I love the “Stumble-upon” add-on I installed in FireFox.  Click a button, and you go to a random page according to your tastes.  It just so happens that I have mine to send over sites that heavily feature music.

I stumbled on to this site, touting the reasons the majors are dissapearing and the indies are on the rise according to Downhill Battle

http://downhillbattle.org/reasons/index.html

Its nice to get a little validiation…

Hey gang

Please pardon our appearance as we remodel our site.  We have some aweseome new products that we are launching, as well as a super nice new look.  In the mean time, feel free to still hang around, as the site still works, its just going through some changes…think of it as website puberty.

Well alrighty then, looks like Feed The Muse is up and running!

After 9 long months, countless revisions and at least 15 anxiety attacks, our fan-funded donor site for artists is now accepting donations.  Any artist can sign up, and in under 5 minutes they will be ready to accept donations from their ravenous fans to support their recording, touring, and promoting needs.

Check out who is using it:

www.feedthemuse.net/themoxy

www.feedthemuse.net/bruni

-tom laskas

have you planned your summer tour yet?  no?  well, then  you may as well start booking for the fall just start working on that next record…promoters/ agents usually book 3 months out…

just a thought…

-t.L

Thanks to the good people at ropeadope

for posting the good stuff.  I insist that you watch this Ohio Players video.  Its what I’m talkin about.  Real musicians that are realllly nuts.

well, last post I chatted about the fantastic wretchedness that is the new Black Eyed Peas single.  Thanks to MOG, I just checked out the video to Boom Boom Pow.

It starts off with a shameless plug for HP Touchscreen computers (which by the way endorses Fergie)…nice corporate tie in.  The music then goes on to rip off Kanye, who ripped off Akon, who ripped off Cher (that’s right, I said it).  Fergie has an “oh snap” moment with her line “I’m so 2008, you’re so 2000 and late”.  I wonder if she is singing about the Black Eyed Peas?

Oh, but I forgot, we are talking about the video!  The video rips off Kanye, who ripped off Daft Punk, who ripped off Tron.

bah. its just gross.  watch it for yourself and maybe you will feel nostalgic for all the things they ripped off.

by the way, I love Lady GaGa, so I aint square.

-t.L

Lets play a game.  I want you to listen to the iTunes preview (for the love of Pete, don’t buy it!!!!) of the Black Eyed Peas new song “Boom Boom Pow”.

Lets see who can come up with the largest list of artists who the Black Eyed Peas ripped off IN JUST THOSE 30 SECONDS!!!

I will make my list this weekend during the memorial service for the great group that once opened up for George Clinton and rocked my socks off one hot July afternoon in Philadelphia.

By the way, you should know that even listening to the clip of the song makes them money, so you are endorsing the band…

-t.L

iTunes raised/ lowered/ confused their prices today.  Let the complaints begin.

-t.L