gurdonark manifesto
In a comment on the cut/copy post, gurdonark posted a mini-manifesto on musician’s web presence. If I were expressing a similar idea, I might try it this way: music should be hosted and managed on...
View Articlemusicians’ presence on the net
Over on the blog for my own music I have posted about an article on my music over on the guitar section of a general reference site called LoveToKnow.com. The story happened because the author, Kevin...
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no singles, please #2
Good bloggers have a warmer and more intimate voice than writers in publications like the New York Times. This applies to musicians as well. So let’s say that, per yesterday’s post here, we’re moving...
View Articlelooking at Ingrid Michaelson site
Here are observations on the site for Ingrid Michaelson’s music. I like: Music autoplays on the home page. That’s what the site is about, let’s not waste time and clicks getting to it. Navigation...
View Articlemusician blogs are mules
What’s missing from these three excellent musician sites, all of them full-fledged blogs, as well as from my own musician blog? Brad Sucks Jonathan Coulton‘s blog TweedBlog All of them take advantage...
View Articlestigma of unoriginality
Crosbie Fitch’s comment on my post about interlinking between musician blogs: I suspect that a lot of the non-linking behaviour on musicians’ websites comes from the subtle cultural indoctrination...
View Articlehow did fans discover “Brad Sucks”?
This forum thread on bradsucks.comnet about where community members first heard his music is a great source of data on how internet musicians should prioritize distribution outlets. A quick...
View Articlesong page manifesto
The place for a dedicated song page is in the media player. Media players need to be extended to have the ability to show a web page associated with a song; they should always show the web page, and...
View ArticleMagnetic Fields guitar tablature
Stephen Merritt of The Magnetic Fields publishes guitar tablature with lyrics and chords for his songs. This kind of thing was almost non-existent in the days when CDs and vinyl records were synonymous...
View Articlesong pages at bandcamp
The song pages at Bandcamp are very good. For an example, see the page for the song “Mercury Vapor.” They give the song a full page worth of real estate, which lets them elevate the song title to the...
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