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Derek Sivers Explains DIY (Decide It Yourself)
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Derek Sivers recently released a series of videos, titled Uncommon Sense, in which he sensibly discusses music and entrepreneurship in a manner that cuts through a lot of noise while providing a great deal of inspiration. In particular, he has a smart take on DIY and the often conflicting business advice shared by industry experts. AppSumo rhas offered Uncommon Sense as a Derek Sivers Action Class and it's still available for free as is the version Sivers made available on ...
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Ken Vandermark Solo "Furniture Music"
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Gapplegate Music Review by Grego Edwards
If you think it's easy to make a solo woodwind improvisation album and keep it interesting, then you have an optimistic outlook on just about everything, I would think. It's you, your instrument and a microphone or two and that's it. Ken Vandermark made such an album a few years ago. He perhaps ironically titled it Furniture Music (Okka Disk 12046). For those that don't know, “Furniture Music" was the name of a set of pieces Eric Satie composed for ...
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Jazz Singer Linda Eder and Guitarist John Pizzarelli at South Shore Music Circus on Friday, August 12
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Melodica Marketing is Finding New Retail Outlets for Indie Music
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After a previous post on creating alternative music distribution networks, I followed up on a comment by Paul Santos from Melodica Music Marketing. Santos filled me in on his company and the opportunities inherent in distributing indie music to Special Markets including bookstores, art galleries and gift shops. Paul Santos founded Melodica Music Marketing in 1999 after an extensive career in marketing and sales for such labels as Atlantic Records, Rhino Music and Universal Music Group. He wanted more independence ...
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How to Make Money Through YouTube Ads
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Do you have YouTube videos of your performances or musings? There's a possibility that you could be getting money through YouTube ads. Note: You cannot participate if you cover songs. On Music Think Tank, Brendan Moore explains how to become a partner and share revenue with YouTube. Also, see Clyde Smith's post on YouTube marketing tips. “If you're looking for an easy way to get passive income off the traffic you receive on your YouTube videos and channel, apply to ...
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Music Services Raise Prices, Drop Links to Keep Apple Happy
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This guest post comes from The EchoNest's Paul Lamere and Evolver.fm. Turmoil surrounds the important issue of how iOS developers can sell products and subscriptions within apps. Apple dictates that if you sell stuff within your app, you have to give it a 30% cut [although at least now developers can charge whatever they want elsewhere]. Apple also bars developers from linking to places where users can buy the same stuff without giving Apple its cut. For many media companies, the profit ...
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Top Tips for Youtube Music Marketing
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(Updated) Though making real money with music on YouTube still requires millions of views, ideally from aggregating a catalog of music, the marketing benefits can be substantial as we're all well aware. Here are 8 tips for maximizing your music marketing on YouTube taken from a dash of David Choi, a dose of the Social Media Examiner and a dollop of YouTube's Creator Playbook. Top Tips for YouTube Music Marketing: Post Compelling Videos on a Regular Basis Give ...
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Century Media Pulls All Labels from Spotify to 'Protect Artists'
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Heavy metal and hardcore label group Century Media has pulled all its labels from Spotify, according to the company, “to protect the interests of their artists". Labels include Century Media and associated labels InsideOutMusic, Superballmusic, Ain't no Grave Records, Hollywood Waste and People Like You. “Spotify in its present shape and form isn't the way forward," the company said in a statement siting potential loss of income. “Physical sales are dropping drastically in all countries where Spotify is active." “The ...
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