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.
20 plus years as a guitarist & I played my 1st bluegrass gig today. It was fun. We had 2 guitars, an upright bassist, and a banjo player. The bassist played fiddle on one song. We were at church so it was all old bluegrass hymns. I spent most of […]
Why be independent? (I’m referring to the record/music business). This may turn out to be a blog series.
This discussion comes up a lot when I’m telling people about Slingshot Records and why we operate the way we do.
Not only do I run the label (with the help of a handful of […]
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If you run your own small business you know that you ware 2 main hats to keep things operating:
Hat #1 is… well, Owner/Operator. That means you and/or your employees make sure all aspects of your business are handled. But, at the end of the day the buck starts and stops with you. […]
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A few years ago we lead worship at The Lord’s Disciple’s church in Maryville, TN (Just south of Knoxville). This is a full fledged BIKER CHURCH complete with a pastor in riding leathers. And, when I say lead worship, I mean played our full 45 minute rock set… then they held church… for […]
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 […]