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5 Tips to Successfully Market Music Overseas – Guest Blog

Sat, 05 Dec 2009 07:00:01 -0600

Martin Frascogna - MusicGlobalization.com By Martin Frascogna Expanding a musical career into international markets is a mandatory element in today’s ever evolving music industry. In its basic form, there are three layers in accomplishing this. On

6 Maxims for Music Promotion in the Digital Age – Guest Blog

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 06:00:18 -0600

on the left: Mark Glaser - MediaShift By Mark Glaser Not too long ago, there was an established route for promoting musical talent. The music would go into heavy rotation on the radio and MTV, the artist would play in a record store, and promotion mi

Enterprise, Creativity, and the Digital Culture

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 22:54:10 -0600

One new blog that caught my attention is The Musician’s Way Blog, which is part of a companion site to a new book, The Musician’s Way: A Guide to Practice, Performance, and Wellness by Gerald Klickstein. A recent article there is on the t

Money can’t buy you Love

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 13:02:38 -0600

By: Connor But it can potentially buy you and your band promotion. Then comes the question, what kind of promotion to get? While Brian Hazard doesn’t have an answer, he lists a few types of promotion he wouldn’t purchase. Here’

Things You Can Learn From The Music Business

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 06:56:39 -0600

By: Connor This post by Seth Godin is almost 2 years old, but contains some awesome advice for business in general – using the music industry as an example. It was brought to my attention by Artist House Music. In this article, Seth lists 1

Music Marketing With Twitter: Increase Music Sales – Guest Blog

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 06:00:42 -0600

Sell more music on Twitter! By Greg Rollett I love Twitter. From connecting with bands and upcoming talent to promoting events virally via an RT or 2, leaking songs on the platform, to just well, meeting people that I would never have the chance to n

Hip Hop Beat Maker

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 02:36:47 -0600

Hip Hop Beat Maker Software. Many people go online to download free hip hop beat maker software. The problem with this is that hundreds of individuals are using the same hip hop style of beats. The way around this problem is the find an easy to use h

Music Business Plan: Three Principles of Store Layout

Wed, 02 Dec 2009 21:05:46 -0600

The layout of the interior of your music store includes some major decisions which will have an impact down the road on your costs, revenues, and the basic safety of the location. These are three principles of store layout to consider, whether you dr

Need Production Money? There’s an Agency for That.

Wed, 02 Dec 2009 12:45:34 -0600

by Duke If you’re a talented, motivated, optimistic, Canadian artist who happens to also be cash poor, this is for you. There’s a private agency that wants to help fund your recording project. All you have to do is show them your budge

SoundExchange partners with ReverbNation

Wed, 02 Dec 2009 12:14:12 -0600

by Duke Reverb Nation has teamed up with royalties collection agency SoundExchange to deliver said royalties to RN’s 500,000+ artists. From Hypebot: Artists and labels who may be due compensation should sign up at SoundExchange.com. “Wh

Nashville Feed Episode 12 – Tech Episode 01 – SocialFresh, Griffin Tech at CES, Grand Ole Opry & Music Business Oh My

Wed, 02 Dec 2009 10:50:28 -0600

This is the first of our panels covering tech news out of Nashville and tech that affects Nashville. Hosts: David Beronja, Dave Delaney, Lucas Hendrickson & Geoff Smith Subscribe with iTunes Topics: Social Fresh Nashville Costly? $195-$315.00 R

Canada’s labels diversifying services

Wed, 02 Dec 2009 09:37:31 -0600

According to an article in The Toronto Star, smaller Canadian labels have expanded their range of services in an effort to combat shrinking market shares. “The entire music industry is changing, and nobody knows what it’s changing int

8 Tips For Getting Press On Music Blogs – Guest Blog

Wed, 02 Dec 2009 07:32:41 -0600

Greg Rollett - Gen-Y Rock Stars By Greg Rollett Press separates the boys from the men, but really it separates a good release vs. one that collects digital dust. In the age of social networks, blogging, twitter and other new media, getting word of mo

Why Audio Engineers Need to Know Video

Wed, 02 Dec 2009 07:04:57 -0600

By Nathan K. Whether you’re pursuing audio as your full-time job or just a side gig, you will have more job opportunities if you can branch into other types of media. Having a high-quality audio recording is important when releasing new mate

Video: I dO Music Spotlight with Fatboi

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 17:39:17 -0600

I caught up with Atlanta Super Producer Fatboi recently to drop knowledge for all producers looking to build their names in this ever changing business. The mission to Empower Musicians Worldwide will never stop as long as music is constantly being

Do music artists fare better in a world with illegal file-sharing?

