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A Guy Named Brian Camelio Wants A Cut Of Your Fan Funded Project

(UPDATED) On February 8, 2011, ex-Journey studio musician and record producer Brian Camelio was awarded U.S. Patent No. 7,885,887 – "Methods and apparatuses for financing and marketing a creative work". Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 10/05/2011 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (5)
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RockStar Motel Opens Platform To Fans & Bands

RockStar Motel leaves beta today in the US, UK and Canada. The social network with game elements features a fan signing band approach in which fans are encouraged to become. Continue reading

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Jonathan Coulton: Creative Commons, Coding & Being An Internet Rockstar [VIDEO]

D.I.Y. artist Jonathan Coulton has found real success as a musician by channeling his inner geek and appealing to the tech community. In this interview on Engadget, Coulton talks about. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 10/04/2011 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (2)
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FanBridge Launches Social Digest – Earns 1 Million Subscribers In 24 Hours

Direct-to-fan marketing platform FanBridge recently launched a new feature called Social Digest, which curates the most popular social content from the web in a sleek email digest distributed to fans on. Continue reading

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Hello Music Adds To Executive Team

Artist services and daily deals platform Hello Music, is stepping up its game with a major senior team expansion that includes the hiring of music industry and consumer product veterans. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 09/29/2011 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (2)
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5 Tips from IndieHipHop.net On Why Musicians Should Be Blogging

While it's true that I think that every musician should have their own website at their own domain, I also think that such sites should either have a blog or. Continue reading

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Zoe Keating On Spotify, Fairness To Indie Artists & Music’s Niche Economy

(UPDATED) Avant cellist Zoe Keating has built her career outside the music industry machinery.  With 1.3 million Twitter followers (@zoecello), global touring, soundtrack commissions and collaborations with the likes of. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 09/26/2011 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (12)
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Midem White Paper: “The Real Cost Of Direct To Fan”

Last week Midem unveiled the first of a five part series on "The Real Cost of Direct to Fan". This white paper is a research project of Good Lizard Media. Continue reading

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Jay Frank: It’s Not Spotify’s Fault That You Make So Little Money

Revenue figures shared by an indie band and the departure of 3 labels from Spotify sparked some strong reactions  across the web. Initial results of our own poll show that,. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 09/22/2011 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (60)
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Appsbar: Free D.I.Y. iPhone, Andorid iPad Apps For Musicians

When Matt Hirsch launched appsbar in April, his vision was to help small businesses build apps — “to fill the middle ground in costly, professionally-produced apps, and free, garbage-generating app. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 09/16/2011 in Apps, Mobile & SMS | Permalink | Comments (10)
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