My recent advocacy of free digital music and my ongoing battle with a certain major label figurehead have drawn a lot of attention and reaction, public and private, positive and negative.
It would appear that there are many people out there, mostly musicians, artists, photographers and other creatives, who have one huge problem with my argument. [...]

The vast majority of my friends are musicians. That won’t come as a surprise to regular readers, particularly those who are aware of my career as a jazz musician. What might come as a surprise, however, is that many of my friends cannot believe that I am currently making a steady stream of income from [...]

It’s finished. My design procrastination nightmare is now officially over. The design you see before you is not only the final Upstart Blogger design for a period of at least one year but the final design for all of my blogs for that period as well.
One typeface, one design, one theme, one brand.
The typeface, the [...]

Yesterday I endured a three hour consultation with a musician friend of a friend. I had been recommended to him by the drummer in a band I work with. Unfortunately, this new client was willing to pay for my time but not willing to listen to a word I said. The meeting ended with the [...]

What do you think? Is it possible to build a brand new blog and generate four hundred unique daily visitors and a Google Page Rank of four in just ten days?
Short answer, yes.
Long answer, yes, if you are able to generate enough publicity and back links to drive that highly accelerated level of growth.
The new [...]