Budget concerns aside, what would you love to receive during the holidays? Right now, I'm thinking it'd be nice to have:A celloa small drum seta chromatic harmonicaa left BX5a monitor that worksa fanbasesome kind of portable, multi-track recorder that's compatable...
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There's a new (or old?) blog network that looks to create a Weblogs-ish approach to the world of niche blogging in the industry of music creation. The network includes I Live Music, Blogging Muses, Nashville Hype, and Recordster, with a...
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I'd like to extend congrats to the HomeMade Hit Show podcast for nearing its 52nd weekly episode. Not too shabby at all. The focus of the show, as its name suggests, revolves around music recorded by musicians at home studios...
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An unsigned band called Bones had a MySpace page at www.MySpace.com/Bones, until MySpace gave it away to the FOX television show "Bones" without giving the band notice. To reconcile, MySpace moved their 2 year old site to the new URL, www.myspace.com/7483383. Bummer --...
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The big, bad Digital Music Conference is taking place next week in Miami, FL. Most of the session titles sound like the same recycled subject matter that reappears every year.One observation -- all of the panels had anywhere from 10-15...
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I'm headed to Ad:Tech New York tomorrow (Monday) to check out the latest in advertising and marketing technology. I'm looking for the latest developments in online lead generation, search engine marketing, and contextual marketing for work...But of course, under my...
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Songbird's a pretty cool little app, sort of a mashup of iTunes and Firefox. It's all customizable and open source, allowing for a lot of cool functionality. One of the coolest -- you can subscribe to podcasts or mp3 blogs,...
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A while ago, I created a profile for my stage name, DreamSpin, on MySpace. At the time, I didn't realize there was a difference between Personal Profiles and Band Profiles -- I discovered that last week, when I finally tried...
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GarageSpin is garage band buzz, covering audio recording and music promotion technology for unsigned bands. Artist empowerment. DIY. DreamSpin is my 1-man band.