by Christopher S Penn | Feb 24, 2008 | Conferences, Music, New media
For those who didn’t head out to PodCamp Toronto this weekend, another UnConference launched in New England – NewBCamp. Very closely aligned in concept (though no connection) to PodCamp Pittsburgh’s BootCamp PGH, NewBCamp was created by Sara...
by Christopher S Penn | Feb 22, 2008 | Blogging, Marketing, Music, New media
I got a promotional email from Big Machine Media today cc’ed to a list of 340 podcasters and bloggers, promoting their musicians. Good try, gang. Look, a lot has already been said about blogger outreach by better minds than mine. Here’s where this campaign...
by Christopher S Penn | Jan 18, 2008 | Music
Hat tip to Erik Carlsson for the link to this insanely cool idea. [youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ziIdjrR_MRs[/youtube]
by Christopher S Penn | Dec 13, 2007 | Music
Dear music industry, Please make it easier to be legally compliant. Thanks. — I had an unpleasant experience this morning in the iTunes Store. I mentioned on Twitter to my friend, Bronwen Clune, that Josh Groban’s new album, Noel, had a very good version...
by Christopher S Penn | Dec 5, 2007 | Music
If you’ve never seen this before, it’s worth 5 minutes and 14 seconds of entertainment. [youtube]https://youtube.com/watch?v=JdxkVQy7QLM[/youtube] Does anyone know WHY Pachelbel’s Canon in D recurs so much in pop music?
by Christopher S Penn | Dec 3, 2007 | Music
Binary Star Music Debuts the Future of the Record Label : Record Label 2.0I’m not a fan of record labels, especially mainstream, RIAA-supporting labels. They’ve done more to inhibit the economic growth of musicians than all the music pirates in the world...