Author: feldscott

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Things I learned from a stripper…

OK, maybe stripper isn’t exactly the right word. I think “dancer” is the preferred terminology. Either way, I spent a couple weeks in southern Florida, and the cast of characters I encountered were a unique bunch….

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That one too…

I use Facebook, MySpace, Last.fm, MOG, HypeMachine, LaLa, and a few other music discovery/listening sites. They’re all good for a whole bunch of different reasons. And I was rather surprised when, of all places, I got…

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Happy Birthday to Spike Jones

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Breaking the 11th Commandment

As I watch my partners and competitors engage in battles of marketing will, I’m amused by the way they turn the super strategic, high level actions into their own raison d’etre. The belief seems to be…

RockGeek Fact of the Day

RockGeek Fact of the Day #6981

Johnny Mathis released the very first Greatest Hits album in 1958. Multiple artists and labels soon followed including (ironically…) Britney Spears in 2004.

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Banned Words and Phrases, vol. 1

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Can You Survive on $311.9 million per Quarter?

Odds are you didn’t read a newspaper this morning. In fact, newspaper readership is down roughly 20% this year alone. Daily circulation of American newspapers peaked in 1984 and dropped 13% to 55.2 million copies by…

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Happy Halloween from Mr. Paul Lynde (!!!)

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Brainless Marketing 101

So, previously I talked about respecting your users. In essence, the bombardment of advertising messages, and overall noise on the web is astounding. Again, while everything thinks they’re a genius, and entitled to share their musings…

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What price for loyalty?

Just days after my 21st birthday, I found out that I’d be starting an internship in radio. And along with learning a lot of outdated skills (does anyone broadcast/record/edit on 1/4 inch tape?), I learned one…

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If everyone knows the answer, why is the music industry (still) broken?

Everyone reaches their own version of a breaking point. It’s the moment when the incalculable doom of your current situation demands you to do something. Divorce attorneys are experts at exploiting that point in marriages, and…