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Travel with a Musical Instrument? Fill Out This Survey to Improve Domestic and Foreign Travel
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HypeBot
The American Federation of Musicians (AFM) is gathering data for their efforts to improve travel conditions for musicians traveling with instruments both in the U.S. and internationally. They're asking all musicians, not just AFM members, to respond in order to address your experience with international travel certificates and “musical passport" programs as well as domestic travel with musical instruments as carry-on items. Given some of the horror stories we've heard over the years, filling out the survey should be well ...
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What to Do when Your Album Leaks
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HypeBot
By James Shotwell, Social Media Coordinator of the media distribution service Haulix. At Haulix, we dedicate the majority of our daily lives to making sure the music stored and distributed through our state-of-the-art servicing platform is as secure as it can possibly be. From the moment clients upload music to our servers their files are watermarked, and from that point forward every individual accessing their content is given a unique identifier that allows us to trace the source of any ...
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10 Secrets of Social Media for Musicians
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HypeBot
By Dave Kusek of online music business course New Artist Model. Today, social media is the cornerstone of your music career. It’s what lets you stay in touch with your fans and easily notify them with exciting news. With all the social media guides out there, you’d think no one remembers one of the key behavioral aspects to being human – socializing. I know, it’s hard to find a balance between social and promotional – afterall, you still need to ...
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More Major Musicians Pursuing Creative Album Release Strategies
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HypeBot
From the Nielsen Newswire. From Beck previewing his Morning Phase album for in-flight air travelers to hear via Gogo Inflight Internet before its formal release date to Bruce Springsteen streaming his recent Higher Hopes album more than a week before its release as a promotion for the TV show The Good Wife, there’s more to release dates than a specific date. We take a closer peek at various types of release strategies (release dates, formats, exclusives and previews) and how ...
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No One Sets Out To Be A Smooth Jazz Musician
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Michael Ricci
Look, I'm not going to lie to you. Nobody ever just woke up one morning and thought, “Of all the things possible in the vastness that is life, what I'd really like to do is play smooth jazz 250 nights a year." It just doesn't work that way. It's not something you can plan for—it's all circumstance, I swear: You want to play music for a living. You bust your ass paying your dues in tiny clubs with six people ...
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Artist vs. Entrepreneur: The Diagnosis
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HypeBot
If you missed Training #1 in the series, go and complete Starving Artists Syndrome here, first. If you would like to have ALL the training modules in this series delivered to you automatically-without it getting lost in the sauce, go get the full Modern Artists State of the Union: 2014, while it's still free. Many years ago two creative entrepreneurs were sent by a British shoe manufacturer to Africa to investigate and report back on market potential. The first entrepreneur ...
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Saxophonist, Composer And Educator Darryl Yokley Announces Spring Initiatives
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Artists Recording Collective + the ARC Record Label
After his debut release, The Void (ARC-2437) with his primary working ensemble, “Sound Reformation" on the Artists Recording Collective (ARC) label, the young New York based saxophonist, composer and educator, Darryl Yokley continues his scene building efforts. Yokley is among the new generation artists who are combining skill sets to build a career. “I'll be at Smalls Jazz Club with my band Sound Reformation, hosting their Round Midnight session as part of our debut performance at the club, and we ...
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Sell Your Act with Music "Metrics That Really Matter"
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HypeBot
In an age when social proof is taken seriously at all levels of the game, with Likes and Follows serving as a proxy for caring and support, it's important that musicians market themsevlves with “metrics that really matter." This topic was part of a larger discussion at DJ TechTools regarding the best way to respond to “social fiefdoms" such as Facebook that were built with the help of musicians but increasingly get in the way of interacting with fans. “Facebook ...
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