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TuneCore and Myspace Music Partner for Discounted Distribution Services

Source: HypeBot
May 2, 2010

Music Industry

Try Stoking Your Fans

Source: HypeBot
May 2, 2010

This guest post comes from Ben Coe who is an artist coach and co-founder of music management and marketing firm The Artist Farm. His work there is designed to help artists of all types and levels succeed in clarifying and achieving their goals. The most effective marketing comes from word of mouth: and as you may also know, it is easier to retain a customer than it is to get a new customer. Put those two ideas together and you ...

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This Ad Captures the Perils of Indie Music Snobbery

Source: HypeBot
May 2, 2010

Music Industry

Record Store Day Declared Big Sales Success

Source: HypeBot
May 2, 2010

It was a great day for recorded music as sales surged during America's third annual Record Store Day on April 17th. Compared to the prior week, overall U.S. album sales in the independent sector increased 12% including a whopping 119% vinyl sales jump for the weekend and 529% growth in vinyl single sales, according to Nielsen SoundScan. Acts from the Black Keys to Soundgarden to Bruce Springsteen released exclusive vinyl singles, part of the nearly 175 limited vinyl ...

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The Concord Music Group Difference, According to Tift Merritt

Source: Michael Ricci
May 2, 2010

One of the comments that cropped up consistently in my reporting for our story running in Saturday's Business section on the Concord Music Group is that the people who run and work at the company are dyed-in-the-wool music fans, which isn't always the case in the record business these days. So I asked Tift Merritt, the Houston-born, North Carolina-reared singer and songwriter whose second album for the Concord-owned Fantasy label, “See You On the Moon," is coming out June 1, ...

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Quincy Jones Talks Music, Life, Love

Source: All About Jazz
May 2, 2010

Despite his record-breaking success in music for 60 years, Quincy Jones says his proudest achievement is his seven children and six grandchildren. Jones talked about his life and music career during an hourlong on-stage conversation with Ludacris Friday night as part of the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers' annual “I Create Music" expo at the Hollywood Renaissance Hotel. The 77-year-old composer and producer says it's been “a blessing" to have worked with “every major artist of the 20th ...

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Charlie Harrington Now Beato Bags Endorser

Source: Michael Ricci
May 2, 2010

The award-winning jazz drummer, Charlie Harrington, is now an official Beato Bags endorser. His well-established reputation as a first call drummer and in demand session player, as well as being an outstanding musician, no doubt played a significant role in this pairing. Charlie is proud to endorse such a fine quality product. Beato Bags are considered the industry standard and are the bags by which all others are judged. Beato Pro 1 bags are made of 3 layers of shiny ...

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CD Baby Adds $9 Digital Singles Distribution

Source: HypeBot
April 27, 2010

(UPDATED) Online independent music distribution service CD Baby has added a digital singles program. For a $9 one time fee plus 9% of net earnings, CD Baby will distribute a song to including iTunes, Amazon MP3, Rhapsody, Spotify, CD Baby and others. The company charges $35 plus 9% of net for full albums. No annual fee is charged for either singles or albums. The $9 fee per song includes digital distribution to all partners, and for a limited time, a ...

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