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6 Tips For Selling CDs At Gigs
Even in this digital age of music, fans can still be willing to part with cash in exchange for a physical copy of your album, particularly if you sell it right. Here are six tips for getting your CD into the hands of concert goers. Guest Post by Dwight Brown on the TuneCore Blog Selling CDs ...
Muzooka - A One Stop Submission Engine
Getting music industry professionals to take notice of new music has always been difficult, particular when they are constantly inundated with new material. A new startup, Muzooka, is working to make the process easier for people on both sides of the desk. Guest Post by Bobby Owsinski on Music 3.0 It's always been difficult to get ...
Is Flipagram The Next Social Hub for Artists?
Gunning to be the social network where artists connect with their fans is an ambitious goal. But Flipagram has deep pockets and offers the one thing most of its competitors from Facebook to niche players don't - artist monetization. By music and entertainment consultant Cortney Harding Since closing a $70 million series B round earlier this ...
Lockjaw Davis + Wild Bill Davis
Tenor saxophonist Eddie “Lockjaw" Davis (above) and organist Wild Bill Davis recorded together intermittently in the 1950s, '60s and '70s. Their first session together was in 1959 on Arnett Cobb's Blow, Arnett, Blow for Prestige. Then, they were together on Sonny Stitt's The Matadors Meet The Bull: Stitt for Roulette in 1966. Finally, there was a ...
David Allyn: When Love Comes
I listened extensively to the Boyd Raeburn Orchestra over the weekend while writing. I'm always awed by the band and how sophisticated it was as early as 1944. Nearly all of the musicians who played in the Raeburn bands turned out to be exceptional. The list includes Johnny Mandel, Hal McKusick, Al Cohn, Don Lamond, Pinky ...
The Failure Of The Global Repertoire Database
It is generally acknowledged that information regarding musical rights and works can be difficult to obtain, something which the Global Repertoire Database initiative was hoping to fix, before crashing and burning in 2014. Here we look at why it failed and why it's still something the industry needs. Guest Post by Klementina Milosic on the Berklee ...
The Rise Of Emojis And How They Can Help Promote Your Music
In a mood for some smiley tunes? Since their introduction in 1999, emojis have attained massive popularity and are now littered across all social media platforms. So why not start including searchable emojis in playlist names? Guest Post by Philippe Giard of The Orchard on The Daily Rind Unless you’ve lived in a cave for the past few years, you should know what ...
THE PITCH: Busker - Helping Fans Support Musicians
Our ongoing early stage startup series, The PITCH, today gives Busker - "a platform designed to facilitate the direct financial support of musicians" - its chance in 100 words or less to tell you why you should pay attention. Busker is a platform designed to facilitate the direct financial support of musicians by their fans, friends ...
Music Education Monday: Exploring world music
The phrase “world music" may be problematic, most notably in its lack of specificity in lumping together a whole bunch of unrelated non-Western musical traditions and concepts, but it's also a useful reminder for musicians that there are a lot of sounds out there beyond what gets covered in a traditional conservatory education or bandstand apprenticeship ...
The Real Problem With Music Streaming
Although debates over music streaming generally revolve around the meager incomes which they often earn for artists and songwriters, there may be a larger issue at stake concerning the overall commercial sustainability of these services. Guest Post by Mark Mulligan on his Music Industry Blog Much of the debate around the sustainability of streaming has understandably focused on artist ...
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