I Just Heard The Most Fascinating Thing…

April 11, 2011

As I was headed to a coffee shop meeting this afternoon, I was listening to Vanderbilt University’s radio station, where they were playing a recorded interview of songwriter Sunny Clapp from, my guess is, 50 or more years ago. In the middle of the interview Clapp made a brief remark about record sales that really [...]

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Artists: DO Give Away Your Most Valuable Asset

March 30, 2011

Yesterday Digital Music News published an open letter from Evan Lowenstein to performing artists to “Stop giving away your most valuable asset.” In other words, stop performing for free-specifically on music streaming websites that don’t include the option for artists to collect payment. While I think Evan has a great idea that fills a need [...]

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People DO! Support Music!

March 29, 2011

When people say, “No one is supporting music, buying concert tickets, etc,” they have brain damage. That’s not true. For example, I went to the Cold War Kids show last nite at Cannery Ballroom in Nashville and it was packed! Further, everyone was singing the songs religiously. Another example… the Lightning 100 Birthday Party Show [...]

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Nite Nite Benefit Show

March 22, 2011

I always hate to hear about bands getting their gear stolen. It’s a total tragedy. Think about those few items you have laying around that carry a lot of sentimental value. Maybe it’s a piece of jewelry, or a plush toy animal from your childhood. Now realize that many times musicians have a sentimental value [...]

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Dance Your ‘Art Out: Art Show and Dance Party

March 15, 2011

Two posts within 24hrs is a pretty good way to break the RSS silence on our blog, I suppose. Wanted to put out a quick little news bulletin about something Radical Notion is getting involved in. My friends at Scenario Entertainment asked us to help out with a dance party coming up this week-tomorrow, in [...]

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Melting Chocolate Kettles

March 14, 2011

So it’s been more than quite a while since anyone has posted on the Radical Notion blog. And how appropriate that I break the silence with a post on this topic (keep reading). When I was a sophomore in high school I started a band called Borrowed Talent. Ninety-nine percent of the time we were [...]

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Fight With Fire-Sept 17th 2010

September 13, 2010

My friend, Josh Jackson, has organized an event to benefit those affected by the Nashville Floods this past May, as a part of United Way Nashville’s Flood Relief “Restore The Dream”. Because of my close friendship with Josh, as well as the bands that are playing the event, and along with the fact that Radical [...]

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Wes Sp8: Live at The Basement 7/6/10 I’ll Take A Glug From The Slug In The Jug

August 17, 2010

Our last video post in our series to celebrate the Wes Sp8 Three Song Thing release, which came out last Tuesday, August 10th. Catch the previous posts in this series here: Post from last Wed – Wes Sp8: Live at The Basement 7/6/10 Above Beyond Beside Below Post from last Thurs – Wes Sp8: Live [...]

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Why good marketing is like getting laid at the prom

August 17, 2010

Remember the prom? Some people had it better than others. I had fun…. but I noticed that some people had a hard time finding that special someone, for a lot of different reasons. Let’s cut to the chase: in American culture, girls typically have to wait for guys to ask them to the prom. But [...]

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Wes Sp8: Live at The Basement 7/6/10 Ramble On

August 16, 2010

Continuing on our Wes Sp8 Three Song Thing release celebration and video series from last week, is the fourth video from Wes Sp8′s July performance at The Basement. Previous posts on this series are here: Post from last Wed – Wes Sp8: Live at The Basement 7/6/10 Above Beyond Beside Below Post from last Thurs [...]

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