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What Can You Do With A Degree In Music? Six Fun And Rewarding Careers To Consider

The music industry includes more than musicians. If you are a music lover, then you can find ways to incorporate that into your dream career.

Matt Gibson on 03/13/2015 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (1)

Tags: copyright, Fighting game, Film score, Fordham University School of Law, Incidental music, music industry, royalties, SESAC, Television, Video game

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12 Radio Promotion Tips To Help Build Awareness For Your Band

Radio promotion is the process of soliciting your music to radio stations to get airplay, to build professional relationships, and to make fans. Are you getting the most out of. Continue reading

Guest Post on 03/09/2015 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (1)

Tags: Adobe Photoshop, Alan Freed, American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers, copyright, International Standard Book Number, National Association of Broadcasters, royalties, Satellite radio, United States, XM Satellite Radio

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What’s The Score With Synchronization Rights?

If you were approached about the use of your music in a TV Show and/or Film, would you know what questions to ask regarding synchronization rights? If you're not. Continue reading

Guest Post on 02/27/2015 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers, copyright, Copyright law of the United States, Fair use, Film score, Fordham University School of Law, Incidental music, royalties, SESAC, Sound recording and reproduction

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Reporting On Soundcloud: Past, Present & Future

In the seven years since its inception, SoundCloud has worked to build the ideal platform for maximizing exposure and connections for musicians, and, in doing so, has dramatically changed the. Continue reading

Guest Post on 02/18/2015 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (2)

Tags: " copyright infringement, Capitol Music Group, copyright, Digital Millennium Copyright Act, EMI, Mushroom Records, Music executive, Universal Music Group, Warner Music Group, YouTube

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Tumblr Gets Tough On Music, Implements 3 Strikes Like Policy

Tumblr users publish more than 110 million posts daily (that's not a typo), and naturally some of them include music. But in recent days,Tumblr has been punishing users who publish. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 02/17/2015 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (1)

Tags: " copyright infringement, copyright, EMI, File sharing, Google, International Federation of the Phonographic Industry, iTunes, Music download, TorrentFreak, YouTube

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YouTube’s Offer To Musicians Might Need Some Slack, But A Change In Policy Is Still In Order

by Mike Masnick of Techdirt.com Last summer, there was some kerfuffle about YouTube allegedly threatening to kick musicians off of YouTube if they didn't agree to license their music to the subscription service it. Continue reading

Guest Post on 01/28/2015 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: " copyright infringement, Bandcamp, Combat, copyright, Do it yourself, Google, iTunes, Motion Picture Association of America, Spotify, TorrentFreak

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2015 Digital Music Predictions

By Jon Maples on JonMaples.com The past year was a doozy for digital music. We saw Beats Music come and go with a rush, Spotify grow significantly and digital track sales hit. Continue reading

Guest Post on 01/13/2015 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Amazon, Bruce Jones, Business Insider, Content management system, copyright, Jeff Bezos, Spotify, Streaming media, Supply chain, YouTube

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Call for Intern Applicants | Hypebot.com & Skyline Music Agency

Hypebot.com & Skyline Music Agency | Internship Openings Are you looking for a way to get your foot in the door with a music agency or gain experience digital marketing? Hypebot.com. Continue reading

Nia R Jones on 01/12/2015 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Artist, Blue Suede Shoes, Bruno Mars, Consumer, copyright, Creative Commons, Dave Kusek, Derek Thompson (actor), music industry, Taylor Swift

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How To Send Your Music To Radio Stations

Independent artists are asked to be a one-stop promotion machine. They make their music. They record their music. They then promote their music on social media and through album releases.. Continue reading

Matt Gibson on 01/08/2015 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (11)

Tags: Artist, Consumer, copyright, Creative Commons, Dave Kusek, independent music, IPod Shuffle, music industry, Poor man's copyright, Sampling (music)

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Linkin Park Shifts To Self Management

The Collective, once one of music's most innovative firms, is closing its management division as top client Linkin Park decides to go self-managed. Will other major artists take charge of. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 12/11/2014 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (8)

Tags: Bleed It Out, Borg (Star Trek), business, Cardiac arrest, Chester Bennington, Compact disc, copyright, Internet Protocol, Kelly Rowland, Linkin Park

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