Sit down with a nice hot drink and have a look at “The Problem With Music,” from Steve Albini. Here’s the bit that’s really scary:

The Balance Sheet.
This is how much each player got paid at the end of the game.
Record company: $710,000
Producer: $90,000
Manager: $51,000
Studio: $52,500
Previous label: $50,000
Agent: $7,500
Lawyer: $12,000
Band member net income each: $4,031.25
The band [...]

Excellent news for Rock fans everywhere - more people are buying guitars! Picked this one up on the Guardian…
“The figures speak for themselves. Last year, the British spent £105m on guitars in UK shops, as compared to £30m ten years ago. It’s a dramatic recovery.”
Link: The Guardian
Now all these guitars must be in new bands, [...]

So I’ve had a few people recently ask me “how I find the bands and the music for TPN Rock.” The simple answer is… I’m not telling you! After all, that’s where the magic happens, that’s what makes it special. So rather than go into detail and destroy my musical mojo, here’s some hints on [...]

The band behind TPN Rock’s theme tune, The Revolutions, have gone and got themselves onto the BBC Wales website, with a short band profile. Congrats guys. And everyone looking for the full version of the TPN Rock theme, Bleed, can head on over to www.therevolutions.com.
Link: BBC Wales

This months issue of Step Out Of The Line features an interview with myself about TPN Rock, my musical taste, and a few other things. Head on over to read online or grab the PDF of the full issue, to find out such delights as the first single I bought, my favourite albums, and a [...]

You know, when you read posts like this on other people’s blogs, it makes it all worthwhile…
I’ve dissed the whole podcasting phenomenom before, but I must say that Ewan Spence’s The Rock Show is podcasting as it should be: one person with a vision and a goal and the time to hunt down obscure bands [...]

The BBC and Radio 1 specifically have announced that October 13th will be John Peel day, to celebrate the DJ’s dedication and contribution to music. A number of UK Music Podcasts will be joining in the spirit of the day with a special one-off podcast. Organised by Tane Piper over at Tripcast, the participating podcasts [...]

It’s a term you hear on many a podcast that features music - that of being “podsafe.” So I thought I’d take a few minutes and let you know what I mean when I say that the music on TPN Rock is podsafe.
It all comes down to copyright and who owns a song. The traditional [...]

So, you want to know more about the voice behind TPN Rock? Well, lets see if I can oblige.
Why do TPN Rock? - well, while I do have a bundle of other things I work on (both here at TPN and on other sites) I love music in a million forms, but especially the ‘two [...]

Merlin Mann has a delightful post lurking in his archive over at 43 Folders, called “Five Mistakes Band and Label Sites Make.” Not surprisingly, I’ve ploughed through a a huge number of websites for new bands, and I’m pretty much in agreement with everything he’s written. So if you are starting out a site, please [...]