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SliceThePie Claims Will Finance More New UK Acts Than Major Labels In ’08

It’s a sad statement about the music industry when an upstart UK web site launches more new talent than three of the top four label groups in that country. Slicethepie.com,. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 01/15/2008 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (0)
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New Label Models: Which Will Survive?

As CD sales and label profits tumble, a great deal of hope and excitement has been attached to a variety of new models: Music Is Free – And hope to. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 11/26/2007 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (10)
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Guitar Hero Proves Powerful Song Sales Tool

THE GAME JUST GOT A LOT MORE INTERESTING Song inclusion in a popular video game may prove to be a powerful music revenue booster far beyond the royalties received from. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 11/23/2007 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (0)
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All 100 Free & Affordable High & Low Tech Music Promotion Tips

After getting requests from readers, we’ve put all 100 Free & Affordable High & Low Tech Music Promotion Tips on a single page.  No more clicking around to view them. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 11/14/2007 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (1)
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Prince And The Pirate Bay – A Litigation Fairytale

Continuing his crusade to control his own content, Prince is planning lawsuits against Bit-Torrent indexer Pirate Bay in the US, France (which has favorable copyright laws) and the notorious site’s. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 11/13/2007 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (0)
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Social Music Marketing – A Quick Handbook

Music Marketing 2.0 has not quite arrived, but it’s clearly just around the corner.  Traditional media are being replaced as music promotion and discovery engines by a multitude of online. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 11/12/2007 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (0)
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iLike Provides Details Of Expanded Cross-Platform Marketing Tools

UPDATED: Yesterday music-based social networker iLike made marketing music via a multitude of social network and web sites a lot easier with new services that enable single source updating. "pre-created". Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 11/08/2007 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (1)
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iLike Adds Features To Streamline Social Music Marketing

SEE UPDATED STORY HERE. Music-based social networker iLike just made marketing music via a multitude of web sites a lot easier and faster with new services that enable single source updating.

Bruce Houghton on 11/07/2007 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (0)
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The Rise Of The Musical Middle Class Parts I-III

Our series on the on a new Middle Class of musicians who never ride in limos but who make a decent living has been getting a lot of attention and. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 11/06/2007 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (0)
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MySpace Launches HyperTargeting And SelfServe

Want to target only fans of like minded music on MySpace? The day got a lot closer with two programs that the social networking giant launched yesterday. HyperTargeting allows advertisers. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 11/06/2007 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (1)
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