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Pricing strategies for music are always in flux and tend to not provide a lot of clarity for customers. For a while iTunes made it pretty clear that one track would retail for $0.99, and an album would typically cost $9.99, but the majors pushed their way into more flexible pricing, and more and more [...]

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An exclusive interview with Wesley Verhoeve, manager of artists Wakey!Wakey! and Casey Shea, highlights the 65th edition of the podcast. Wes talks about the role of an artist manager. Denise and I had a chat for the latest episode of the One Tree Hill podcast that she presents. One of the most fun talks I’ve [...]

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The lovely folks over at Smart Money magazine asked me a few question as part of their “8 Lessons Bands Can Teach Your Business” story and I recounted some Casey Shea and Wakey!Wakey! stories. Worth the read! They asked a bunch of other folks to comment as well, they all came up with interesting answers, [...]

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Exploring new business models again with Mr. Casey Shea. We just partnered up with our good friend Hans at 100000Fans.com to release a special collection of Casey Shea songs as an exclusive free download. We’re hoping this will continue spreading the good word about Casey’s music and expand the fan base for upcoming tours. The [...]

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Just flexed my underpracticed design muscles to put together this cover for a special upcoming Casey Shea download compilation, developed for 100000fans.com and based on the recent six ABCs releases. More news on that soon. Let me know what you think!

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I’ve been reading a few great recaps by students of Seth Godin‘s Six Month Alternative MBA and feel inspired to learn from their lessons. This is my take specifically on Al’s recap, and how it can be applied to Family Records/ERR. “If you want your product to go viral you’ve got to first think about [...]

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The lovely Kate Childs wrote an article called “Inside Family Records: The Music Man“, for which she interviewed me. It took me a few hours to forgive her for calling me a ‘thirty-something’ (technically correct since I’m 30, but emotionally disturbing). Since the Supermelon is a style and fashion oriented site I for once got [...]

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A true rock n roll moment from last Saturday’s Family Records‘ Gramercy show. Casey Shea‘s entrance and first song.

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We made it to volume 6. Come celebrate with us at Gramercy Theatre tomorrow! Free downloads!

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So excited for Saturday. Our biggest show ever. Hope to see you all there, and print out your fliers so we can make pin wheels together! We’ll bring a bunch of them in case you can’t print.

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