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Top 10 Albums of 2009
Here are my top 10 albums of 2009. There's a lot of (supposedly) great stuff that came out this year that I haven't heard yet, so this could change... but it probably won't.
In general, 2009 was the "Year of the Veterans". Almost everything on this list is from musicians who have been around forever, or bands who broke up years ago and recently re ( Read more... ) -
Jawbox
Back in 1994, in Nirvana's aftermath, major record labels signed every independent, post-punk, or grunge-ish band they could find. For a brief window of time, several truly groundbreaking bands were thrust into prominence. Most fizzled quickly - some became watered-down due to major-label pressures, but DC's Jawbox seized the opportunity. Armed ( Read more... ) -
Poll! How do you purchase music online?
I'm curious as to how people purchase music online. Right now I have my new album available at BandCamp, but I'm thinking of adding it to iTunes, Amazon, etc. too. Help me out!
Poll Buying music online
By the way, all of my CDs and vinyl are $1-off for the rest of today (if you buy direct, ha!). Happy Cyber Monday!
Go here: http://gordonwithers.bigcartel.com
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Thank you.
The Kickstarter project is fully-funded!
Thanks to those of you who pledged/pre-ordered, vinyl and CDs are a go for my new album! I can't properly express my gratitude in words - just know that I am extremely humbled and thrilled. It is truly an honor to be putting out an album that is effectively produced by the fan base. Call it whatever you want ( Read more... ) -
Kickstarter and the new music economy
[I posted this on Monday night over at my Facebook Fan Page, but I wanted to make sure this gets the proper blog treatment]
I recently decided to crowd-source the funding for the production of my new album, instead of waiting a year or more to save money or try to find a label to put it out. By then I'd already be on to the next album, and the label ( Read more... ) -
The 25% Threshold (Originally posted at Kickstarter)
[I originally posted this at my Kickstarter Album Fundraising project page] Pre-order your copy of my new album now!
Good evening,
My good friend Nick D and I both launched Kickstarter fundraising projects at about the same time - his is to publish an awesome book he is writing on interaction design, and of course mine is for producing the ( Read more... ) -
NEW ALBUM IMMINENT!!!!11!!1
Dear LiveJournal,
I just launched a project at kickstarter.com to help pay for my new album to be mastered & printed. Essentially, you can now pre-order my new album. Do it now! Choose one of the special options (custom cello song, original art) as a really amazing gift for someone you love.
The funding goal (October 14) is really aggressive, to ( Read more... ) -
1/2 price downloads - jawbox on cello
In honor of Jawbox reissuing a remastered version of For Your Own Special Sweetheart later this year, I've dropped the price for Jawbox On Cello from $10 to $5, from now through Thursday. All proceeds benefit the Cal Robbins Care Fund. You can pay more if you wish.
Get it here: http://gordonwithers.bandcamp.com/album/jawbox-on-cello-a-benefit-for- ( Read more... ) -
Plop Sonar Dampy (and other potential album titles gleaned from spam emails)
Dear loyal fans and Russian spambots,
Recording for my new album is done. Mixing is almost done too. Mastering will be done in August or September. From there, the album will come out whenever I can afford it. I'm contemplating taking pre-orders in order to finance the vinyl run and a limited publicity campaign. Thoughts? Maybe I can get 500, ( Read more... )
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