by Dubber | Nov 29, 2007 | Service, Strategy
I’ve been doing a bit of consultancy with independent labels and new online music startups recently. Very few of them can pay me – and actually, that’s fine. Generally speaking, I’ve done my consultancy on a day rate, on a half day rate, and...
by Dubber | Nov 23, 2007 | Service, Strategy
Sometimes going out to see a live act just smacks of effort. Put the kettle on, and invite one into your home. This is a sponsored blog post. The idea of in-home concerts is not necessarily a new one. People have been playing music in houses since people have had...
by Dubber | Nov 21, 2007 | Promotion, Strategy
Suburban Home Records, when faced with the complexity and unpredictability of online consumer behaviour, have thrown their hands up and said ‘Oh go on… just download the album already’. Sometimes the adaptation process takes a bit of a leap of faith,...
by Dubber | Nov 9, 2007 | Media, Promotion, Strategy
There’s a ‘Sky-Is-Falling’ article in the Guardian’s Blog about how mp3 bloggers are wiping out independent music. Here’s how to be part of the massacre. A friend of mine sent me a link to Louis Pattison’s Thursday post on the...
by Dubber | Nov 8, 2007 | Strategy
I mentioned the other day that I’ve been translated into languages I don’t speak or read. Well, I’ve been investigating language learning and ways in which to try and do that with some speed. It took me five years of weekly lessons to get to be this...
by Dubber | Nov 5, 2007 | Strategy
I’ve been translated into half a dozen languages now. Shame I can’t read any of them. I just received an email from Rasmus Ardhal from Danish Website MyMusic.dk. The interview he did with me has been translated for a Danish audience. This is what I look...