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- The 1st Musician to Make Amazing Use of Chat Roulette
- No, do it NOW
- The Indie Maximum 100 Goes To Texas ...Industry Experts & Musicians Dish Out Their Best SXSW Tips - Part 2: While You Are There
- The Indie Maximum 100 Goes To Texas ...Industry Experts & Musicians Dish Out Their Best SXSW Tips
- In Defense Of 1,000 True Fans - Part VII - Ellis Paul - 300 Fans = $100,000 in Contributions The Ultimate Testament to Fan Loyalty
- Three Steps To Inexpensively Winning The Search Engine Game
- Some good, old-fashioned advice
- Ariel’s Tips On How To Advance Your Career at SXSW
- Rock Band Network authoring best left to the pros
- Do you have conference advice for musicians? Want to be in my SxSW talk?
- 3 Music Biz Mindsets I Learned From My 3 Year Old
- What Do You Pretend to NOT Know About the Music Biz?
- Secrets In Stereo 2 Years + No Live Shows = $97,000 In Defense of 1,000 True Fans - Part VI
- Create An Elaborate Plan
- My Interview with SXSW Magazine on Online Strategy for Musicians
- Swami Sivers on Leadership
- The five most crucial points for any new artist just starting out...
- a Concept for Reinventing MySpace
- Digital Distributor Math: Choosing the Right Distributor for Your Band
- Man wins Grammy award and then racks up seventy-eight plays on MySpace the next day.
- The Musician’s Guide to Facebook Fan Pages - Six Apps to make your Artist Fan Page Pop!
- Honeyboy’s Grammy: A Moment for a Great American Voice
- The Flat Earth Conundrum
- The Song/Artist Adoption Formula - 2010 Update
- I Fight Dragons: 1 Band, 1 Year, & 10,000 New Fans - In Defense of 1,000 True Fans - Part V
- Rock Band Network for Dummies?
- Seth Godin on spreading music and selling intimacy
- Music Think Tank Notes and Etc.
- Is Your Wireless Mic Being Banned?
- TuneCore politely smacks down TommyBoy and Nielsen
- My first ReverbNation street team mission
- It's everything except our music that will make us the most popular place to hear music in the future.
- What are the ‘Music Industries’?
- About 1,500 artists break the "obscurity line" each year. Less than 1% do it on their own.
- The Futility of Flogging My Music Poem
- TuneCore Rocks
- Dear Rock Stars...
- Get Paid in 2010: Want To Increase Your Bottom Line? Focus On Your Fans!
- More evidence that the major labels have you by the nuts and bolts...
- Food For Thought - 2 Warner Music Execs Share $14 Million
- 7 Steps to Reaching Your Music Career Goals in 2010
- Avoiding Avoidance
- High margin digital music products that won't be stolen...
- Reconsider promotion. The faders are coming. The faders are coming.
- The musician enablers
- Lou Reed iPhone App - An Example of Why The Last Decade Was a Waste of Time in Music
- In Defense of 1,000 True Fans - Part IV - Kelly Richey
- The global self-promotion license application - it's a fake!
- No One Has the Answer, But Sivers Told Us That
- Eight things I plan to put into our new music-related website…
- The case for online-only promotion
- Anthropology, Technology, The Social Web and Advertising
- Right sort of rage, wrong machine
- Getting Started
- Global Self-Promotion License Application
- A Musicians Roadmap To Setting Goals for 2010
- Endorsements
- Pundits - Do Keep Up!
- Breakthroughs, Bitterness and Biopics
- