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MusicThinkTank Weekly Recap: Your Fans Won’t Come to Your Shows…

Where The Music Industry Thinks Out Loud Diana Hereld: Creativity in Constraint: Exploiting the Boundaries David Dusty: Seeking Success for Your Songs. Continue reading

admin on 08/03/2013 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Arts and Entertainment, blogging, business, constraint, Corey Denis, creativity, David Dusty, Diana Hereld, Facebook, fans, Jeremy Gocke, License, licensing, List of Firefly characters, music, music industry, Natalie Cheng, Shopping, shows, song, songs, success

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REWIND: The New Music Industry’s Week In Review

7 Second 'Twerk Team' Vine Video Delivers 750% Sales Increase To Year Old Song POLL: If You Care About Music, Should You Ditch Spotify? – Initial Results Music Ad Watch:. Continue reading

Guest Post on 08/03/2013 in Apps, Mobile & SMS | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Facebook, independent music, Jeff Price, music, music industry, Spotify, Tunecore, YouTube

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U.S. Album Sales Hit Record Lows

For the first time since Nielson SoundScan began counting, U.S. album sales have dipped below 5 million units for 5 consecutive weeks. Just 4.69 million albums were sold during the. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 08/02/2013 in Indie Music | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: arts, Billboard, Christman, Ed Christman, J. Cole, music, music industry, Nielsen SoundScan

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Why Telling Artists To Stop Selling Music & Just Make Money Through Live Shows Is Ridiculous

Giving away all your music for free and trying to make your living via other revenue streams can be a valid approach. Except that I don't know of any musicians. Continue reading

Guest Post on 08/01/2013 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (39)

Tags: Alex Day, Compact disc, Facebook, Hypebot, iTunes, music industry, PledgeMusic, YouTube

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New On Hypebot’s Jobs Board: PledgeMusic Seeks Global PR Head & More

New on our Music Industry Jobs Board is an opening as Global Head of Communications and PR at PledgeMusic. The company is also seeking full and part-time A&R Scouts. The are also job openings. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 07/31/2013 in Uncategorized | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: business, Hypebot, Hypebot.com, Marketing management, music industry, PledgeMusic, Scouts, Simply Hired

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What Can A Musician Learn From Chipotle?

Chipotle may seem like a bit of a stretch as a source of music industry knowledge but Joy Ike, a musician and creator of the excellent Grassrootsy music marketing blog,. Continue reading

Guest Post on 07/26/2013 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Chipotle, Entrepreneur, Hypebot, McDonald, music industry, musician, record label, Steve Ellis

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Gibson Exec Barry LeVine Joins SoundExchange As VP Industry Relations

SoundExchange today announced that Barry LeVine has been named Vice President of Industry Relations. In this role, he will lead the organization’s artist and label outreach program. Most recently, Barry. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 07/23/2013 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Gibson, Michael Huppe, music, music industry, Performance rights organisation, record label, royalties, SoundExchange

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New On Our Jobs Board: Stereobot.com Will Pay You To Listen To Music

New on our Music Industry Jobs Board is Stereobot.com, a music provider for TV, games and film, looking for music specialists to help categorize their library. The job pays hourly and. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 07/22/2013 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Brooklyn, Hypebot, Hypebot.com, Loyola University Chicago, Marketing management, music industry, Simply Hired, SynchTank

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MusicThinkTank.com Weekly Recap: 7 Ways to Double Your Fan Base & More

Where The Music Industry Thinks Out Loud Marcus Taylor: 7 Ways to Double the Size of Your Fan Base Simon Tam: The Ultimate Guide to Band Merchandise Daniel McCarthy:. Continue reading

admin on 07/20/2013 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: album, arts, Arts and Entertainment, band, Bands and Artists, campaign, crowdfunding, Daniel McCarthy, David Roberts, fan base, fans, kickstarter, List of Firefly characters, Marcus Taylor, marketing, merch, merchandise, music, music industry, musician, Natalie Cheng, promote, Simon Tam, tips

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CEO Benji Rogers On Why PledgeMusic Is Building An A&R Team

Last week PledgeMusic posted a call for full and part-time A&R Scouts. While any business that offers services to musicians might conceivably need folks to seek out talent and build. Continue reading

Guest Post on 07/17/2013 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (4)

Tags: Benji Rogers, Facebook, music industry, PledgeMusic, Pledgers, record label, Rogers, Scouts

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