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VibeDeck Adds Direct-to-Fan Music Sales on Youtube

Source: HypeBot
August 16, 2011

VibeDeck, a direct-to-fan ecommerce platform for music, has added a YouTube integration to go along with its SoundCloud and Facebook integrations. This is a nice extension of a service that has focused on keeping it simple and keeping it free. Selling Music on YouTube with VibeDeck— Hypebot sponsor VibeDeck's free ecommerce platform continues to develop by adding YouTube to its sales options along with Facebook, SoundCloud, one's website and the VibeDeck site itself. The YouTube integration offers a way to ...

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7 Easy Steps to Teaching Music Lessons Online

Source: MusicianWages.com
August 15, 2011

When I was asked to write this article, it gave me the final impetus I needed to grow my teaching business. In recent months, several of my students have moved interstate and some requested that I teach them online. I was hesitant because, as a singing and piano teacher, I wasn't really sure how I was going to make this move, especially for singing, because it is so interactive and personal. Now I'm ready to experiment and I thought it ...

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ConcertCrowd Turns Concert Discovery into a Social Experience

Source: HypeBot
August 13, 2011

In the wake of RootMusic's Social Touring App for Bandpage launch, a new Facebook app has eased the discovery of concerts and fused it with a social experience. ConcertCrowd connects with a user's Facebook page and helps discover upcoming shows of their favorite artists, as well as, recommendations based on how many of their own friends like a particular artist. The app also shows exactly which of a user's friends like each artist and connects them to that artist's page, ...

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Cent2Cent Provides Platform to Charge for Video Content

Source: HypeBot
August 6, 2011

When it comes to engaging with fans online, it's been said time and time again: “Content is King" Well, coming up with the content has never really been the difficult part, given all the different methods artists can create content with (Twitter, FB, Youtube, etc). However, the challenge remains in monetizing that content. Difficulties usually arise in figuring out how to charge for the content, and coming up with a proper model under which to charge the content for. Cent2Cent, a ...

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Adva Mobile Offers Free Mobile Websites Designed for Musicians

Source: HypeBot
August 6, 2011

Adva Mobile focuses on mobile websites for musicians. The basic service is free and the sites are dubbed “Mobile Fan Clubs" though you don't have to think of them as fan clubs per se. However, they are designed to build mobile contact lists, meet the needs of fans on as wide a variety of phones as possible and to monetize that activity. I recently spoke with Adva Mobile's CEO Jack Kelly who shared their perspective on a number of aspects ...

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SRIRecords.com Climbs The Rankings With New Look

Source: Shelly Liebowitz
August 4, 2011

One of the oldest sites on the internet, srirecords.com, is pleased to announce that its 13 year old website has climbed up into the top 500,000 worldwide and has broken the top 100,000 in the USA in overall ranking of websites, out of 420,000,000 websites (according to Alexa.com). They invite everyone to come and discover the newest features and latest releases and see for themselves why srirecords.com is such a popular destination on the web. New Website Features: The SRI ...

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Dave Douglas launches the Greenleaf Cloud Player

Source: Dave Douglas / Greenleaf Music
August 3, 2011

The Greenleaf Cloud Player allows for streaming of the full Greenleaf release catalog from Dave Douglas, Donny McCaslin, Nicole Mitchell's Indigo Trio, Curtis Macdonald, Michael Bates, and Kneebody. Also available for streaming are over 20 live sets, and the whole slew of unreleased Subscriber Series tracks. The Cloud Player can be accessed on the web and on your mobile device or pad. Active Greenleaf Subscribers have access to all this great music including an exclusive first listen of Dave Douglas' ...

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Earbits Leverages Online Radio to Promote Local Concerts

Source: HypeBot
July 29, 2011

Earbits, a commercial-free music streaming service masked as a music-marketing platform, has found a unique way to convert Internet radio listeners to potential concert attendees. Recognizing that the live element is where most artists enjoy the bulk of their income, Earbits wisely focuses on getting fans to shows instead of pushing digital downloads. Available as a website and as an app for the iPhone, iPod Touch, and Android, bands and labels first submit their music to the Earbits editorial team ...

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