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Attention Jazz Musicians: Read the Jazz Journalists Survey Results conducted by JazzFuel and learn best practices for getting your music reviewed
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Jazzfuel
If you want to get the news about your latest album release out into the world, jazz journalists (aka bloggers, music writers, critics, reviewers…) are one of the most effective ways of doing this. But if you decide to take care of this work yourself, as a musician, there can be a lot of uncertainty about the best way to do it: How long in advance should you pitch? Will journalists even work directly with a musician? How can you ...
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Guide To Writing A Press Release Music Journalists Will Actually Read
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HypeBot
In a saturated marketplace like the music industry, writing a press release that anyone will give a second glance is an uphill battle. That said, by including all the key elements and a nice personal touch, you might just be able to get a music journalist to actually read it. Guest post by Angela Mastrogiacomo for Soundfly's Flypaper It starts with being personal. So you’ve just launched a new album or single, or perhaps your upcoming national tour starts next ...
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Facebook Outage Reveals People Still Read News Other Ways, Would YouTube Outage Reveal Something Similar About Music?
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HypeBot
While YouTube has certainly moved in on the music industry in a major way, carving out a huge swathe of listens and views, a recent news outage at Facebook has suggested consumers may not be as dedicated to these major sites as was at first thought, and that, were YouTube to disappear, consumers would have no trouble moving on to greener pastures in order to get the music they crave. Guest post by Chris Castle of Music Tech Solutions I ...
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FCC Released Its Net Neutrality Killing Order, Hoping You Were Too Busy Cooking Turkey To Read It
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HypeBot
"The FCC is trying to use the Thanksgiving holiday to distract the press and public from its blatant handout to one of the least liked and least competitive industries in America," writes Karl Bode of Techdirt, “Trying to bury such an epic middle finger to consumers behind the cranberry sauce is an obvious underestimation of just how unpopular this plan is, and the policy, political, and cultural backlash it's going to generate for years. That said, all six of you not currently driving ...
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MUST READ: Well-Being In The Music Industry
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HypeBot
In this follow-up to David Emery's must read post How To Survive The Music Industry In 2017. MD and music industry veteran Darren Hemmings looks at the impact that a life in the music business can have on a person's mental health; and why music companies must do more about it. Guest post by Darren Hemmings MD, Motive Unknown from Medium Its rare that an article prompts me to immediately write a post of my own, so hats off to David Emery whose latest ...
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Music Business Growth Hacking 101 - A MUST READ If You Are Serious About Your Career In Music
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HypeBot
Increasingly, tech startups are looking to growth hacking to grow their business quickly and make it more sustainable. Here, Bas Grasmayer looks at how this model can be applied to artists and labels; and outlines techniques that can be used to achieve success. Guest Post by Bas Grasmayer on Midemblog Instead of hiring marketing managers, startups are recruiting growth hackers to work on more sustainable deliverables than just ‘dumb traffic’. How can growth hacking be used by artists and labels? Let’s start with the most common growth ...
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BerkleeICE Releases MUST READ Music Industry Report: "Creators Underpaid By 20-50%"
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HypeBot
Berklee Institute for Creative Entrepreneurship has released an in-depth study that promotes fairness and transparency in the music industry. “Fair Music: Transparency and Money Flows in the Music Industry,” the report studies the global music business and challenges within the current compensation structure. Originating under BerkleeICE's Rethink Music initiative, a new study exposes inefficiencies and deliberate deception that result in millions of dollars going undistributed to rightful creators, backroom licensing deals and opaque royalty statements and accounting systems that are often impossible to ...
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Augusta Read Thomas, Daniel Kellogg Named As Guest Composers For The 2013 Mizzou International Composers Festival
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Dean Minderman
Columbia, MO – Continuing its emerging tradition of pairing an acknowledged master and a rising star, the Mizzou New Music Initiative has named Augusta Read Thomas and Daniel Kellogg as guest composers for the 2013 Mizzou International Composers Festival (MICF). Formerly known as the Mizzou New Music Summer Festival, the MICF will be held from Monday, July 22, 2013 through Saturday, July 27 on the campus of the University of Missouri. As in the past, the 2013 Festival will feature ...
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Read Counts, Page Views and Download Counts Now Visible at All About Jazz
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All About Jazz
Read CEO Roger Faxon's Letter to EMI Staff on Sale to Universal
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HypeBot
(UPDATE) In an email circulated today, EMI CEO Roger Faxon informed his team that despite his best efforts, label and publishing would be split with the recorded music division sold to Universal. While widely reported in the media as a done deal with Sony, Faxon says that he hopes “to be able to share more detail on EMI Music Publishing shortly." Here it the full text of Faxon's lettter to EMI staff: The bids are in, the analysis is done, and ...
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