3 Steps to More Fans
Posted Mar 25, 2007 by Paul Filed under: Commentary Michelle Crowley played a show last year with Carrie Underwood. I played guitar for her during that show. The show itself was a once in a lifetime thing - what happened after the show was unbelivable! I'm going to tell you 3 steps we took to make sure that show was a...
Bundle CD’s and Make a Bundle!
Posted Apr 6, 2007 by Paul Filed under: Commentary One thing I've advocated for some time, and though it wouldn't stop the bleeding of softening CD sales, I believe it would pump sales a little more - is get back to label loyalty (that's where in the old days, if you knew it came from X record label, it was going...
RIAA – Just as Effective as the UN
Posted Mar 31, 2007 by Paul Filed under: Commentary Don Dodge is a technologist working for the Emerging Business Team at Microsoft - which means he helps identify trends in technology and find what people are looking for. But before going to work at Microsoft, Don was the VP of Product Development at a little internet application business known as "NAPSTER". For...
CD Sales off 20%, Again
Posted Mar 22, 2007 by Paul Filed under: Commentary Lots of talk all over the blogesphere about CD sales and their rapid decent into oblivion - off another 20%. This is going to be a long post, so brace yourself to learn something. "In a dramatic acceleration of the seven-year sales decline that has battered the music industry, compact-disc sales for the first...
What’s Wrong With Country Radio?
Posted Mar 2, 2007 by Paul Filed under: Commentary I received great news from the Trace Adkins camp a couple of days ago, but when I really started reading it, I actually got mad. Here's the release with the important parts in bold: TRACE ADKINS PROVES THAT "LADIES LOVE COUNTRY BOYS" Adkins' Latest Single Hits Top of the Charts Nashville, TN - February 26,...
Would YOU Sign YOU?
Posted Sep 25, 2006 by Paul Filed under: Commentary My Internet has been somewhat up and down so I haven't been able to do many updates - and so... the page has been on the John Barlow Jarvis interview for about 3 days and if you haven't read it - what are you waiting for? He's an excellent writer, a nice...
Why We Like Phil Vassar
Posted Sep 9, 2006 by Paul Filed under: Commentary Phil Vassar is just one of those guys that has a good head on his shoulders. It doesn't hurt that he's found success doing what he loves to do. We just read an interview with Phil and we wanted to pass along some choice quotes from the article: Record label execs told him...
Loretta Lynn And Why YOU Should Listen To Her
Posted Sep 2, 2006 by Paul Filed under: Commentary Loretta Lynn is a name that everyone knows. She's recently had a resurgence in her career thanks to the excellent 2004 album "Van Lear Rose" that was famously produced by Jack White of the White Stripes. A local paper got a chance to do an interview with her and we are here...
Stop Blaming Nashville, It’s Only a City!
Posted Aug 16, 2006 by Paul Filed under: Commentary The NashvilleScene has an interesting article this week. To sum it up it's talks about how there might be a convergence of the stars in the Nashville Rock music scene. This alignment might make it possible for an actual Rock music scene to emerge again, like it did in the 80's when...
Dreamscapers
Posted Aug 24, 2006 by Paul Filed under: Exclusive Interview DreamScapers INTL is the company that books Peter Adams and I recently got to interview both the founder, Brian Waymire, and one of his employees who handles Peter's career, Alex Berry. The interesting thing about DreamScapers INTL is the way it handles business with the venues it's trying to book. It's personalized,...
