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Consider a Promotionless to Popular Strategy First
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HypeBot
If there's anything that Bruce Warila is well-known for, it's smashing heads with conventional thinking and providing new insight into why artists do the things they do, and more specifically, why they shouldn't do others. In his latest contribution to Music Think Tank, Warila takes his shiny axe to the idea that artists should always be promoting themselves and argues that maybe, if the hype isn't there, artists need to put Twitter away and start practicing their music instead. When ...
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Jambase Questionnaire: Nathan Moore
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JamBase
Welcome back to JamBase's baker's dozen to the bright lights of the music world. Last time we heard from Plants and Animals.
There's something beautifully broken yet unassailably indestructible about Nathan Moore. Perhaps it's because when he “lets it all hang out" you get the full boat of human emotions. Few artists of any kind live as close to the bone as Moore. One never doubts they're getting the straight dope when this singer-songwriter lays things out, which means we're ...
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Steve Fortunato Of Fortch Unlimited, Inc. Joins Forces With Sax Superstar Jaared
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Coni Lynn Gasch
Second Single Released From Smash Hit Manhattan Nights CD Washington, DC,-July 2010- It was announced today that an agreement has been reached between internationally known saxophonist and vocalist Jaared, his management, and Fortch, Unlimited, for heavy-hitter Steve Fortunato to take on the role of marketing agent. This agreement coincides with the announcement from Trippin “N. Rhythm records that they are releasing the second single, “Dancing With You," from Jaared's hit Manhattan Nights CD, Coni Lynn Gasch, of CLG Artist Management, ...
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Roman Miroshnichenko - D'Addario the Official Endorser!
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Michael Ricci
"D'Addario Is pleased to have such an accomplished artist as Roman Miroshnicheno in there family!" Founded in 1974 by John D'Addario, Sr. and his sons John, Jr. and Jim, D'Addario and Company is the world's largest manufacturer of musical instrument strings, and is a leading manufacturer of accessories for fretted, bowed, percussion, and woodwind instruments. The family is currently represented by the fourth generation of D'Addarios who have made music strings in the United States, but their string-making roots can ...
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How to Sound Check, Part Two
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We All Make Music
Earlier today I went over the basic preparations required to make a sound check run smoothly. Now, we'll get down to the nitty gritty of how you and the house technical staff can best work together to bring your audience a truly memorable and killer show.
Follow the procedure. The venue engineers will guide you through the process of sound checking, but knowing what's coming saves time, and demonstrating familiarity with the process provides reassurance to the technical team ...
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How to Promote Yourself at a Music Festival You're Not Playing
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We All Make Music
Pop quiz: If you're going to a rural music festival to see your favorite bands, what's the number one most important thing for you to bring?
Answer: your gear.
At this year's Camp Bisco, one of the biggest surprises wasn't who played on its stages. It was who played on its campgrounds.
In addition to their tents, sleeping bags, food, drugs, water, camping chairs, and more drugs (just kidding), close to a dozen DJs stuffed the makings of an outdoor ...
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Publishers to Writers: We Want Your Recording Rights as Well
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Moses Supposes
At AIMP Luncheon Execs Reveal the New Model of Music Publishing
At the House of Blues this past Thursday the Association of Independent Music Publishers (AIMP) held its monthly luncheon. These are always nice places to catch up with colleagues, but this time it was rather unique due to revelations made by the music publishing Execs and their demands on those seeking publishing deals with them-- we want your recording rights as well.
The panel, hosted by veteran music barrister, ...
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How to be a Successful Musical Entrepreneur
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HypeBot
Industry pundit and analyst Andrew Dubber has famously said that, “If you want to make the music that moves you, that will hopefully create meaning for people, and that will perhaps earn you a sustainable living, then you have chosen risk, and you will have to be as smart with the entrepreneurship as you are with the music if you want to survive and thrive." Saying that entrepreneurship rules apply to artists isn't always the most straightforward concept though; it ...
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