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I have recently re-discovered my love for metrics. I love organized numbers and facts indicating where, in comparison to others around, we find ourselves, and using this information to better position our products and artists. Learning, testing, comparing, improving. We need metrics to do so. Last night was a big testing experiment for Family Records‘s [...]

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For those who aren’t yet following me on Twitter, an exciting/scary announcement. Exciting because it’s what I’ve essentially always worked towards, scary because I will now be completely on my own (with my amazing bands) and will be the only one responsible for my success or failure ha! There will be no love lost between [...]

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I don’t usually write about my own releases here, but I’m too excited about this not to share. I’ve never been quite as excited for a music video as for this one. The amazing Goddamn Cobras collective teamed up with Family Records to create a mesmerizingly beautiful and charming video for Pearl and the Beard‘s [...]

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Inspired by lessons learned from both Leo Babauta‘s book “The Power Of Less”, and Seth Godin‘s continued posts urging focus, I decided to further streamline this blog. The sole focus will be on my writing/analysis of music industry topics, and translating lessons learned from other industries in order to apply them to our own. For [...]

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Always nice to see they are networking and handing out cards lol. This was sent to me by Lisa who is tour managing Wakey!Wakey!‘s current tour.

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Noah recently posted an interesting commentary on a FT article covering Vivendi’s reliance on subscriptions throughout their business. Towards the end he mentioned this side-note: “Why I can’t subscribe to all my favorite label’s releases for the year?” That’s an excellent question! Why not? I decided to explore this question further, rather than waiting around [...]

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We just had a fun video meeting and off they are on a mini tour. Tell your friends in DC and Philly to go, they’re new to both of these towns for the most part! 08.24 @ DC9 w/ Ugly Purple Sweater (Washington, DC) 08.25 @ Murph’s Bar w/ Adam Rivera (Philadelphia, PA)

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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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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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This week Pearl and the Beard‘s debut album “God Bless Your Weary Soul, Amanda Richardson” is being featured in the Indie Spotlight on iTunes in the singer/songwriter section. We’re so proud and excited! They also recorded a little drop for the Indie Spotlight podcast, which also featured “Mistakes”! Much thanks to the lovely folks at [...]

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