Let’s Get Down To Business

So maybe you’re here looking at BadRacket.com because you want to record here. Maybe you’ve already recorded here. Maybe you’ve never recorded here and don’t have any desire to – you’re just checking out this fancy new website. Either way, you’re probably here because recording music is of interest to you. Did you know that…

Does kickstarter suck?

Does kickstarter suck? Tom wants to know. I just read this interview with Eric Victorino from the Limousines and Matt DeMello – “some bitter stranger on the internet” The Limousines are raising money with Kickstarter, This Matt dude goes on a rant in the interview with them about how kickstarter is terrible and the bands…

What is a Record Label?

Is Bad Racket a Record Label? No. Not really. But were starting a non-profit entity communityartsandmusic.org Bad Racket is a recording studio that sometimes does things to help bands that might classify us a label, but we really don’t know. We’ve asked the question “What is a record label?” to a thousand people or more,…

If I was at sxsw

I listened through a lot of the sxsw official showcasing artists… there are some nearly 800. There will also be several hundred “unofficial” bands down there, totaling somewhere around 2,000 bands. That’s happening right now. Insane. I do wish I was there Anyway, I found about 10% of the bands on the official showcase I…