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StLJN Saturday Video Showcase: Buying in to Tim Berne's Snakeoil
Today, let's have a look at some video clips featuring saxophonist Tim Berne and his band Snakeoil, who are coming to St. Louis to perform in a concert presented by New Music Circle next Friday, May 8 at the The Stage at KDHX. Snakeoil is the latest of several bands led by Berne, who's 60 years ...
3 Things All Artists Need To Know About Their Fans
Your fans are (obviously) the lifeblood of your music career. You need to know who they are, what they want, and how you can best cater to their needs to effectively to communicate with them. Guest Post by Tyler Allen on Sonicbids Blog Just as any brand or business should be aware of their customer demographics to better ...
Four More Ways to Boost Your Music Sales
In part one of this series, Bob covered Four Things You Can Do to Generate More Music Sales. In part two he offers four more actions you can take to increase your money-making potential with music. This post is adapted from Bob's book, The Five-Minute Music Marketer: 151 Easy Music Promotion Activities That Take 5 Minutes ...
Recording Academy Reorganizes To Offer Stronger Grassroots Activism For Music Creators
Yesterday morning, The Recording Academy announced it will merge it's Advocacy and Membership divisions in an effort to enhance the grassroots advocacy happening on behalf of music creators at a local level. The merge will allow the music community a direct line to approach Congress with an informed & unified voice at a time where effective ...
Blank Media Levies And The Precedent Of “Who Pays?” Has Ramifications Way Beyond Music…
The idea of a blank media levy is not at all new. The debate has been around since cassette tapes enabled affordable, large-scale private copying. Today, it seems as if this idea is losing importance given that the ‘access’ model of music consumption is gaining ground against the prevailing ‘ownership’ model in which music is purchased ...
The Lead Sheet: Twin Cities Live Jazz, May 1-7
Green leaves, crab apple blossoms, tulips and a good be-bop riff— you have to love spring in Minnesota, once it gets here. Can't use the weather as an excuse these days— it isn't too cold, there's no snow and ice, and it isn't too hot yet! Take your ears out for a spin: Some veteran ensembles ...
TuneCore Paid $36 Million To Indie Musicians In First 3 Months Of 2015
Earlier this month, Believe Digital acquired flat fee D.I.Y. digital music distributor TuneCore, in a move that reshuffled the indie music distribution deck. Today, Tunecore shared its most recent payouts to indie artists. TuneCore announced today that it paid $36 million to artists in the first three months of 2015. That's a a 5% increase versus ...
Blossom Dearie: It's Spring!
For me, no other jazz voice sounds as much like spring than Blossom Dearie's. The jazz pianist, arranger and vocalist had a child-like timbre, which was deceptive, since in truth she was an enormously gifted pianist and vocalist. Dearie died in 2009. Here are three videos of Dearie that will make you feel like the season... ...
Google, Amazon, Pandora, NPR Unite To Fight Better Pay For Musicians
A coalition of lobbying groups and large corporations have united to fight efforts to that would raise payments to musicians and creators from broadcast radio and online music services. The movement to increase payments to creators and revamp antiquated copyright laws has been gathering momentum with new legislation filed, reviews underway by key regulatory bodies and in ...
What Most Musicians Don't Understand About Selling Music
Why did you become a musician? I bet “because I love promoting and driving sales" wasn't on your list of reasons. But these days, musicians have to take on the responsibilities of promoting, distributing, and selling themselves, especially during the early stages of their careers. It may not be the reason you set out on your ...
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