The ’90s were considerably kinder to Neil Young than they were to Bruce Springsteen. Touted as classic rock’s primary influence by alt rock luminaries the likes of Pearl Jam and Sonic Youth (who supported Shakey on his 1991 outing with Crazy Horse), Young was hailed The Godfather of Grunge, and greatly benefited from his be-flanneled [...]

So there he was … waiting in the wings clasping an uncharacteristic TV Yellow Les Paul Junior – Bruce Springsteen. The Boss. It’s 2009. England’s Glastonbury Festival and fresh-faced New Jersey heartland-punk quartet The Gaslight Anthem is three songs into a brief, midday set on the tented John Peel Stage, performing to a fraction of [...]

We polled industry experts for the March/April feature Dream Big: How To Succeed In Today’s Volatile Music Business. For those of you who really want to get ahead, here’s the full transcript of each interview, with lots of extra insights and advice. Kendel Ratley – Director of Marketing, Kickstarter  I just recorded the best song [...]

We polled industry experts for the March/April feature Dream Big: How To Succeed In Today’s Volatile Music Business. For those of you who really want to get ahead, here’s the full transcript of each interview, with lots of extra insights and advice. Maria Farrar Knowles, VP, Communications at SoundExchange I just recorded the best song [...]

We polled industry experts for the March/April feature Dream Big: How To Succeed In Today’s Volatile Music Business. For those of you who really want to get ahead, here’s the full transcript of each interview, with lots of extra insights and advice. Jacob Jones – Singer-Songwriter, Performer; Marketing Director, Artist Growth  I just recorded the [...]

We polled industry experts for the March/April feature Dream Big: How To Succeed In Today’s Volatile Music Business. For those of you who really want to get ahead, here’s the full transcript of each interview, with lots of extra insights and advice. Mike King – Course Author, Instructor and Director of Marketing, Berkleemusic; former Marketing/Production [...]

We polled industry experts for the March/April feature Dream Big: How To Succeed In Today’s Volatile Music Business. For those of you who really want to get ahead, here’s the full transcript of each interview, with lots of extra insights and advice. Jonny Corndawg – Singer-Songwriter, Performer I just recorded the best song I ever [...]

We polled industry experts for the March/April feature Dream Big: How To Succeed In Today’s Volatile Music Business. For those of you who really want to get ahead, here’s the full transcript of each interview, with lots of extra insights and advice. I just recorded the best song I ever wrote. What’s the new model [...]

We polled industry experts for the March/April feature Dream Big: How To Succeed In Today’s Volatile Music Business. For those of you who really want to get ahead, here’s the full transcript of each interview, with lots of extra insights and advice. Traci Thomas – Thirty Tigers I just recorded the best song I ever [...]

We polled industry experts for the March/April feature Dream Big: How To Succeed In Today’s Volatile Music Business. For those of you who really want to get ahead, here’s the full transcript of each interview, with lots of extra insights and advice. Tim Putnam – Vice President of Client Services, Moontoast I just recorded the [...]

Are you an aspiring musician or songwriter? Then let’s face facts, you’re chances of making it aren’t very good. But they never really were. You’re in the 99 percent, as the kids say today. Even in the global music industry’s pre-download, ’90s glory days, when CD sales were booming, the industry had a 90 percent [...]

Bruce Springsteen’s “Thunder Road” isn’t just a song you listen to – it’s one you watch — a sonic piece of cinema the budding songwriter produced, wrote and directed to screen in the theater of your imagination. Hell, it even takes its name from a 1958 Arthur Ripley crime drama Thunder Road – a drive-in [...]