainbows was released by Radiohead in October ’07 as a pay-what-you want download through the band’s personal website, to the delight of [ READ MORE ]

five favorite albums that aren’t available on napster but are available on imeem

This week, in a little change up from my typical rants and random thoughts, I’m going to share with you my five favorite albums that are not available on Napster, but are available on Imeem. I’m a huge fan of music streaming services – Napster and Rhapsody have been good friends for several years, and [ READ MORE ]

my music business

So my friend Jessi asked me the other day if I could answer a few questions about the music biz and artist management to help her out with a college project she’s doing. There are certainly more qualified people out there to answer these questions, but I appreciate that she asked and so I’m happy [ READ MORE ]

random monday update

I’m just going to tell you right now this will be a boring post. If you want to be really bored, keep on reading: I go to San Francisco this week for a sales meeting with a fruit company. That should be interesting. Gotta give props to Flash for the great recommendation on the band [ READ MORE ]

defining artistic brilliance

It’s so difficult to find artists these days that are truly re-defining in their sound and ushering in a new era of popular music. Hats off to this fine group that has taken a classic hit and reworked it in a truly fresh way while still maintaining a sincere and brilliant retro flavor&#[ READ MORE ]

best christmas album of 2007

It’s not too often I get amped up on a Christmas record. I find a lot of it mundane and most of the time I’m going back to the old stuff that I grew up on.But if I can just say, Bebo Norman’s new record “Christmas From The Realms Of Glory” is likely the best [ READ MORE ]

ok fine… maybe

OK I concede, sometimes my job has its high points… I’m posting this from my new iPod Touch… so ha, suckers!! On wait, I forgot for a moment that I still sit in a cubicle[ READ MORE ]

dear radiohead

Thank you for the new album. I was pleased to be able to download it from your website this evening and pay whatever price I desired to purchase it. I happened to spend $5.00, and I hope that’s ok with you. You made the purchase process really simple and I was happy to find that [ READ MORE ]

Christian Music Part 3: It’s Really All About The Lyrics

I was remiss in getting Part 3 of the Christian music series up quickly on my site… would love for you to check out the entire post!“We want to look at two different songs, similar in style and intent – one from what we would call a “typical” Christian artist, the other from an artist [ READ MORE ]

Christian Music Part 2: What Can We Do Better?

I mentioned last time I’m partnering with Tim to write a series about the Christian music industry. Here’s a bit from our latest post… “While musically a Christian album is often tolerable, if one were to actually dissect the lyrical content of your average Christian song you’d be left with a pile of feel-good anecdotes, [ READ MORE ]