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UK Composer Makes "The Marvin Ayres String Orchestra" Available For Musicians Worldwide

Source: Glass Onyon PR - Keith James
August 23, 2012

London, UK: Renowned UK composer Marvin Ayres is now offering his talents to music artists worldwide! Musicians everywhere can have their own bespoke string orchestra/quartet/trio/solos played, arranged, scored and produced in one studio, which can fit beautifully into songs and projects. Once provided with the material Marvin creates exciting and versatile string arrangements with real acoustic instruments – an innovative concept in this day of synthetic strings and orchestras! “Real strings by a real human - just a click away!" ...

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A Look Inside Zoe Keating's Earnings as an Indie Musician

Source: HypeBot
August 9, 2012

San Francisco cellist and composer Zoe Keating is among a talented pool of musicians who managed to earn her spot and create a sustainable career from her music with global touring, appearances on soundtracks, and collaborations with the likes of Imogen Heap and Amanda Palmer. She has also been very outspoken about artists' rights and transparent about the way she earns her living - all in hopes of showing a greater community exactly how artists pay their bills in today's ...

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10 Tips to Get Real Fans (Not Friends) to Shows

Source: Bandzoogle Blog
August 8, 2012

This is a guest blog post by Madalyn Sklar. Madalyn is a music business coach & consultant, blogger, social media maven and fearless leader at GoGirlsMusic.com. She has spent over 15 years working with a wide range of independent musicians as well as music industry professionals all over the world. This blog post offers advice on how artists and bands can get more real fans to their shows. Enjoy! How do I get real fans to come to local shows ...

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Musician Website Quick Fix #10: Embed Video

Source: Bandzoogle Blog
August 1, 2012

We often talk about “hub and spokes" here at Bandzoogle, which is the concept of making your artist website your “hub" of online activity, and using your social media “spokes" to draw people back to your hub. The idea is to bring people into an environment online that you own and control (i.e. no ads/distractions), where you can sell merch directly, get fans signed up to your mailing list, and turn them into super-fans with engaging content on your website. ...

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Musician Website Quick Fix #9: Add a Digital Press Kit

Source: Bandzoogle Blog
July 31, 2012

When creating your website, you have to think about the different kinds of people that will be visiting it. These can be your current fans, potential new fans, as well as media and industry people. For that latter group, they're likely looking for different information than your fans are, and you have to be sure to make it easy for them to find it. This can best be done by adding a Digital Press Kit to your website. Here are ...

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Chris Burnett Now Official Selmer Saxophone Artist

Source: Artists Recording Collective + the ARC Record Label
July 30, 2012

Burnett Publishing and the Tune Shop, Inc. music store have officially announced the departure of Chris Burnett from the music store's weekly studio teacher roster after eleven years of providing private woodwind lessons at the store. Mr. Burnett will remain actively associated with the Tune Shop, Inc. in his role as an official Selmer (Paris) Saxophone artist and Conn-Selmer Performing Artist and Clinician. Tune Shop, Inc. is an authorized full service Conn-Selmer dealer. Mr. Burnett departs studio instruction after having ...

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Music + Games: Opportunities Abound

Source: HypeBot
July 26, 2012

By Neil Cartwright, Business Development Manager, Audiosocket. Let's kick off with just a few facts about the Games industry: In 2012 the estimated turnover of the games industry will be $56bn, twice as much as the music industry. Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 grossed over $400m on it's first day of release and over $1bn in 16 days, making it the biggest Entertainment release ever. On an 'average' night, over 1m players will be logged in to Battlefield Earth ...

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B.j. Jansen Becomes An Official Endorsing Artist For Yanagisawa (Conn-DSelmer Inc.)

Source: JM Creative
July 9, 2012

Baritone Saxophone Artist, B.J. Jansen, has just become an official endorsing artist and clinician for Yanagisawa Saxophones of Japan. With a heritage of instrument-making in Japan that traces back to 1893, Yanagisawa is recognized today as a maker of the most carefully handcrafted family of artist-level saxophones in the world. In models ranging from sopranino to baritone, these superb instruments have won the praise of many celebrated musicians worldwide. Conn-Selmer, Inc. is the leading manufacturer and distributor of band and ...

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