Category Archives: Music Biz

Let’s Get Digital

Posted on 11/07/2010 by danzp

While on vacation at the end of September, I wrote a Facebook note to a big swath of friends — musicians, record geeks and rock fans in general — and asked a simple question, apropos of the imminent release of … Continue reading →

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Merge Book and Booking Merge

Posted on 01/10/2010 by danzp

Amy said she felt like she was rolling the dice when she got me Our Noise: The Story of Merge Records just a couple days before Christmas. She knows I’m a geek, and she saw this book about some indie … Continue reading →

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Drudgery & Strategy

Posted on 11/13/2009 by danzp

I’ve known for a few weeks — more like months, really — that there was a period of time looming where my job was going to be, for a few months or so, brain-crushingly tedious and boring. Until this recent … Continue reading →

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Have Your People Call My People

Posted on 09/02/2009 by danzp

I’m trying not to think of the possible cheesiness of having a business card for Zapruder Point — I’m faintly haunted by my memory of a late-80′s Legs McNeil essay in Spin Magazine (yes, Spin used to be a respected … Continue reading →

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In Front of Part Two

Posted on 08/17/2009 by danzp

I see now that my original sweep of gig-grubbing emails was sent the first week of MAY. Time flies, yes? I received a sort of form rejection from one place, a kind word unaccompanied by a firm offer from another, … Continue reading →

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