Wesley Verhoeve

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Entries from August 2009

Lessons Learned: Over-infatuation With Youth

August 18th, 2009 · No Comments

Craig Ferguson makes a lot of sense here. Highly recommended, particularly for those of us in the music and entertainment industry. Via Bob’s tweet.

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Tags: Music Business

Inspiration: Solitude

August 17th, 2009 · No Comments

By Stephane.

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Tags: Inspiration

Lessons Learned: Do Albums Need To Come Back?

August 17th, 2009 · 7 Comments

The music industry started as a singles driven field, took a brief trip to the land of albums, and is now back in the consumer empowered world of pick-and-choose. Does this mean there won’t be any more classic full lengths? No, it just means we have entered into a world with many more possibilities for [...]

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Tags: Music Business

Update: In The Studio With Wakey!Wakey!

August 14th, 2009 · No Comments

Sarab Singh laying down drums for a yet to be titled song off of Wakey!Wakey!‘s upcoming LP “Almost Everything I Wish I’d Said the Last Time I Saw You..”. Tell me this isn’t a great beat for a rapper to flow over. Video of piano and violin coming. I might put the stems online for [...]

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Tags: Old Posts On Past Activities

Inspiration: The Heart & The Hunger (Playlist)

August 13th, 2009 · No Comments

About a year ago I made a mixtape for Mike of Wakey!Wakey! called “The Heart & The Hunger”. It’s based on a larger 82 song Hip Hop playlist in my iTunes that serves as my main motivational music tool when I really want to focus on getting stuff done and working towards my goals. I [...]

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Lessons Learned: Whats Artists Can Learn From Joe DiMaggio

August 13th, 2009 · No Comments

Rapper Pharoahe Monch was interviewed by Urb Magazine and shares a nugget of wisdom any artists should take to heart. “I know it’s cliche to use sports analogies,” he preambled, “[but] I remember Joe Dimaggio said that he goes hard everyday because there’s some kid in the stadium that’s there for the first time who’s [...]

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Tags: Music Business

Inspiration: Repurposing Pt. 2

August 13th, 2009 · No Comments

This case demonstrates that retro can still fire the fuel of “greenovation” by reusing old cassette tapes. *They are only for ipod nano and you buy one here. Via NoqueDan.

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Tags: Inspiration

Inspiration: We've All Been There

August 13th, 2009 · No Comments

“Today, as I drove home from her apartment for the last time, I skipped through 64 songs in a row on my iPod before I found a song that didn’t remind me of her.” – MMT Photo via LL.

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Lessons Learned: Ownership vs. Streaming Pt. 3

August 13th, 2009 · No Comments

Another follow-up on the Ownership vs. Streaming posts. This time some personal insights from my friend Sofia, a Swedish Spotify user. This definitely makes Spotify sound like something that could really do well in the US as well. One thing to keep in mind is that Sweden is very highly wired and connected to the [...]

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Tags: Music Business

Update: Cross-Pollination 250 pt. 2

August 12th, 2009 · No Comments

Nyle put together a second video, summarizing the 250th Cross-Pollination perfectly. Footage of Mancino and Nyle collaborating on a song together.

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