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Social Media and Email Management for Musicians

Source: HypeBot
July 31, 2012

Guest post by Brian Hazard of Passive Promotion and Color Theory. Engaging with fans is fun and rewarding. It can also be an addictive time suck. If you check your email, Facebook, and Twitter first thing in the morning, you're doing it wrong! Better to start your day creating something worth tweeting about. As a self-confessed productivity junkie, I've tried dozens of approaches. This one stuck. What follows is a step-by-step guide to social media and email management, in the ...

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Tune Shop Instructor Selected To Conn Selmer Artist Roster

Source: Artists Recording Collective + the ARC Record Label
July 31, 2012

Chris Burnett departs studio instruction after teaching weekly lessons since 2001. Tune Shop, Inc. today announced the departure of Chris Burnett from its weekly studio teacher roster after eleven years of providing private woodwind lessons at the store. Mr. Burnett will remain 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 ...

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Ticketfly Secures $22 Million for Expansion

Source: HypeBot
July 26, 2012

Social ticketing platform Ticketfly has announced today that they've secured $22 million in series C investment, bringing their total investment to $37 million since their launch in 2008. This round of financing was led by SAP Ventures with participation from Northgate Capital, Cross Creek Capital, and Series B lead investor Mohr Davidow Ventures. The money is said to be going to fuel Ticketfly's new technology development and drive expansion in existing and new markets. This news comes on the heels ...

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The Most Valuable Thing You Never Knew About YouTube's Business Model

Source: HypeBot
July 25, 2012

Guest post by Doug Shineman of The Orchard's Daily Rind. What if I said that the better you understand the mechanism behind YouTube's business model, the higher your streaming rate will be on YouTube? Yes, that means reading this article could improve your YouTube rates — maybe even double or triple them. Get ready for a major change in the way your content is valued. If your business currently revolves around retail models, whether iTunes or brick-and-mortar stores or subscription ...

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Stephen Covey's 7 Habits and Your Music Career

Source: HypeBot
July 21, 2012

Reflecting on the passing of Dr. Stephen Covey and the influence of his work, Nimbit's Carl Jacobson felt a fitting tribute would be to explore how The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People can contribute to success in music. Have a read and share your thoughts. Stephen Covey passed away earlier this week. For me, like countless others in this world, his 7 Habits of Highly Effective People had a profound affect on my development as an individual, success in ...

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Henry Rollins Shares '4 Pillars' That Took Him from Ice Cream Scooper to Black Flag [video]

Source: HypeBot
July 19, 2012

Henry Rollins went from college dropout to scooping ice cream at a Washington, D.C. area Häagen-Dazs to the lead singer of seminal punk band Black Flag, actor and more. But he does not believe it was creative genius that got him there. “I don't have talent," Rollins insists in a video interview. “I have tenacity. I have discipline. There was no choice for me but to work really hard... The tasks I set out for myself are what I do ...

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Want a Record Deal? Sign Yourself to Any and All Records

Source: HypeBot
July 18, 2012

An important aspect to the Internet as a combination global media network and digital toolbox is that it's now much easier for artists to focus on being sole proprietors or collectives and to sign themselves. Yet some musicians will always feel insecure until legitimated by a third party. Any And All Records recently launched to help bridge the gap for those who need a cosign or who just love a bit of conceptual humor. Any And All Records is a ...

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31 Digital Music Execs Sound off on How P2P Battle Led to Music Industry Demise

Source: HypeBot
July 12, 2012

A fascinating new report from Associate Professor Michael A. Carrier at Rutgers University School of Law, entitled “Copyright and Innovation: The Untold Story", interviews 31 CEOs, company founders and VPs who have worked in digital music over the past 10 years. It illustrates the digital music landscape in the aftermath Napster's shutdown, demonstrating how the battle between P2P and the music industry has stunted innovation, discouraged investment in the music technology sector, and ultimately led to a complicated copyright law-dominated ...

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