Who is Buying Mitchell Guitars? I’ll Tell You…
Guitar Center owns Mitchell Guitars. As the owner, they can have Mitchell Guitars made overseas on...
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Category: Music Biz
20 Years of Guitar Prices – Which Companies Increased Prices the MOST?
Hoo boy! This is a hot topic. I did a video on the Budget Guitarist YouTube Channel where I used...
Read MoreNuno Bettencourt bragging
Nuno Bettencourt said this: “When somebody like Rihanna reaches out to you to perform everybody thinks ‘Oh, that’s cute. It’s a pop artist, whatever,'” Bettencourt originally told Planet Rock....
Read MoreAre Modern Musicians Spread Too Thin?
YES! I haven’t been writing on this site much, and I’m behind on my YouTube channel. To make matters worse, the quality of my videos over there lately hasn’t been up to my own standards. Why? Simple –...
Read MoreI Hope Neil Young Will Remember… That He’s an Old Fool
MusicRadar is one of the best music sites online, though to be fair the bar isn’t exactly as high as the moon. But they do have a tendency to write catchy headlines like this one: Neil Young says that “nothing is...
Read MoreWhy CD Baby Sucks for CD Distribution
I’m in the process of putting out my 6th album, “Attack of the 80s Synths.” It’s a retro-80s album with lots of gear that they used in the 80s. To get my music on Spotify, iTunes, Apple Music, etc, I...
Read MoreIs Job Security REALLY a Myth?
I’ve seen a lot of advice over the years from people who’ve quit a corporate job and gone out on their own, and they almost always talk about even if you think you have job security working for a big employer, you...
Read MoreThere won’t be another Dark Side of the Moon. Thank God!
I’m a big fan of Dark Side of the Moon – even after all these years, I can still listen to it. So why the clickbait headline? I’m watching an extended interview with Steve Hackett, former Genesis guitar...
Read MoreNFTs – A Way To Part Fools From Their Money
Remember physical media, like records, tapes, CDs? Digital media has made them obsolete, but the experience of seeing your collection on a shelf, of having something tangible, well, that’s worth something to some people. ...
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A Mexican Strat for over $1,000
Well, the day finally arrived. It’s December 31, 2021, and you can pre-order a $1,099...
Read MoreMore Informal Data on Sam Ash and Guitar Center
The pandemic has not been kind to retail. Today I visited the semi-local Guitar Center and Sam Ash stores. In both cases, the inventory was laughably bad. I feel bad for the sales dudes. Actually, no I don’t. Because...
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How CDBaby Suckers Musicians
I released my first album on CDBaby back in 2004, and have been a happy customer ever since. ...
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