The cool thing I respect is:

1. These guys have chops.
2. They realized this is different, and they came up with an elaborate back story about a band that has been stranded on a island has just got back (so they are kind of stuck in 1989).
3. They took time to make it look pretty, and make a good first impression.

I challenge you to listen to this without smiling. It’s funny, but yet rocks. I found myself wanting to sing along.

If I had one “oops” their stuff is not available at amazon.com (only available from their website via paypal). The bottom line, this is very well thought out, planned, and they are giving it their all.

It seems way cool (as all products do on and informercial) and I was really waiting and waiting to find out how much does the yudu cost?

Well I’m still wating. I sent an email to the comany (I haven’t heard anything yet), but as this advertisement shows you can use it for a month for $33 bucks. This is cool as you can create a lot of shirts ina month. My question is does anybody know how much this thing is to keep?

Obviously more and more people are expecting music to be free or $.99 a song, but nobody expects t-shirts, bags, hats, etc to be free. As a podcaster I would like to make some t-shirts for people who send in info to the podcast, or contests, etc.

If you know someone who actually has this system, please let me know.

More Books From Bobby
You can find Bobby’s book and blogs at www.bobbyowsinski.com Titles of his books include:

“How to Make Your Band Sound Great.” (covered in last week’s podcast)

The Mixing Engineer’s Handbook

The Recording Engineer’s Handbook

The Mastering Engineer’s Handbook

The Studio Musician’s Handbook

The Music Producer’s Handbook

Music 3.0: A Survival Guide for Making Music in the Internet Age

The Drum Recording Handbook

The Musician’s Video Handbook

• The answer to, “Why doesn’t my band sound as good as (fill in the blank)?
  The secrets to making your band play tighter
• How to get the most out of every rehearsal
• What a promoter or booker looks for when hiring a band
• How following the “3 P’s” will make you a better singer
• How to build your set list for maximum impact
• The steps to resolving conflicts in the band
• The arrangement techniques of the pros
• How to improve your stage presence

Tales From The Road
Bobby explains why mixing gun powder and flash power is NOT a good idea

More Books From Bobby
You can find Bobb’y book and blogs at www.bobbyowsinski.com Titles of his books include:

The Mixing Engineer’s Handbook

The Recording Engineer’s Handbook

The Mastering Engineer’s Handbook

The Studio Musician’s Handbook

The Music Producer’s Handbook

Music 3.0: A Survival Guide for Making Music in the Internet Age (which will be featured next week on the Podcast).

The Drum Recording Handbook

The Musician’s Video Handbook

Disagreements between artist and labels have been happening since the invention of the recorded disc. Way back in 1956, Buddy Holly recorded several songs in Nashville including  “That’ll Be The Day”. But but producer Owen Bradley reportedly hated rock n’ roll, and the results were less than exciting.

Later Holly re-recorded “That’ll Be The Day” at a different studio with his own arrangement. But…

according to his contract with Decca, he couldn’t release it, because they owned all rights to his music and wanted to recoup their investment somehow.

Buddy called Decca to plead with them, and secretly taped his conversation. They refused to give him the rights and eventually he circumvented the process by releasing the song under another name (The Crickets) on a subsidiary of Decca. But along the way Holly went through the hell that too many artists have gone through who participated in the old label system.

They won’t let him use the recordings. They won’t let him pay for the recordins.  They won’t release the songs.

• gig calendars for your website
• band rehearsal scheduler with reminders
• track your pay (or lack of)
• create set lists and print them for gigs
• manage contacts
• manage inventory
• fan e-list signups for your website or mySpace
• upload song lyrics
• shall we go on??

I’ve got a video at the bottom of the post. If you try it out come back and let us know what you think of it?

Dave’s Birthday Kindle
Dave turns 45 this month and the old man’s eye sight isn’t what it used to be. Chip in at www.musicianscooler.com/birthday and help him get a kindle (so he can read music business books and share the information right here). Rumor has it there are surprises for those who donate..