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Lefsetz: The Truth About Getting Your Song on TV
This pretty much sums up Fooled By April’s response to placing our songs on national TV. If you get your music in a TV show be thrilled with the check, not the exposure, most of it’s just gonna …
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Back-Up Singers’ Story Needs to Be Told
“20 Feet From Stardom” is a chronicle of exploitation and appropriation — in other words, the music business — and also a series of tales of professional commitment and artistic triumph. A.O. Scott …
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Find a Steady
I used to be a musician. It was my job. I toured, I rehearsed, I wrote songs. I booked gigs, I had dysfunctional and codependent relationships with my bandmates, and I stress-tested my relationship …
American Idol
As a joke, A-Is-For-Aric and I decided to enter the American Idol songwriting competition. This is schmaltz like your Bubbe would spread on her bagel. Try to listen without gagging. Actually, Aric …
3.com
As much as I love busking down in the subway, I hardly feel as authentic and entitled as some of the other guys who play down there. Phil, Norm & Joe are some great guys who play down there …