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Lithuanian Vocalist Andre Pabarčiūtė Launches New Website

Source: Maxim Micheliov
July 5, 2011

Lithuanian vocalist, composer and pianist Andre Pabarciute is one of the most original artists representing her country's creative music scene today. Her performances have been characterized as “works of art that pulsate with energy, intuition and improvisation." Today marks the launch of her new website at andre.lt. Created by developer and Design4Music.org founder Max Micheliov, Andrė and Max's collaboration was an inspired effort resulting in a dynamic and beautifully constructed website that includes an abundance of photo materials, videos, MP3 ...

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How to Use Turntable.FM to Interact with Fans and Promote Your Band

Source: HypeBot
June 28, 2011

Turntable.fm, which grew to 140,000 active users in in first month, may have cracked the social music code—it's enjoyable as both a passive and active music experience.Enter a themed room controlled by 1-5 live DJ's and just listen (at work, for example) as they take turns picking tunes or add your own. There are opportunities to vote, chat and interact. Imagine how it can be used to interact with fans and promote music: Invite fans to listen to an artist ...

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Shazam! The Echo Nest, 7 Digital Take Music ID Open Source with Echoprint

Source: HypeBot
June 24, 2011

Music intelligence company The Echo Nest has launched Echoprint, an open-source music fingerprint service which enables the development of apps that identify songs on the go. The Echo Nest is partnering with 7digital to launch with a resolvable catalog of 13 million songs, a number that should grow with the addition of partners. With Echoprint, music identification, once a highly-proprietary technology, now belongs to the community at large. Free Open-Source Competitor To Shazam Music identifaction apps regularly rank among the ...

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A Musician's Guide to Linkedin

Source: HypeBot
June 24, 2011

Though LinkedIn may be a top social network, it's probably not the first place a musician might go to connect with others. Sure, business people and people looking for jobs should be on LinkedIn, but artists? While it is true that LinkedIn is not for everyone, its status as a lower noise space for business networking is definitely useful for the artist who wants to better understand the business world and take advantage of music opportunities being shared on LinkedIn. ...

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Haven't Tried Turntable.FM Yet? Here's a Primer...

Source: Digital Music News
June 23, 2011

Congratulations, Turntable.fm! You are officially 'so hot right now,' always the combo blessing-and-curse. But regardless of the hype, this could be the discovery tweak this industry has been waiting for, and the experience is actually quite cool. In a nutshell, you basically hang out in different rooms with other music fans, and collectively spin, listen, and chat about songs. So, kiss those lonely nights of treacherous music discovery goodbye! This is still in limited beta, so some are waiting to ...

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4 Gig Booking Sites: Bandsurfing, Indie on the Move, Getagig Info, Sonicbids

Source: HypeBot
June 23, 2011

My recent discussion of DIYgigs.com returned some suggestions for similar web services. Here I briefly discuss four sites, BandSurfing, Indie on the Move, Getagig Info and Sonicbids, focusing on their usefulness for indie musicians booking their own gigs. BandSurfing is still in process but the emphasis on connecting bands and people booking shows is central to the concept. Here's a basic demo of the service and the pricing once you get past three free monthly “plugs." Getagig Info is a ...

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Soundcloud Connects to Social Commerce Platforms Moontoast and D.I.Y. Media

Source: HypeBot
June 23, 2011

SoundCloud's API is getting quite a workout lately with new partners connecting to its digital audio platform almost daily. The two most recent, Moontoast Impulse and D.I.Y. Media, have similar goals: enabling direct to fan sales on social networks for independent musicians of tracks stored on SoundCloud. Each takes a slightly different approach, however. Moontoast Impulse is a Facebook application that lets music fans play, share, and buy directly from within the Facebook. The Impulse storefront lives on an artist's ...

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9 SEO Tips for Musicians - Simple Steps That Drive Traffic to Your Site

Source: HypeBot
June 22, 2011

This guest post comes from Lior Levin, a marketing consultant working with a psd to css company and also advises to iAdvize, a live chat support tool for websites. So you finally have a website for your group or band, but you have no idea how to get traffic there. This is an issue that many musicians go through because they have no real knowledge of SEO (search engine optimization). In order to get traffic to your site, you have to properly ...

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