Mike McCready

I’ve finally had it with myself! I used to have iron will power and a raw determination that I could apply to almost anything. As far as I know, I haven’t lost my drive but I can’t sem to get myself to buckle down and lose this extra 20 pounds I’ve been carrying around for [...]

Music Xray has been getting a little buzz recently. Given that I’m the public face of the company and that I’m the one out there doing a lot of the evangelizing, I get personified with the company. That’s my job and it humanizes a business organization which by its definition is just a legal entity. [...]

There are three things musicians can do online to advance their careers. 1. Get deals 2. Get fans 3. Get better Music Xray is focussed on helping you get deals and providing you access to people who can help you get better. But getting fans? We think a lot about the challenge but Music Xray [...]

This week, the Music Xray community is going to hear me talking a lot about BandMix – and for good reason. The idea behind BandMix is pretty simple – like all good ideas. It’s classified ads for musicians – but on steroids. Need a new drummer? Put up an ad and all the drummers in [...]

There are those who disagree, but I think Spotify has a real shot at winning the music game in both the US and Europe – if not beyond. It makes almost all the music in the world available to you on-demand, 24×7. That’s just going to beat any cloud service that requires you to pay [...]

Since February alone, more than 3500 songs and acts have been selected for opportunities on Music Xray. From my understanding, the ratio of submissions to deals is more than 10 times better than at online submission sites. Music Xray distinguishes itself by being an A&R platform – a site dedicated to finding the most appropriate [...]

A new fund will be making small ($30k to $50k) investments over the coming months in bands & acts sourced and de-risked via Music Xray. To be elegible for these funds, industry professionals must have sourced their project on Music Xray, present data (such as results from Music Xray’s stats page, Music Xray focus group results and other information) to support the potential of a viable business opportunity that will begin to generate returns within 6 months.

After taking some video (below) I decided to put my iPad to good use and made a little sign using Keynote. The sign was a HUGE hit. My picture must have been taken a thousand times and I’m not exaggerating. Some people who came a bit later mentioned they’d seen me on the news before heading down. Funny.

La Diada de Sant Jordi, also known as el dia de la rosa (The Day of the Rose) or el dia del llibre (The Day of the Book) is a Catalan holiday held on 23 April, with similarities to Valentine’s Day and some unique twists that reflect the antiquity of the celebrations. The main event is the exchange of gifts between sweethearts, loved ones and respected ones.

In this episode we discuss how the music business got to this point and how consumers will experience music in the near future. Artists featured on this episode are Ian Kelly, Yung Good, and Aly Cook. Great new music and discussion about the music industry. Listen online here or subscribe via iTunes Alternatively, subscribe via [...]