MJJCommunity.com interviewed me about Thrillercast today. Enjoy.

MJJCOMMUNITY.com – THE Michael Jackson Community

Related posts

• Why Podcasts Are Remarkable, and a Mea Culpa (0)
• The story of “The Podcast Guy” (Part 1: The HOW) (0)
• Podcast Recommendation: KCRW’s “Martini Shot” (0)

1. go to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Random
the first wikipedia article you get is the name of your band

2. go to random quotes: http://www.quotationspage.com/random.php3
the last four words of the very last quote of the page is the title of your
first album.

3. go to flickr’s “explore the last seven days”
http://www.flickr.com/explore/interesting/7days/
third picture, no matter what it is, will be your album cover.

From Vicki at Planetary Group

Related posts

• Whats Wrong With the Music Biz (0)
• What do you mean, I actually have to do my job?: Why the media industries need to STFU and GBTW. (7)
• Well…Yeah (1)
• Want to work in the music biz? (0)
• Velvet Rope Post of the Day (0)

“If you buy into the notion that the internet is good not only for consuming content but also for two-way dialogue and interactivity, then it logically follows that the most successful communications won’t stand in the way of that dialogue.” -Tom Hespos

Related posts

• No related posts.

The video about whats wrong with the biz and what needs to be done is what’s taking up most of my mindshare today. Well worth the time for anyone involved in the entertainment biz.

Update: Seth took the video down due to quality issues, but since the content is so remarkable, I have it mirrored here locally:

Update: video is down, but here’s a transcript of what he said.

Related posts

• Seth Godin, Marketing Action Figure – Archie McPhee (1)
• Creating Customer Evangelists (0)
• Why Podcasts Are Remarkable, and a Mea Culpa (0)
• Whats Wrong With the Music Biz (0)
• What do you mean, I actually have to do my job?: Why the media industries need to STFU and GBTW. (7)

Since I am a music geek, I am also a Rhapsody subscriber, and find it totally invaluable. Their new tagline “Think It, Hear It” is quite accurate to describe the experience. They recently launched a new Facebook application that has similar functionality to other FB music apps, except it now allows LEGAL FULL-TRACK STREAMING of their entire library. I can’t wait to see what else these guys are up to in 08!

BusinessWeek seems to agree with me. Check out their article: Stars Are Aligning for Subscription Music

Related posts

• The Third Debate: A Story in Snarky Facebook Updates (0)
• The Donnas! (0)
• Streaming Music Services :: iTunes as XHTML + CSS :: HTML (0)
• Scrabulous….gone? (0)
• Election Results, according to Facebook Gifts (0)

See that receipt there on the left?

That’s PAYOLA.

Microsoft and Epic Records to Offer Ongoing Exclusive Entertainment Content on Xbox Live
The online entertainment network features Natasha Bedingfield as first Artist of the Month, and offers music videos and Game with Fame sessions.

REDMOND, Wash., and NEW YORK  March 16, 2006  Microsoft Corp. and music giant Epic Records today announced an agreement to make available a full year of exclusive artist content and high-definition music video downloads free for all Xbox 360 gamers. Over the next year, Xbox 360 and Epic Records will showcase 12 up-and-coming artists through the Artist of the Month (AOM) program via the Xbox Live service, the first and only unified global online entertainment network. Through the alliance, millions of Xbox Live members can enter a monthly sweepstakes with a prize of gaming against some of the hottest musicians through the Xbox Live Game with Fame” program.

“This program really taps into the passion and excitement that surround both video gaming and music,” said Cory Llewellyn, vice president of Epic Records Digital Marketing and Promotion. We are excited to bring our strong roster of developing artists together with Xbox Live for a variety of great experiences for consumers.

Read more about why my friend Cory is so good at his job at microsoft.com.

Related posts

• Sweet new Windows features! No other OS can do them! (0)
• F*R*I*E*N*D*S in 90 seconds (0)
• Even Microsoft hates IE. (1)
• Erotic MMO Targets Female Audience (0)
• Dun daaa … da da daaa (0)

As of this week, I’ll also be posting over at the Synthesis Magazine blog!

Twice the Jeremy, twice the fun!

Related posts

• There’s a bandwagon, now get hoppin! (0)

So, a few of you might know this (and even fewer might care), but the terrestrial radio market is soon to make a push into what they call “digital radio”. It’s not quite satellite and not quite regular radio, and yes you’ll have to buy another piece of proprietary hardware in order to listen to the same Clearchannel garbage in higher fidelity.

Now, it appears that your friend and mine the RIAA would like to create some kind of copy protection scheme.

Hey guys, way to bring your consumer base back to your side.

*bangs head against wall* we…sue…our customers…we…sue…our…customers.

