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Obamacare for Musicians: An Introduction
Obamacare is here and musicians have to start figuring out how it affects their world. We're now in open enrollment and, though the site has had some problems and isn't always available, you can sign up now or just get additional information. Obviously some will pay more and some less. But keep in mind that in ...
10 Best Music Schools Rated
The Hollywood Reporter has released a ranking of America's 10 Best Music Schools based on a survey of academic and entertainment insiders - including composers, arrangers, music supervisors, editors and engineers. In reverse order, they are: 10. ROYAL COLLEGE OF MUSIC (London) Notable Alumni: Gustav Holst, L.A. Philharmonic CEO Deborah Borda 9. CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF ...
The Independent Label Market Adds Beer for a Festive Vinyl Fair
The Independent Label Market is based in London but has also organized record fairs in LA, Toronto and Glasgow. Their next big event, as the Christmas season fully kicks in, is in London November 30th. In a unique twist that would fit many locations in the States, they're combining vinyl and craft beer by partnering with ...
The Echo Nest's Dynamic Music Data Adds Getty Images Premium Musician Photos
The Echo Nest's Dynamic Music Data solution aggregates music news and content with Echo Nest music data to create a real-time feed. Customers include MTV, Nuance, the BBC and Yahoo Music. Now The Echo Nest is enriching the stream with curated photos from Getty for the top 10,000 musicians which are then available for licensing by ...
The 7 Essential Elements of Your Digital Press Kit
When reviewing websites for Bandzoogle, I advise artists to think about the different kinds of people that will be visiting their site. These can be your current fans, and potential new fans, but also media/bloggers, bookers and other industry people. For that latter group, they're likely looking for different information than your fans are, and you ...
10 Most Popular Halloween Songs
Billboard and Neilsen BDS have named the 10 Most Popular Halloween Songs. The are: 10. “Dragula" - Rob Zombie 9. “A Nightmare on My Street" - DJ Jazzy Jeff & Fresh Prince 8. “Somebody's Watching Me" - Rockwell 7. “Runnin' With The Devil" - Van Halen 6. “Don't Fear The Reaper" - Blue Oyster Cult 5. ...
Ryan Holiday on Traditional Marketing, Growth Hacking and Music
Inspired, in part by Ryan Holiday's new book “Growth Hacker Marketing“, I recently introduced some ideas about growth hacker marketing for musicians. I then spoke with Holiday about how his ideas apply to musicians including Alex Day with whom he has worked. Growth Hacker Marketing focuses quite a bit on a binary of new and old approaches ...
Youtube to Launch Subscription Music Service Within Months
In what could be the biggest threat to Spotify's growth yet, YouTube is putting the finishing touches on an on-demand subscription music service to launch later this year. The outline of the licensing deals were completed in May alongside the launch of Google's All Access music service; and industry insiders have been telling Hypebot about the ...
Kickstarter Hits Crowdfunding Milestones but Successful Music Projects Lag
Five million backers have successfully funded more than 50,000 projects on Kickstarter, the company has announced, cementing their place as the world's top crowdfunding platform. Projects on Kickstarter have a 43.8% success rate and $720 million has been passed on to fully funded campaigns. Music projects, however, did not always raise impressive sums. Just over 45% of the 24,500+ ...
Go Beyond D2F Sales and Create Music Campaigns That Fully Engage Your Fans
D2F or direct-to-fan is a key topic of our time whether considered as an approach to ecommerce or a core focus of business. Numerous D2F services now exist making it possible for musicians and/or their teams to take music, merch and ticketing sales directly to fans using self-serve online tools. But once you get past a ...
