Archive for October, 2007
More Ugliness: SoonPlatinum
Another generic invitation from someone claiming to like my music. Pure spam, but hey, I like to check these things out, just in case. This particular invitation is from SoonPlatinum.com. The site’s titlebar includes the following, “Get signed, music magazine reviews, music, music video, dating, and more…” Wait, dating???? Yes, dating. Although I was trying [...]
HTML and CSS for beginners
It has come to my attention that many of my lovely musician friends out there need some help unraveling the mystery that is HTML and CSS coding. Of course, I am always happy to answer questions and help with code, but I thought I’d share some great resources with you guys. How I became a [...]
Urban Folk Article: Alloy Radio’s YouTube Launch
This is my piece from Urban Folk‘s July 2007 issue 9. I will post an update to this when the issue is available on their site. I also hope to have photos from the talented Emily Rawlings soon: Alloy Radio’s YouTube Launch April 19, 2007 Alloy Radio is an internet radio site featuring independent New [...]
Virb: Making Heads Turn
One thing I can say about the new music networking site Virb.com, it sure looks pretty. It’s too early on to tell if this site will be a hit, but I’m already a fan after setting up my profile today. The interface is extremely easy to use. Custom tools allow you to easily select your [...]
They call it MonsterGiG… cuz it’s hideous
I get a lot of emails to check out social networking or resource sites for independent musicians. Probably because I’ve signed up for oh so many sites now. Even though it is kind of spammy, I always make it a point to go check out the sites and see if they have anything good to [...]
Home Recording: The Noise Battle
I really love the iSound artist blog / newsletter. This month a great article on recording at home and fighting the noise issues that arise. This is a constant problem for me, and keeps me from recording as much as I’d like to, so I’m very interested in learning more. The recording of my song [...]
IndieContact Newsletter: The benefits of reading mass mailings
We all know we do it… we get mass mailings from all sorts of places: sites we’ve signed up for, other artists we like, MySpace, etc. A lot of these are monthly mailings. We see them in our inboxes and press the delete button. Lately, I’ve been opening and skimming through all my monthly newsletters [...]
iSound: Keys to a great Artist Bio
iSound has just posted an article on creating effective artist bios. It is a really useful and informative piece. Once I find the time, I am going to use their advice to overhaul my bio. Here’s an excerpt from iSound: “What is an artist biography and why is it so important? The artist bio is [...]
Facebook: Tying the knot with iLike and GarageBand
One day I discovered this really cool site called iLike. iLike is a site where you can share music you like, find out when your favorite artists are touring, and get recommendations for new music. And as the name foretold, I like it… almost or maybe as much as Mog, but more on that later. [...]
HumbleVoice vs. Broadjam: It’s a Music Rumble
My head is swimming. Broadjam I joined Broadjam because I won a free membership through a contest. What does Broadjam do for an artist? So far as I can tell right now, for someone at my level it does absolutely nothing. Basically to me it appears to be almost the same thing as SonicBids. You [...]
