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From SF MusicTech Summit: Don’t Forget The Data

It’s no secret that music fans are hungry for all the artist information they can get, from lyrics to liner notes to every other piece of meta data imaginable. Artist. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 10/21/2008 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (1)
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ReverbNation Adds Digital Distribution, Songvest

Lower costs and and increased availability of digital distribution for all artists is evolving rapidly and ReverbNation has joined the race adding flat fee distribution to its suite of artists. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 10/14/2008 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (0)
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ReverbNation Gets $3M To Expand Music Services

ReverbNation, a marketing platform for indie music, has secured $3 million in Series B funding led by new investor ETF and follow-on investments from Novak Biddle and Southern Capitol.  Hypebot. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 10/09/2008 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (3)
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ArtistData Expands Free Music Data Synch Service

ArtistData, which I named one of the Top 10 Indie Music Marketing Tools has expanded its free service that enables bands to enter shows once to have their calendars updated. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 10/09/2008 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (1)
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Help Rewrite Hypebot’s Most Popular Post

Since posting it more than two years ago, 100 Free & Affordable High & Low Tech Music Promotion Tips has been consistently the most read and linked to post on. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 10/08/2008 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (2)
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UK Artists Band Together To Control Their Future

A group of top UK musicians including Robbie Williams, The Verve and David Gilmour have banded as the Featured Artists Coalition to campaign for better deals and more progressive laws. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 10/06/2008 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (3)
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Rhapsody America Relaunches Listen.com As Local Music Destination

Rhapsody America has relaunched Listen.com as a local music blog. Initial coverage via a hook-up with alternative newspaper chain Creative Loafing includes Chicago, L.A., New York, Portland, San Francisco, Seattle,. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 10/01/2008 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (1)
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What If You Took A Poll Of Your Fans?

What would you learn if put a poll on the web or had someone with a clip board at shows and asked questions like: How old are you and where. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 09/24/2008 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (0)
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Bandcamp Offers Free Indie Download & Viral Tools

It never made sense to me: you beg fans to go to your site. then you send them off to iTunes or Amazon to buy your music. The distributor takes. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 09/17/2008 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (5)
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MySpace Music Will Include Indies

UPDATED: Sources confirm that MySpace Music will include indie labels and artists that currently offer product via its apparent download provider Amazon MP3 when in launches this month.  No official. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 09/11/2008 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (2)
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