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Top New Music Industry Leaders Share Tips On Telling Your Story To Press & Fans

StoryAmp, a soon-to-launch self-marketing service for indie musicians is currently offering a free ebook, "Amplify Your Story: Getting More Press through the Art of the Pitch", as bait for future. Continue reading

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Cent2Cent Provides Platform to Charge for Video Content

When it comes to engaging with fans online, it’s been said time and time again: “Content is King” Well, coming up with the content has never really been the difficult part,. Continue reading

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Sell Music Globally On Facebook With ONErpm

ONErpm (ONE Revolution People's Music) is a digital distribution service that launched in 2010 in Brazil and is now based in New York City. They offer such services as direct-to-fan. Continue reading

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Billboard Pro Closes After Just 4 Months

Billboard has closed new registration to its independent and d.i.y. artist subscription site Billboard Pro after just over 4 months of operation. "We are not accepting new registrations at this. Continue reading

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SliceThePie Moves Fan Funding To PledgeMusic, Integrates SoundOut Song Analytics

Fan funders PledgeMusic and SliceThePie have formed a partnership that integrates SoundOut, Slicethepie’s song analytics service into PledgeMusic, who now also takes over the management of the funding process for. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 08/02/2011 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (5)
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Creating Your Own Offline Music Distribution Network

Recent news of the development of a CD distribution network via 7-Eleven by Mall Jamz and Thump Records reminded me of one of my favorite topics, creating distribution platforms that. Continue reading

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Bandmix Improves Musicians Classifieds

Bandmix is a fairly simple classifieds service featuring musicians seeking other musicians with which to play. While other features are offered, including an active forum section, the musicians listings seem. Continue reading

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Lessons from a Street-Wise Professor: From Music Student to Entrepreneur

Ramon Ricker's book Lessons From a Street-Wise Professor: What You Won't Learn At Most Music Schools seeks to fill the void in professional music programs related to not just surviving but. Continue reading

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10 Tips To Advance Your Music Business Career

No matter where you are in your career, it’s important to look back at the basics. It allows you to think like a beginner again; back to when you could. Continue reading

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Benefactors, Listeners & The Curious: Understanding And Monetizing The Modern Fan

Understanding that artists have different kinds of fans and offering something for each is an under appreciated tenant of modern music marketing and monetization. It's the theory that Trent Reznor. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 07/22/2011 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (2)
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