Subimage live on Friday
Wednesday, March 29th, 2006 Posted in Music | No Comments »For everyone in the Bay Area, Subimage is playing at the Red Devil Lounge and opening for Dramarama. Yeah, that Dramarama. Subimage was founded by my good friend Chris Campbell around 10 years ago. Originally the band ...
The Agriculture on Fake Science
Monday, March 27th, 2006 Posted in Distribution, Music | No Comments »Woo, back in Oakland after a whirlwind tour de force of Austin and Dallas. A special thanks to Niki for scoring the final show of the trip and getting us amazing seats for the Stereolab show on Saturday night. ...
Tales from SXSW – Day 4 (the finale)
Sunday, March 19th, 2006 Posted in General Media / Stuff, Music | No Comments »The last day of SXSW has now come and gone and it was a non-stop whirlwind of amazing music. Saturday started out a little later then usual so we grabbed a quick cup a coffee, a snack for breakfast ...
Commercial Credit
Friday, March 10th, 2006 Posted in Distribution, General Media / Stuff, Music | No Comments »Recently I have been watching a lot more TV. I mean, a LOT more TV. It’s one of those things that happens to you after a long day on the hill and all you want to do is ...
The Return of the 45?
Wednesday, February 15th, 2006 Posted in Distribution, Music | No Comments »The other week I was sitting at Dalva for the XLR8R monthly with my good friend Maer. We started talking about the FS model of selling full albums vs. al la carte sales of music (ex: iTunes, Napster, Yahoo!). ...
An Intimate Performance
Tuesday, January 31st, 2006 Posted in Music | No Comments »This weekend I was invited over to my friend’s house to enjoy a “home concertâ€. The concept behind the event is that the host opens their home to friends and colleagues and invites musicians to perform a show in ...
O’Reilly FooCast Podcast Posted
Monday, January 23rd, 2006 Posted in General Media / Stuff, Podcasts / Podcasting, producing | No Comments »About two months ago I got an email from my friend Jack Herrington asking if I wanted to join him for a podcast session. Since I am always down to work with Jack it was a no brainier. It ...
The Extra Second
Thursday, January 5th, 2006 Posted in Music | No Comments »There have been a lot of posts, articles, and discussions about the leap second, so I am not going to rehash it. What I do want to do is point out a brilliant little project started by Peter Kirn over ...
Getting Out There
Thursday, December 29th, 2005 Posted in Distribution, Music | No Comments »Ever on the lookout for interesting articles, Cyrus sent me one he found in the New York Times. The article is about how the Internet is allowing Independent labels and artists to tap into a much larger market. ...
A New Toy
Thursday, December 15th, 2005 Posted in General Media / Stuff, Music | No Comments »About 15 years ago I borrowed by father’s cheap nylon stringed classical guitar and decided I would become the next Slash or maybe Jimmy Page. It depended who I was listening to at the time. After learning how ...