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Avoid Facebook Fan Wrath: Follow These 4 Rules

Any band or artist with a Facebook presence doubtless wants to keep their fanbase engaged and ever-growing, but attempts to do so can often backfire. Here we look at four. Continue reading

Guest Post on 12/02/2016 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: 8664, Adobe Photoshop, Amazoncom, AOL, Facebook, Instagram, List of Facebook features, social media, Social Store, YouTube

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Checkmate: Frank Ocean Goes Independent

After ditching Def Jam and successfully releasing his latest album Blonde independently it seems rapper Frank Ocean has chosen to fully strike out on his own. Here we look at. Continue reading

Guest Post on 11/29/2016 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (1)

Tags: .NET Framework, Alden Ehrenreich, American Family Association, American Society of Composers, Android (operating system), AOL, Application programming interface, Authors and Publishers, Business Insider, IOS, The New York Times

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Buenos Aires Bans All “Synthesizers and Samplers”

After five people died of apparent drug overdoses, the city of Buenos Aires decided to ban all EDM concerts in the city. But the authorities seem intent on extending the. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 11/15/2016 in Live & Touring | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: 12-hour clock, AOL, Babies, concert, Disc jockey, District attorney, Drug overdose, Electronic music, Naloxone, Substance abuse

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Why The Rebirth Of Liner Notes Matters For Music

In the old days, consumers of music were able to flip through liner notes of an album in order to ascertain precisely who was behind their favorite tracks. Now, after a. Continue reading

Guest Post on 11/10/2016 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (4)

Tags: ABC iview, Airplane mode, Al Franken, AOL, Artist, AT&T, Believe Digital, Digital distribution, music industry, YouTube

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Warner Music, Avenged Sevenfold Test The Sacred 7 Year Rule

After the band bolted from Warner Music to drop their latest album with Capital Records, the former company is suing Avenged Sevenfold on the grounds that they violated their contract and. Continue reading

Guest Post on 11/01/2016 in Major Labels | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: AOL, Independent record label, Internet radio, record label, Sony Music Entertainment, Spotify, Streaming media, Subscription business model, Universal Music Group, Warner Music Group

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RESOLVED: Day Long DDOS Attack That Brought Down Spotify, SoundCloud, Others Ends, Homeland Security Investigating

UPDATE 2: Spotify, SoundCloud, Twitter and other major sites were down or loading slowly all day on Friday thanks to a massive Distributed Denial Of Services (DD0S) attack. By Friday evening the. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 10/22/2016 in Music Tech | Permalink | Comments (1)

Tags: Amazon Web Services, AOL, Application programming interface, Disc jockey, Donald Trump, Entertainment Weekly, GitHub, Heroku, Internal Revenue Service, Internet of things, JSON, Soundcloud, The Boston Globe, The New York Times, United States, United States Department of Homeland Security, YouTube

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The Truth Behind SoundCloud Reposts And Paid Promotion

This piece takes an in-depth look into the world of paid promotion and reposting on SoundCloud, including an examination of just how much a repost is worth, whether we're in. Continue reading

Guest Post on 10/01/2016 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: AOL, Apple Music, Date Records, Disc jockey, Electronic music, Hexagon (record label), Netflix, Soundcloud, Tangerine Dream, Tempo

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5 Critical Things To Add To Your Monthly Email Newsletter

Social networks are essential for promoting music and shows, but their popularity can rise and fall. Remember MySpace? There are just two constants in your marketing plan, your web site and your email list.. Continue reading

admin on 09/20/2016 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Ad hominem, AOL, Artistdirect, Belle & Sebastian, Canadian Music Week, CMJ, Compact disc, Damon Dash, Disc jockey, Electronic mailing list, Email address, Facebook, iTunes, Mailing list, music industry, music video, newsletter, Spotify, YouTube

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Liv Buli’s Reading List: Obama’s SXSW, Pandora ❤ Hip Hop and Nickelback is Cool Say What? It’s Just Another Week in Music and More

As she does (almost) every week, Liv Buli, the Data Journalist for Pandora's Next Big Sound shares what she's paying attention to, as she parsed data while also taking the cultural temperature. Liv. Continue reading

admin on 09/04/2016 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: AOL, Ariana Grande, Beyonce, Catfish: The TV Show, Iggy Azalea, Katy Perry, MTV, Orlando Bloom, Sirius XM Holdings, Spotify

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Know You Suppliers, Research Your Team

Have you been curious about how to get a supplier to work with you who will be reliable and produce what you actually want and need? Here an industry offers. Continue reading

admin on 08/24/2016 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: 21st century, American Society of Composers, AOL, Application software, Authors and Publishers, Berklee College of Music, Casey Driessen, Chief operating officer, Collège Ahuntsic, digital marketing, marketing

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