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 11:27:59 -0600

By: Connor Here’s an interesting study from Times Online, essentially compiling data to ascertain where the true monetary loss is being felt in the music industry. It would seem that every aspect is slowly growing except the amount of reven

Got an Idea? Keep your mouth shut.

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 07:29:29 -0600

By: Connor The next time you’ve got a great idea, or a dream, or a plan, remain quiet. Imagine a hen, so proud of it’s egg that it shows it to all the other hens. So much time is spent looking at the egg and admiring it, that no time

The music business is fine

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 03:35:41 -0600

We’ve all heard the doom and gloom news regarding the music business recently. Illegal downloading, declining record sales and the shift in media power from a chosen few to the many (which is actually quite a good thing). They other day we stum

GOING ON DEFENSE

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 20:33:14 -0600

Just as the labels took-on fans in the music business, it started with a lawsuit in telecom as well. AT&T sued Verizon for “false claims” believing it was Verizon’s advertising and not AT&T’s service that was hurtin

[Video] Steve Stoute Talks Music Business, Nas & Rap Beef

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 20:12:34 -0600

Steve Stoute is a huge player in the game, so much so that he was recently inducted into the Advertising Hall of Fame. Any one who is an upcoming artists or are looking to get into the industry should heed his words, because they could be really ben

Where There’s A Will, There’s A Way: Recording An Album With No Cash

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 17:23:39 -0600

By: Connor Sometimes, all you need to do is ask. That’s exactly what the members of Georgia Wonder did when pondering how to go about recording an album without any money whatsoever. The solution? Ask. They asked Nevada Music if it would

Essential items every artist should have. (Part 1) Where is your demo?

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 09:39:00 -0600

The most essential item that an artist can have is a demo. A demo proves that you can create good music and if you don’t have one ready at all times, a lot of doors will remain closed. If you are in the business of selling music, then your demo is

Introducing…..MOG

Sun, 29 Nov 2009 17:00:48 -0600

I’ve been a member of a few music streaming sites over the years but I have to say that I’m pretty excited about MOG. December 2nd is the day they will go live and for $5 a month you will get a huge on-demand library of music. With Rick

GridMOB & iOKi Karaoke Take Over Entertainment on the IPhone!!

Sun, 29 Nov 2009 16:19:31 -0600

Tweet This Story! GRIDMOB INTRODUCES “IOKI” STATE OF THE ART KARAOKE FOR IPHONE FEATURING BUILT-IN MOBILE KARAOKE SONG STOREFRONT; AWARD-WINNING LADY GAGA TO LAUNCH FIRST ARTIST-BRANDED IOKI PLAYER Company Partners with EMI, Sony/ATV Music Publis

Record company executive arrested for not posting on Twitter

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 07:25:43 -0600

By: Connor A record company exec for latest tween sensation Justin Bieber was arrested for failing to update on twitter. Is it even possible to be arrested for not updating on twitter? Although, more likely it would be endangering public safety.

Get the Musical Mojo Back

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 05:16:34 -0600

My latest post for SCORECastOnline is up now: How to Get Your Mojo Back This month’s theme on SCORECastOnline, the very cool site for film music composers, sound designers, and others in the same line of work, was Creativity, and more speci

Breakthroughs, Bitterness and Biopics

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 20:49:35 -0600

Music biographies mesmerized me when I was a kid. Whether it was Glenn Miller or Elvis Presley, it was always the same fascinating formula: talent and tenacity leading to the precipice of success, with the artist always searching for that one elusive

Independent Music Community

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 20:14:01 -0600

broadjam.com is both a community for listeners and musicians to promote and sell their music. It is up to the musicians, if the music is free or have to be bought. At least all music can be streamed. Further features of the site are blogs, charts, co

From CD to Download – The Evolution of Distribution

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 18:01:33 -0600

This blog was written for primeloops.com – check them out for some ace samples and to see my blogs 2 months earlier! Do you remember the days before the internet? Dark times, where people ran amok in the streets and the term “Be Kind, Re

Live Nation & iTunes To Offer Concert Downloads

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 12:22:38 -0600

By: Connor More live versions of songs seems like a good idea to me. While it won’t compete with actually being there, this latest offering from Live Nation and iTunes should be loved by fans and artists alike. Check out the iTunes store fo