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I’m totally hijacking Clay’s post. He posted this wonderful video of 37 Signals Jason Fried‘s talk at Big Omaha. Highly recommended for any entrepreneur. Clay shares some of the lessons in the written form in his post including my favorites, and my applications or thoughts on them. Planning is overrated. – Business plans are just [...]

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VIa YY.

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For the longest time I’ve been wondering why there isn’t a good all-encompassing lyrics and liner notes website out there. It looks like Apple and the majors might have something in the works bundled with their upcoming portable tablet-sized touch screen computer: The device is expected to be launched alongside new content deals, including some [...]

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Via Scout.

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The Harvard Business Review published an interesting article about the “curse of knowledge” with regards to innovation. The include examples from the worlds of shaving cream and academia, but I believe there’s almost no better example than the music industry. The basic problem: people who have deep knowledge about a topic sometimes assume other people [...]

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Gorgeous product design + ingenious creativity + a great cause = Brooklyn Superhero Supply Co. Via Funambula.

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A few quick tidbits: I’m excited to say we just signed great DC-based band Middle Distance Runner to Engine Room Recordings, and we’ll be releasing their album in October. Official news soon. I updated my discography page, so for those interested in a list of albums I’ve worked on either in a production, A&R, art [...]

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Steve Jobs is an inspiration to me, as he is to many. This commencement speech shares a few great lessons as well. This is not a new video, it’s from 2005, so I’m picking up a late pass on this, but I thought I’d share it for those who hadn’t seen it yet. In summary, [...]

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This is a great concept to make a music video out of. Via Funambula.

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Seth just posted yet another succinct piece of marketing wisdom, and one I’ve always strongly believed in as well. He describes what he calls ‘island marketing’. “If you run a business on a small island, every interaction matters and every customer is precious. There’s a finite number of people you’re going to be able to [...]

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