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How to Help Protect Your Health as a Musician

November 20, 2012

Hard working musicians subject themselves to irregluar working hours, late working hours and often find themselves in areas of slightly different risk compared with many other professions. This article is definitely not meant to replace seeking medical and postural advice if you have a problem that needs addressing. However it does offer some basic and sensible ...

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Renowned Vocalist And Composer Aubrey Johnson Joins Faculty At NEC

October 27, 2012

NEC Grad Johnson To Direct NEC’s Vocal Jazz Ensemble Group to be Featured in Concert on December 12 as part of In the Mix Concert Series New England Conservatory’s Jazz Studies Department has hired vocalist/composer Aubrey Johnson to join the faculty. Johnson, who has deep ties to NEC, will direct the school’s 6-voice vocal jazz ensemble. ...

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Michael Simon to Head Harry Fox Agency

October 18, 2012

Michael S. Simon has been promoted to President and CEO for rights management, royalty and licensing company, The Harry Fox Agency. Simon has been with HFA for more than 11 years, serving in a variety of roles, including Senior Vice President of Business Affairs, General Counsel and Chief Strategic Officer. Prior to joining HFA, Simon was ...

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UK Composer Makes "The Marvin Ayres String Orchestra" Available For Musicians Worldwide

August 23, 2012

London, UK: Renowned UK composer Marvin Ayres is now offering his talents to music artists worldwide! Musicians everywhere can have their own bespoke string orchestra/quartet/trio/solos played, arranged, scored and produced in one studio, which can fit beautifully into songs and projects. Once provided with the material Marvin creates exciting and versatile string arrangements with real acoustic ...

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A Look Inside Zoe Keating's Earnings as an Indie Musician

August 9, 2012

San Francisco cellist and composer Zoe Keating is among a talented pool of musicians who managed to earn her spot and create a sustainable career from her music with global touring, appearances on soundtracks, and collaborations with the likes of Imogen Heap and Amanda Palmer. She has also been very outspoken about artists' rights and transparent ...

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10 Tips to Get Real Fans (Not Friends) to Shows

August 8, 2012

This is a guest blog post by Madalyn Sklar. Madalyn is a music business coach & consultant, blogger, social media maven and fearless leader at GoGirlsMusic.com. She has spent over 15 years working with a wide range of independent musicians as well as music industry professionals all over the world. This blog post offers advice on ...

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Musician Website Quick Fix #10: Embed Video

August 1, 2012

We often talk about “hub and spokes" here at Bandzoogle, which is the concept of making your artist website your “hub" of online activity, and using your social media “spokes" to draw people back to your hub. The idea is to bring people into an environment online that you own and control (i.e. no ads/distractions), where ...

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Musician Website Quick Fix #9: Add a Digital Press Kit

July 31, 2012

When creating your website, you have to think about the different kinds of people that will be visiting it. These can be your current fans, potential new fans, as well as media and industry people. For that latter group, they're likely looking for different information than your fans are, and you have to be sure to ...

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Chris Burnett Now Official Selmer Saxophone Artist

July 30, 2012

Burnett Publishing and the Tune Shop, Inc. music store have officially announced the departure of Chris Burnett from the music store's weekly studio teacher roster after eleven years of providing private woodwind lessons at the store. Mr. Burnett will remain actively associated with the Tune Shop, Inc. in his role as an official Selmer (Paris) Saxophone ...

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Music + Games: Opportunities Abound

July 26, 2012

By Neil Cartwright, Business Development Manager, Audiosocket. Let's kick off with just a few facts about the Games industry: In 2012 the estimated turnover of the games industry will be $56bn, twice as much as the music industry. Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 grossed over $400m on it's first day of release and over $1bn ...