It is now easier than ever to not only promote your band online but also to make money. The independent music market has moved more away from relying on song sales and more towards other avenues to generate revenue. If you're not making enough money from selling your songs at a dollar a piece consider this list that I put together to help... Read more
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By adam_schragin on May 14, 2012 at 6:30pm in Artist Profile
I was in Murfreesboro (TN) during the winter break. The place struck me as your prototypical medium-sized college town, with lots of youth-oriented restaurants and bars that rubbed up against an older 'ye olde town square' architecture. Pretty much like Texas towns San Marcos and Denton, in other words - a good place to study but without a whole... Read more
By adam_schragin on May 10, 2012 at 6:30pm in Artist Profile
It's a rainy, grey afternoon in Austin, and the perfect time to listen to the still, sweet folk of MadeLoud artist Serena Matthews.
Her latest album is entitled 2012, and as topical as the title is, the music feels like classic acoustic balladry found in the naturalistic, pastoral songs that hooked our attention decades back.
Matthews' voice is... Read more
By adam_schragin on May 8, 2012 at 1:19pm in Artist Profile
You may have met Jaguar Ka$h previously (or J. Kash, Johnny Kash, etc.) if you're a big fan of BET's 106 and Park's "Freestyle Friday," where he held a seven-week long winning streak.
Later, Ka$h toured with Nas (in 2007, it looks like), and he most recently has relocated to Atlanta. He is now represented by the Popular Music Group, and his newest... Read more
By adam_schragin on May 4, 2012 at 3:57pm in Artist Profile
In 2009 we learned that Adam "MCA" Yauch had been diagnosed with cancer - the growth was on his parotid gland, and he, along with band mate Adam "Ad-Rock" Horowitz, appeared in a video where he calmly discussed the news and explained his diagnosis. He said the cancer was "very treatable in most cases...they caught it early and it's not in any... Read more
By adam_schragin on May 2, 2012 at 6:30pm in Artist Profile
Here's a curiosity for you - sweet, somewhat sad twee-folk courtesy of The Talking Bugs from Imola. Imola, California, you ask? Nope - Imola, Italy. While we're not experts on what happens in the great-boot-country that gave mankind its greatest achievement (pizza, duh! and the Renaissance, I guess), this is a nice surprise.
A four-piece that... Read more
By konowd1 on Apr 30, 2012 at 6:30pm in Interviews
How many of you have gotten tired and frustrated with the politics and bullshit of your profession to the point where you wish you could start your own company? Well, Ian Christe did just that. After writing for many publications, and writing the metal history Sound of the Beast for HarperCollins and the Van Halen history Everybody Wants Some for... Read more
By adam_schragin on Apr 27, 2012 at 6:30pm in Interviews
Leading up to our interview with Austin electronic-leaning rock band Knifight, I was given the impression by a couple of friends/co-conspiritors of the band that the group would either go all-out goofy on me or get surprisingly serious. Neither sounded entirely appealing, and when they were a comfortable mix of both, I was relieved. What was... Read more
By konowd1 on Apr 25, 2012 at 6:30pm in Interviews
RJ Smith has been a regular contributor to publications including Los Angeles magazine, Blender, The Village Voice, Spin, and New York Magazine; his current book is the comprehensive biography of James Brown, The One, which has just been published by Penguin. It has received rave reviews from all over, and Smith has definitely pulled off a hell of... Read more
By adam_schragin on Apr 23, 2012 at 6:30pm in Artist Profile
Do artists from big cities in France have a significant advantage over their American equivalents? It feels like after the success of Air and Phoenix, to say nothing of less popular (in America, anyway) but still vital artists like Bertrand Burgalat, the French have had some weird lead on the rest of the world when it comes to lush electronica... Read more
By adam_schragin on Apr 20, 2012 at 6:32pm in Mixes & Playlists
When I was a child, there was a species of person (or insect) I hated more than any other - the litterbug. How a person could uncaringly, lazily throw their trash on the ground instead of in the proper receptacle was absolutely beyond me. Then again, I was raised in the '80s, a time when the odd conflation of hippie environmentalism with the... Read more
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