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Yamaha Extends Marketing Efforts with Launch of Indie Label

Source: HypeBot
November 17, 2012

The Yamaha Corporation of America (YCA) has extended its deep relationship with musicians with the launch of an indie record label under the Yamaha Entertainment Group of America. Though comparable to such innovative corporate experiments as that of Red Bull Records and Hard Rock Records, these comparisons pale in the light of Yamaha's even longer history of artist support. I'm still hoping to speak with Chris Gero, who is the Founder of Yamaha Entertainment Group of America and has a ...

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The Lead Sheet: Twin Cities Jazz, November 9-15

Source: JazzINK by Andrea Canter
November 10, 2012

Edvard Munch's “The Scream" comes to mind when I look at this weekend's options for live jazz. Help!!! Too much, too many choices. Ah, well, maybe there can never be too much of a good thing. And there is no end to the good things for all tastes this weekend, and more going into the week. Really, we are lucky to live here. And with Give to the Max Day coming (November 15), remember to support your favorite music organizations ...

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The Top 10 Truths of the Music Business

Source: HypeBot
November 10, 2012

The music business has changed quite a lot throughout the past decade, and while new technical innovations may have caused the restructuring of many business models (and the inner workings of them), several other truths continue to remain the same today - such as extremely compelling music continuing to be the cornerstone of any artist endeavor. In this downloadable lesson from Berklee College of Music, Future of Music co-authors David Kusek and Gerd Leonhard have identified what they feel are ...

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42 Ways to Make Money as an Independent Musician

Source: HypeBot
November 3, 2012

While often difficult, it is never entirely impossible to make a sustainable living as a musician these days. In fact, the Future of Music Coalition assembled a list of 42 ways that musicians can potentially earn money in today's music space - demonstrating the multitude of revenue streams that today's working musician must keep into account when venturing off into the world as an independent musician. SONGWRITER AND COMPOSER REVENUE Publisher Advance Mechanical Royalties Commissions

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A Closer Look at the Plight of Uninsured Musicians

Source: HypeBot
October 28, 2012

New York Magazine's recent story with Grizzly Bear exposed several economic realities of being an independent artist in today's music business. The NYM went on to reveal that, “some band members don't even have health insurance." The Brooklyn-based rockers are far from being alone, as one third of full-time working musicians do not have health insurance, according to the Kaiser Family Foundation. For a look at the plight of uninsured musicians - and what's being done to address it - ...

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Monkeybars Music Ecommerce Platform Splits Sales Between Artists and Fans

Source: HypeBot
October 25, 2012

Monkeybars today announced their official launch out of beta as a music ecommerce platform that rewards both artists and fans for their efforts. Musicians sell music and videos from the site and fans who buy content are then rewarded when social shares lead to sells. 100% of content proceeds go to musicians and fans. It's an appealing offer yet one that faces numerous challenges as they address a two-sided market. I spoke with CEO Steve Koskie this week about the ...

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Chembo Corniel + Poncho Sanchez

Source: JazzWax by Marc Myers
October 25, 2012

For me, great Latin-jazz is almost exclusively about taste. Since one doesn't become a Latin-jazz musician without extraordinary instrumental and improvisational skills (the music is simply too complex), what separates great recordings from so-so or tedious ones is the artist's choice of material and how the music is served up. For many lay listeners who resist Latin-jazz, their big beef often is excessive, overwhelming percussion and open-ended solos that show off speed and endurance but offer little in the way ...

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The Future of Music Charts

Source: HypeBot
October 21, 2012

“In recent years, Billboard has increased the number of charts it publishes, as well as their feature density." I. Status Quo When you look at the Billboard charts, it's hard to find a focus. Since the major redesign of Billboard.com in 2009, few things have changed about the design of the charts, but numerous features have been added. You can share chart placements on major social channels and even play songs and buy downloads and tickets. There's also a dizzying array of info, from ...

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