Contributions
Why Is It?
When more and more musicians are living like this: And the top music industry executives live like this: Music fans go and steal music thinking they're robbing the: But instead are actually hurting the: Because, believe it or not, the majority of musicians don't live like: Or: And, instead, live like: Because, most of them, […]
10 For Music Journo Students
Several times a week I get an email to my myspace from a high school student asking the $10,000,000 question: "So, how do I make a career as a music journalist? What courses should I take in college? How should I get my start? How can I have your job?" After about the 25th time, I get […]
Would You Pay To Read This?
There's a lot of talk within the journalism profession these days about how to get people to pay for content on the internet when almost all of it can be accessed for free. Newspaper companies across the nation are quickly going broke as they sink financial resources into quality journalism and photography for their websites […]
Not Your Dad's Radio Anymore
There used to be a time when FM radio mattered to taking your band to the next level. Your band could only get so big without having the major radio networks from coast-to-coast pushing your hits down the throats of listeners day in and out. Lots of radio people were paid off to play music […]
The Easy Way Out
Regardless of what anyone says, Alternative Press Magazine, STILL hasn't sold out. IF we HAD sold out, we would have turned into one of the above-pictured magazines. Jonas Brothers, HSM3, Miley and so on. The above magazines are created by people that have sold out. Whenever a new movie sensation or teen-bop band […]
Thank You
I've been home all day with a massive cold since I attended a day-long rally on Sunday for, now, President-Elect Obama here in Cleveland. That day started off great- no clouds in the sky and just a bit chilly but by the time we got done waiting four hours in line and getting up […]
On Being A Musician
there seem to be two types of new musicians that hit me up- whether via myspace or in person: 1) the type that wants me to hear their demos or 2) the type that wants me to tell them how to make it as a musician the question is this: what […]
On Craig Owens
This is a really painful first blog to write, actually. I wish it could have been about some of the other dozen topics I had been kicking around the past week in my head but today kinda changed all of that. At about 12:05pm today, I got an IM from photographer and close friend of […]