http://blogs.sxsw.com/idiotsunite blogs.sxsw.com/idiotsunite Tue, 19 Jun 2007 13:52:37 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en http://music.goodstorm.com http://goodstorm.typepad.com http://blogs.sxsw.com/idiotsunite/2007/06/19/it-took-a-while-but-the-sxsw-project-is-done/ So Jeff and David's last post sounds like a dare and a challenge. So this is what I am going to do. I am going to the liquor store, buy a case of RockStar, place an order for double pepperoni pizza with Italian sausage and a sprinkling of ... http://blogs.sxsw.com/idiotsunite/2007/03/06/getting-to-work/ Thanks for showing us your solution to the US to UK band release issues. It's brave and I for one appreciate it. For any label, indie or major, having the product long enough to recoup and potentially be lucky enough to earn money is the key. Indies understand that ... http://blogs.sxsw.com/idiotsunite/2007/03/06/consider-this/ We are all talking about new ways of doing business, waiting for the overall business to reconstitute itself, staying afloat in the floodwaters while the top of the Capitol Records building goes floating by.... We are all talking about DOING SOMETHING to help the reiteration of the music industry. We are ... http://blogs.sxsw.com/idiotsunite/2007/03/06/you-show-me-yours-ill-give-you-mine-for-a-short-time/ Thanks for keeping it real, Dave. I think we all probably agree that the future looks bright for the entrepenuer and the visionaries, but the real deal is staying in the game long enough to play when digital marketing and promotion pay big dividends. We run the risk as an industry of ... http://blogs.sxsw.com/idiotsunite/2007/03/05/no-rose-colored-glasses-just-the-sweet-sound-of-music/ I want to start by saying how grateful I am to be moderating a panel/blog featuring such thoughtful individuals. This is the first of its kind, this blog/panel mash-up, and what is being talked about is so…what music biz folks need to be talking about. And with South ... http://blogs.sxsw.com/idiotsunite/2007/03/05/orpheus-community-and-the-internet-gang-bang/ I love the idea of the subcription model. I myself am a fan of many artists. There are several that I would probably pay a monthly fee to get a song or two a month, plus what feels to me a more personal relationship with the artist. Much like ... http://blogs.sxsw.com/idiotsunite/2007/03/01/subcription-vs-the-fans/ Orpheus with his Lute made Trees, And the Mountaine tops that freeze, Bow themselves when he did sing. To his Musicke, Plants and Flowers Ever spring; as Sunne and Showres, There had been a lasting Spring. Every thing that heard him play, Even the Billowes of the Sea, Hung their heads, and then lay by. In sweet Musicke is ... http://blogs.sxsw.com/idiotsunite/2007/02/28/18/ Scott, I agree wholeheartedly with your recent posts. Last night at NoisePop in San Francisco, Celia and I began a discussion on the same topic and we largely agree on the premise that artists should be paid fairly, handsomely in fact if their work rocks. That being all said, the ... http://blogs.sxsw.com/idiotsunite/2007/02/28/free-is-good-but-you-get-what-you-pay-for/ Yobie, I love the idea of the fan becoming a catalyst for awareness and sales. I have no problem (and even applaud) the idea of the fan sharing in the profits of selling an artists' music. What I don't want to see happen is the devaluation of the ... http://blogs.sxsw.com/idiotsunite/2007/02/27/the-fan-as-catalyst-and-the-value-of-property/