I love making music, Playing it live, Recording Publishing… everything that goes with it. Working with promoters, building websites all of it.  I also like the idea of bringing people into the process. That is why I was so excited when I heard about this website http://www.rockethub.com

It does just that. It allows a creative (that’s me) to bring people into their project. Gives fans friends supporters and families a way to be a part of what they are doing.  To really contribute, not just in a monetary sense but in a real way. feedback is encouraged. start a conversation around a project, share with their friends on social networks.  Unlike many project funding sites this site is a market place real rewards. It’s a 2 way street,  Different levels of support get you different levels of rewards.

A goal based site, you project has a goal and a time limit if the goal is met then the project can go forward. If not all your supporters get their money back. so the motivation to be involved is there you tell your friends and more people fund the project the better your chance is to get your reward and the better chance the project has to become funded. everybody wins.

I had a dream last night that I found a $20 bill on the street. I like found money (Duh) It makes me feel like the universe is giving me a nod, A little bonus

So heading down to the cafeteria this morning to get my coffee I’m checking my pockets for change and … Presto I find our old friend Mr. Jackson. 

Thank you Universe

Found this fun site for making animated videos.  Check out this commercial I made for the Acousticats upcoming show at the Wood River Cellars

Woke up this morning to a suprise. Nearly $400 in fraudulent purchases against my Itunes account.

Now did Apple steal my money? well no but they knew back in July that accounts were vulnerable. They knew who had autopayment options set up on their mobile devices. and they did nothing to notify specific users that they know are at risk. In the name of coorprate greed, Apple chose to keep their users at risk instead of notifying them. These accusations are my opinion. check these links for more info on this Evil behavior.

http://bit.ly/dtycRY

http://bit.ly/cca4tc

Using Google’s Feedburner I have added a subscribe by email link to this blog, you will get one email containing the new posts from my blog once a day.

So If I don’t post there is no email ? Green?

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To be successful in being a DIY musician you must be succesful at “DIY” and at “musicianship”  these two concepts are at constant odds with each other. Constantly fighting for your time and attention.

First let me define what I mean by being a DIY Musician. The goal for me is multi faceted.

• Create quality music
• Build a following 
• Make music make money
• Enjoy myself

Problem is with all the time spent DIY there is little time left to create.

I guess the fun is in the journey

Started posting on Craigslist looking for venues for planning stages of Spring 2011 Tour.

We hope to take a week in June 2011 and hit the road.

Here is a MAP of potential cities and schedule.

Version 2 has a better connector design, The electronics are better tuned for modern preamps. and it sounds great, I still need to take some time and do some recording so that I can upload some clips.

SO tell me, what do you like better. “Copper-Phone” or “The Pipe Bomb” ?

Find it on craigslist HERE

Looking through my site access logs I found some interesting Bandwidth leaks. (other sites publishing images from my site by linking to my server directly) Big Mistake.

There are a few ways to handle this.

• Contact the webmaster and ask them to host their own image
• Delete the image from my server
• Change site settins to disallow external linking
• Replace the image on my server with something else

I chose the latter. I have replaced my 401K  and my Gin_Tonic images with the one on the right. effectivly infiltrating a number of blogs and financial sites.

Update!

Cd has been released and is availible at the Record exchange and at CD Baby. Find more details on the link below http://www.ronnierecords.com/IdahoMatters/Idaho.html