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Monday, May 14, 2007

Geek troubador Jonathan Coulton profiled in NYTs

There's a long article in today's New York Times Magazine (and video) about geeky folk-rock singer-songwriter Jonathan Coulton, who distributes all his music online, and spends six hours a day communicating with his fans. The article discusses the state of music promotion and distribution for the "B-list" musicians who use online forums to communicate with their fans and spread the word.

(Photo of Jonathan Coulton by Jennifer Karady for The New York Times)

Coulton also produces the terrific PopSci podcast. Link

Update:

Coulton is also profiled in the latest issue of Psychology Today.

Previously on Boing Boing:
• Jonathan Coulton's First of May song
• Jonathan Coulton mashed up with Sir Mix a Lot on youtube
• Nerd folksinger covers Baby Got Back
• More favorite podcasts
• Nerd folksongs
• Funny music video using Creative Commons Flickr photos

posted by Mark Frauenfelder at 12:48:18 PM permalink | Other blogs' comments

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