This blog was created to give a glimpse into the various and sundry spectacular shenanigans of the community of musicians/supporters of Slingshot Records, LLC.
The other day I was explaining some of the operations of Slingshot Records to an artist that’s contemplating signing on with us. Below is part of the conversation. And, I’ve attached a trackback article that discusses the current state of the music industry… which is very much
in FLUX!!!
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As an artist (I know because […]
Or is that “hakuna-matada?” Anyway, what ever happen to that Volkswagon ad campaign? Which ever ad agency came up that sales pitch should’ve been paid double for getting Volkswagen to buy it. Or… should they only have been paid 1/2 because the public didn’t latch on to that word as a catch phrase?
I like watching […]
I put my garbage out tonight for pick up tomorrow morning. I still get the same twinge that I got when I was a teenager in SC… that wild dogs are going to come over and rip apart my garbage. Throw it all over the yard/street. Not so much “wild dogs”, but local dogs roaming […]
I read the article in Billboard where Trent Reznor says he’s thinking about using the marketing model that Radiohead launched. $5 per CD. It makes perfect sense.
Now, with internet distribution we can charge $5 - $7 per CD because there’s no need for a retailer or distributor. That works our to about .50 […]
After our last show in Columbus, OH - The National Catholic Youth Conference - (11/09/07) - which is our 1st full band show since the health recovery of one of our bandmates I felt it necessary for me and the guys from REV21 to keep a proper perspective on life with a good old […]
Our label mate, David Levi just got back from a mini-tour of Florida.
He was testing out some of the songs from his new CD. Thank God he had safe travels and was well received… but, the trip was not without
trials. To our mutual amusement we agreed that the life of an indie
artist ain’t […]
So I was at a conference today with about 900 other people and the Keynote speakers were Lady Vols basketball coach Pat Summit - (all-time winningest coach in the NCAA – man or woman), and former Speaker/”walking think tank” Newt Gingrich. Talk about inspiring…
Ms. Summit shared about how important building relationships were to building a […]
Hi REVer’s, two things on my mind as I write: 1)This last Sunday our drummer, Donald aka GQ, came and played with our praise band at church. I was just reminded how much I LOVE playing with him. We’ve played together since he was 13 years old and it gets better & more fulfilling as […]
The 80’s were about learning the top-40/rock bar band trade in SC. My brother, my band and myself spent time learning several hundred cover songs and moving up the income ladder in local bars. After getting some local radio airplay with some of our original songs we sort of became big fish in a little […]