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Got Topspin?
We know Topspin. We know stuff about Topspin that you can’t learn from those nifty online videos. Like how to make the online store not look like it’s from 1980s Tron. Well, unless you want it to… We know how to work around some of Topspin’s limitations and shortcomings so that you don’t have to [...]
Continue reading...Rock Your Net – August Seminars
13. July 2011
“Charles Alexander’s workshops are a joyful evening of goal setting, career planning and social media know-how that are a must-have for any independent artist…” Lydia Hutchinson, Founder of Performing Songwriter The August sessions are done. To attend the September sessions, go here: Rock Your Net in September Intro To Digital Marketing Series Updated: August 21st [...]
Continue reading...Rock Your Net::Music Marketing Series
18. April 2011
Click on Image for Poster (5/3/11): Ariel Hyatt added as a keynote presenter. Special session on Monday, May 16th. Free if you sign up for the entire series. Only $25 if you just want to attend the keynote. On May 11th, we begin a series of hands-on, interactive internet music marketing workshops targetting musicians, artists, [...]
Continue reading...Hitsville: Nashville’s obsession with No. 1 songs
13. April 2011
This is part of the “Embracing The Future” series. Part I is here. Two weeks ago I played the Tin Pan South festival in Nashville. It was such an incredible honor. It’s kinda like Bonnaroo (without the tents and patchouli). Except it’s all about songs, songwriting and songwriters. It’s hosted and run by the Nashville [...]
Continue reading...Bluebird – Tin Pan South sidebar
13. April 2011
The first night of Tin Pan South two weeks ago, I was at The Bluebird Cafe. The Bluebird Cafe is the shrine and holy temple of songwriting and songwriters. I was there to witness an incredible "in the round" show that included my friend, Barry Dean, Natalie Hemby, Luke Laird and Lori McKenna. I bet [...]
Continue reading...Comparing Music Marketing Platforms
30. March 2011
This past weekend I got to present at PodCamp Nashville. The topic – comparing three different music marketing platforms. Bandcamp, Reverbnation and TopSpin. They’re summarized below. Going by the Twitter stream and this blog post, the biggest take home most of the audience apparently got from my presentation was: 1) “As a musician, your biggest [...]
Continue reading...Bits & Bytes Vol. I
9. March 2011
One of the blog posts here, recently got picked up by HypeBot, a nationally recognized music technology blog. Special thanks to my friend, Paul Schatzkin, for getting them to pay attention. TopSpin is a music marketing platform that will soon be open to all indie musicians.
Continue reading...A Musician’s Guide To PodCamp Nashville – March 2011
7. March 2011
Sometimes Nashville is a funny city. Entire communities can coexist within it’s boundaries and never cross paths. No matter how much one may need the other. It seems to me the music and technology folks here are pretty well segregated.
Continue reading...TopSpin – A Review from Berklee to Implementation
23. February 2011
This past Fall I signed up for the Berklee TopSpin Course. Before I signed up, I looked for all kinds of feedback or reviews on the course, the only comprehensive one I could find was on Hypebot by Brian Coughlin of the band, Kinch. There were some short paragraphs in various Google Group and web [...]
Continue reading...Embracing The Future (while looking in the rearview mirror)
5. January 2011
My friend Mark Montgomery recently made an interesting observation. He believes that Nashville can be “the epicenter of the new music business.” I wholeheartedly agree.
Continue reading...Hit Us Up!
- Not Good Enough
- TopSpin - A Review from Berklee to Implementation
- An Artist's Guide To SOPA
- Bring On The New
- A Musician's Guide To PodCamp Nashville - March 2011
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21. July 2011
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