Category Archives: Music

I’m a musician. But not in any meaningful sense. I play guitar to an OK-I-guess kind of standard and sing with my rockingly obscure band, Superset. Luckily, in music, lack of attainment is no barrier to having ill-informed opinions and feeling free to spray them all across the intrawebz… so read on, MacDuff!

How much should you pay for an album?

Posted on August 26, 2010 by Carps

Spotify and the internets reckon “nothing”. HMV reckon £5 – £10.99, depending how far away from the bargain bin you are. But what is the actual cost of an album – or even a single track – now that music … Continue reading →

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7Digital IndieStore to close

Posted on August 21, 2010 by Carps

I’ve been thinking a fair bit recently about monetising music on the internet, and I’ve pretty much come to the conclusion that it is going to be nigh on impossible for artists to make money independently online. There’s a long, … Continue reading →

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How to make money from music

Posted on July 22, 2010 by Carps

A musician, yesterday Economists might represent a dismal science but sometimes they have a point. Remember supply and demand? If there’s lots of demand, but not much supply then prices are really high, and vice versa. So if you’re looking … Continue reading →

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Personal Top 10 Songs of the Moment

Posted on July 20, 2010 by Carps

I know you don’t give a shit (why would you?) but here’s what’s on my personal turntable right now. Led Zeppelin: Over The Hills and Far Away For years, I hated Zep and all that whole chest-bearing, lock-shaking guitar wankery … Continue reading →

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Writing and recording a song

Posted on July 8, 2010 by Carps

Warning: this is a very long, tedious and self-indulgent post. Now read on. Among the millions of emails I don’t get every day asking how I became so successful I must get literally none asking how we set about recording our … Continue reading →

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Harrogate Blues Bar: Superset live on the open mic

Posted on June 15, 2010 by Carps

Crivvens! Is it really knocking on for a year since we played here last? Evidently so. That time we were still finding our feet as a working four piece, whereas now we’re in pretty fine fettle – even allowing for … Continue reading →

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