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How to Sing A Happy Tune At Tax Time: Musician's Guide
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While tax season is commonly a source of dread for most Americans, working as a musician carries with it some unique tax implications, both when it comes to paying on what you earn, and in terms of what you're allowed to deduct. In this piece, we hear from some of the music industry's top tax experts on how to make the system work to your advantage. Guest post by Gil Kaufman and Dan Reifsnyder of Repost Network April 15 doesn’t ...
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Engaging Fans: 5 Tips For Your Next Show
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Disappointing live shows are, unfortunately, endemic in the music industry, particularly for bands that are just finding their feet, and a tepid live experience can often leave potential fans regretting their decision to step out. Here we look at five ways you as an artist can effectively engage with an audience. Guest post by Angela Mastrogiacomo from Symphonic Let’s get real—most local shows are boring. I can’t tell you how many variations of bands standing in one spot on stage, ...
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Key Tips For Getting Started On Your Artist Website
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As you start to develop as an artist and achieve more success, it's a good idea to start thinking about your professional image. Once of the best ways to cultivate a good public face is through a website. Here we look at just how to go about that process. Guest post from Picket Media. This article first appeared on the TuneCore blog. Are you growing as a artist? It is a good time to cultivate a better professional image, and a ...
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How To Take Responsibility For Archiving Your Music, Data
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Recent news that the down on its luck social network Myspace fried a dozen years of media due to a server error should have artists and professionals alike scrambling to make sure they have a multitude of backups for their precious data. Guest post by James Shotwell of Haulix Artists and professionals alike need to back up their data. They should also have backups of their backs, and maybe even backups of those backups. News broke this week that MySpace, the ...
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Tools For Managing Music Merch
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Being an artist is hard enough without having to manage the mini-department store that is your merch- luckily there are a number of tools out there designed to lessen the headache of keeping up with orders and streamlining sales. Guest post by Tarryn Meyers of Symphonic If you’re an artist, you’re probably pretty busy. You’re touring. You’re working on new music. You’re promoting a new release. Whatever it is, chances are managing your merch isn’t at the top of your ...
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Could You Be Making A Record Almost No One Will Hear?
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You can pour your heart and soul into a record and create some of the best work of your life, but creating good music in no way guarantees anyone will hear it. Here we look at five common pitfalls artists make when releasing new music, and how can avoid making them. Guest post by Janelle Rogers for TuneCore You’re really proud of the record you’ve just made, and you think people would like it if they heard it. In fact, ...
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The Art Of Spending Your Music Money (Part 2)
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In part two of this five part series on how to effectively allocate money in the correct places in order to benefit your music career, we look at a visual framework for self-investment, and how artists can use it as a series of checks and balances when developing their business. Guest post from AWAL This is the second (for PT 1) of a five-part Decoded series in which we break down (1) a mental framework to help spend money in ...
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The Importance Of Artwork In Your Music
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With the rise fo streaming the prominence of album artwork has, quite literally, been greatly reduced. That said, it's a mistake for artists to discount the incredible importance of album art when it comes to releasing and promoting your music. Guest post from Horus Music Before online streaming, artwork was a sacred object many music lovers cherished and collected. This square image painted a picture that reflected the song you were listening to. Now it has all changed. Album artwork ...
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