Passive Promotion

From the monthly archives:

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

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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