MADE

I dug up this neat little blog post on Chris Anderson’s blog today. Chris Anderson, if you don’t know him, is the editor of Wired magazine. He’s famous for writing a book several years ago called The Long Tail about how the Internet is devastating the hits-based business model that old-style media companies like record [...]

The degree to which the music industry has ignored the future is criminal. It’s hurt a lot of people. It’s confused a lot of Indie Music types. Including maybe you. Think about American Idol. Here’s a hugely popular show that propagates the dusty old notion that music is still about “getting signed.”
That notion is a [...]

Kanye West has perhaps one of the fattest egos of any human being on Earth. He was once asked what the greatest pain in his life is. He replied that his greatest pain is not being able to see himself perform live because he’s “God’s Vessel.”
Let me admit that I think there’s nothing wrong with [...]

Below is a pretty fascinating presentation that I linked to in last week’s newsletter about how Trent Reznor and Nine Inch Nails are using innovative ways to make money in the new music landscape.

As the presenter demonstrates, the business model that Trent Reznor uses is simple: connect with fans and give them a reason to [...]

It’s no longer about how many you reach, but who you reach. Small is the new big. This is one of the most important ideas of the twenty first century because it’s going to affect all of us. It’s going to influence how you go about executing your indie music career.
Small is the new big [...]

Here’s a dirty little secret you may not be aware of. The illusion of hard work is one of the most dangerous things that can happen to you. The reason is that it can cause you to waste time on things you should not be doing. For example, a lot of people don’t know the [...]

I’m willing to bet that the most difficult thing in your life right now is working with and dealing with other people. It’s a bet I think I would easily win because everybody has this problem. It’s the bette noire of the human condition. A famous manic depressive French philospher once said that “Hell is [...]