"Ignore Everybody"

If you’re just visiting my site and wondering what the heck I’m doing writing about Hugh MacLeod's Ignore Everybody , I’ll tell you. Derek Sivers (Founder of CD Baby) sent out an e-mail asking if anyone would be interested in receiving a book and then writing about it. Derek's other criteria was -- must be a working musician, currently releasing and promoting music and have a blog. A lot of people responded, and I was one of the lucky ones Derek chose to be …

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Jan 10, 2010 Books Add comment Share

Smooth Jazz Daily Review

Fantastic review of St. Joseph Street by Hans-Bernd Hülsmann for Smooth Jazz Daily!

Dec 19, 2009 What's New, St. Joseph Street Add comment Share

Leadership lessons from Obama, mismanagement tips from Scrooge

Nice article in the Globe & Mail today. I love this quote from Loretta Lynn:

Marketing advice from country singer Loretta Lynn: "You either have to be first, best, or different."

Dec 14, 2009 Music Industry Add comment Share

Record industry faces liability over 'infringement'

Record industry faces liability over `infringement' Hard to believe this is even true. You have to wonder the logic behind Warner Music Canada, Sony BMG Music Canada, EMI Music Canada, and Universal Music Canada's decision to "exploit now, pay later if at all." Maybe it's simply pure greed. Maybe it's bad management. But as the author Michael Geist ponts out: "After years of claiming Canadian consumers disrespect copyright, the irony of having the recording industry face …

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Dec 8, 2009 Music Industry Add comment Share

SmoothJazzNow.com Charts

I'm currently #27 on the Smooth Jazz chart and #2 on the New Age chart @ SmoothJazzNow.com.

Dec 6, 2009 What's New, St. Joseph Street Add comment Share

SmoothJazzNow.com Interview

Please tune in to SmoothJazzNow.com tomorrow (Thursday, December 3) at 9 AM (Mountain Time) to hear my interview with John Beaudin.

Dec 2, 2009 What's New Add comment Share

Not Too Smooth Jazz

A huge thanks to producer Donna Savoy for adding 22(!) of my tracks to the Not Too Smooth Jazz playlist!

Nov 27, 2009 What's New, St. Joseph Street Add comment Share

Music biz expert Passman: Subscriptions can save us

Nice interview with Donald Passman. I liked his last insightful comment: "The more pain the industry feels, the easier the legal side gets. The better the technology gets, the closer we get to delivering an experience people want."

Nov 25, 2009 Music Industry Add comment Share

"St. Joseph Street" - Smooth Jazz Therapy Review

Terrific new review of St. Joseph Street by Denis Poole (Smooth Jazz Therapy)!