amateurmusicians.net

a business model for artists

Magnatune founder John Buckman has just published the 2006 end of the year stats. As an amateur musician, I’m intrigued by the data. Wait, wait, I know what you are thinking. You too are a musician, and you’re wondering: what’s so interesting about an internet record label’s business data? Business data is available everywhere if [...]

Lasse Gjertsen – musical automaton

Thanks to some clever editing, Lasse Gjertsen finally proves to the world that he's got rhythm.

welcome everyday perspiring instrumentalists

It’s official. A dream of sorts: to chronicle the life and times of the new amateur musicians movement currently on the rise, due in no small part to the internet and the explosion of niche culture in a world of long-tail economics. And, why not, throw in my own practical and philosophical two cents into [...]