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The biggest myth we are fed as artists is that we need to sustain ourselves solely on our art. This is ridiculous. Every artist has at some point in time had some other job. Real Artists Have Day Jobs

This album is making the work day so much better. https://rd.io/i/QU4U3CJiXM4/

There is a battle being wages inside my wife and I. Her blog post this morning highlights our struggles as a family in Chicago. my collaboration of kids, caffeine, love & laundry: Contentment, Amazement, and the Winter Blues

Chicago will be the site of a digital manufacturing institute backed by $70 million in federal money and another $250 million in private and other government funding, giving the city, once a factory… Here’s some better news for Chicago

[https://tonx.org/cold-brew-guide](https://tonx.org/cold-brew-guide) Cold brew is great. I plan on making a batch this weekend. Tonx Cold Brew Guide

ethanjohnluck: Oh man, I’m getting old. As an 18 year old, I never thought I would have recorded an album and would write about it 15 years later. For those that don’t know, The Dingees was the first touring band I was in. My first band to record an album. My first band on a label. My first band that did… I love this band and played this record hundreds of times. ...

Pirate Bay Awesomely Aims to Sue Anti-Piracy Group for Copyright Infringement | SPIN | Newswire This is more than a little bit ironic.

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bSYfqczYng0?feature=oembed&enablejsapi=1&origin=http://safe.txmblr.com&wmode=opaque&w;=500&h;=281] mikemainsandthebranches: We’ve launched a Pledge campaign to release our NEW ALBUM: “Calm Down, Everything Is Fine”. Help us make this one a success [HERE](http://www.pledgemusic.com/projects/mikemainsmusic)! > > I absolutely love this band. This also goes down as the best pledge video for a crowd funded record I’ve seen. (Source: https://www.youtube.com/)

who knew one person could have so many ugly guitars?

A really good take on the state of the music business as it relates to Spotify, piracy, iTunes, and money from Derek Webb. I’ll go even further to say that I actually prefer illegal downloading over Spotify because when you get music illegally it’s at least implicit in the transaction that what you’re doing is potentially harmful to the artist. But with Spotify, your conscience is clear because you’re either enduring ads or paying to use the service and access the music. But from the blue-collar artist’s perspective, they’re not receiving any meaningful payment (there’s little discernible difference between $0.00029 and $0.00) and they are learning nothing about their fans, not to mention that music readily available on Spotify for little to no payment completely poaches the record sales upon which middle-class musicians are depending for survival (which is why I will withhold any new releases from Spotify in the future). ...