Passive Promotion

June 2009

What Artists Should Know About Stereofame

June 25, 2009

I’ve written “what artists should know” articles on Last.fm, Jango, and thesixtyone, but after months of casual participation, I can’t seem to get anywhere on Stereofame. Rather than bore you with my less than noteworthy experience, I turned to the undisputed kings of the site, Temple Scene. Philippe Rose and Ric Levy make phenomenal electronica-tinged [...]

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In-Depth Interview at GarageSpin

June 8, 2009
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GarageSpin posted an in-depth interview with me this morning. Topics include songwriting, mastering, gear, and crazy promotional stunts, including a series of personal ads I placed in the Los Angeles Times. You can read it here.

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Time Management for So-Called Musicians

June 4, 2009

Eight months ago, I started this blog to chronicle the promotion of my seventh Color Theory album, The Thought Chapter. My focus gradually shifted to music promotion in general, with a couple of detours into mixing (though I’m still posting monthly sales and profit/loss figures for each of my albums at colortheory.com). I’ve settled into [...]

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