Related posts

• What do you mean, I actually have to do my job?: Why the media industries need to STFU and GBTW. (7)
• Talking myself out of a job. (0)
• Whats Wrong With the Music Biz (0)
• Well…Yeah (1)
• Want to work in the music biz? (0)

(an oldie but goodie from the email inbox)

A BIG FAT THANKS TO RECORD EXECS
Thank you for fighting the good fight against Internet MP3 file-swapping. Because of you, millions of kids will stop wasting time listening to new music and seeking out new bands. No more spreading the word to complete strangers about your artists. No more harmful exposure to thousands of bands via Internet radio, either. With any luck, they won’t talk about music at all. You probably knew you’d make millions embracing the technology. After all, the kids swapping were like ten times more likely to buy CD’s, making your
cause all the more admirable. It must have cost a bundle in future revenue, but don’t worry – computers are just a fad anyway, and the Internet is just plain stupid.

-Rolling Stone Magazine’s ad in the New York Times

Related posts

• Whats Wrong With the Music Biz (0)
• What do you mean, I actually have to do my job?: Why the media industries need to STFU and GBTW. (7)
• Want to work in the music biz? (0)
• Talking myself out of a job. (0)
• Streaming Music Services :: iTunes as XHTML + CSS :: HTML (0)

We know its true, but you’re not supposed to SAY it…

Related posts

• Patriotism WOW: Music Video edition (1)
• Love will keep us together (0)
• IM Exchange OTD (0)
• Avvenu Music (0)
• You, sir, are no Nicki French (0)

Related posts

• Velvet Rope Post of the Day (0)
• Sweet new Windows features! No other OS can do them! (0)
• Sometimes I’m highbrow… And then there are easy jokes. (0)
• Pertinent yet potentially offensive QOTD (0)
• Paul and Anne learn about design (1)

First off, can we all agree just to never use the word “poker” in any trackbacks or pings so i can add the word to my blocklist?

Also, how much more music would you buy if songs cost a nickel?. I know I’d start using iTunes from a consumer-side.

Related posts

• No related posts.

Ummm… iTunes? I thought it was a free download of the week…

Update: The track has been refreshed with the correct price, due to my merciless mockery. And nothing else!

Related posts

• No related posts.

I know there are a ton of people who read this blog (well… a couple at least) who are or have been in the music biz, so mostly to them I pose this request for comments (inspired by a random flip through my iPod that landed on the Tsar record…remember them?):

Name a band that you’ve worked that flopped commercially (in whatever relative definition you use where you work), but you think deserved to be a success. A band you’d wish had caught on but just didn’t stick. A record you still listen to and think “too bad we couldn’t break them”

I’ll start with two.

First from my TVT days, the band Wayne. Influences ranging from the power-pop of the Raspberries to the quiet singer/songwriter of Nick Drake, the album is sweet without being wimpy and tight without sounding forced. And yet if someone wants to be nice and check the soundscan, I’d bet it never broke 20K.

My overlooked Sony band is Ari Hest, which I spoke about in detail in my top 10 review. It looks, however, like Columbia is going to pick up and run with this project, and if anyone can break singer/songwriters with mainstream appeal, it’s them.

So, what bands do you look upon as a missed opportunity?

Related posts

• No related posts.

Woo. A whole bunch of randomness today.

First off, although I’m not in love with John Kerry, Duhbya has to be the worst public speaker in history. My grandma coulda done better, and she’s dead. Hey George, maybe you should look words like ‘sovereignty’ up before using them, in case some reporter catches you on it and you end up sounding like an idiot. Well, at least it wasn’t a series of SNAFUs caught on tape and posted on the internet to be mocked for all eternity. Aaaand that’s all for politics, folks.

As Britney descends into total swamp trashdom, it appears she’s decided to get rid of her place just down the block from my old employers. Here’s some pics of the fancy pad she’s giving up. [Via curbed.com]

From the NSFW-but-not-quite-gratuitous-porn department, we have what must surely be a photoshoot from an upcoming Apple ad campaign. Perhaps she could use some of these iEverything-inspired butt plugs in her next one, just to really drive the point home. Hi mom!

In new music news, I’d like to echo allmusic.com’s sentiment regarding the new Dana Owens a.k.a. Queen Latifah record, in that the worst thing about it is it makes you sad that this is her first record where she sings all the way through. A versatile talent, this woman is. Except for the abomination that Taxi looks like. What were you thinking, Jimmy..What were you thinking.

If you’re a music journalist enlisted to review the new Interpol (I’m not a huge fan but people seem to like them), there’s a helpful article of 101 things to compare them to other than Joy Division. Get it? Cause people said they sounded like Joy Division before. And even though they do, people are sick of hearing that comparison. So, funny. heh.

From the “It’s 1 in the morning and I dont want to think of any other clever From The Desk Of lines” department, three random bits of information before I go enjoy my new stereo. The should-be-up-in-the-porn-paragraph-but-really-not-porn service Rasterbator will take jpgs and … well .. rasterize ‘em so you can print ‘em out real big. But really I just liked the name.

Distributor of all that is cool in the electronica world K7 has decided to put “Not Copy Protected” labels on all of their CDs. Kinda speaks for itself that they have this.

and we have this:

Okay so maybe it was only two things.

G’nite gracie.

Related posts

• Truth. (0)
• Political Response (0)
• Just in case any of y’all were planning not to vote this time… (0)
• I’m so sorry! My blog started playing the WRONG SONG! (0)
• I Don’t wanna Talk About it (not the Wilson Phillips version) (0)