PledgeMusic and Company
It’s a challenge to get your music out to interested fans if you don’t have a major label backing you. The reality is that getting started in most businesses can …
Sunrise Records Bidding For HMV
I spoke with Doug Putnam a few years ago when he acquired many of the HMV locations in Canada and vowed to keep vinyl front and center in more than …
Experience Vinyl
Most of the vinyl subscription services use curators of some sort. It may be just the individual who runs the service like Turntable Kitchen or a crowd sourced curation like …
The Turntable Kitchen
Another very cool record of the month concept – music and food pairings from The Turntable Kitchen. The food and coffee pairings are definitely a very cool idea, but I …
Vinyl Subscription Services
When I started buying vinyl in my teens I had a few options. There were great dedicated record stores with huge selections in any genre you wanted. My personal favourite …
Keepers Record Club
They just keep popping up. Seems that when I see the light at the end of the tunnel in reviewing vinyl subscription services a new one appears. To be fair, …
Broken Social Scene to Record Live Album
Broken Social Scene releasing a live album isn’t huge news, but doing it at Jack White’s (Third Man Records) Blue Room in Nashville does make it news worthy in my …
The Royal Wedding On Vinyl
You may have heard that there was a Royal wedding May 19th. If you didn’t, please crawl out from under your rock. Prince Harry and Meghan Markel tied the …
Mississippi CSR (Community Supported Records)
As I continue my journey through the ever evolving world of record subscription services, Mississippi CSR (Community Supported Records) stands out as one of the most unique. It stands out …
Record Store Day Sales 2018
I saw a lot of griping on line about this year’s Record Store Day – prices too high, some indie stores not being able to participate, more focus on the …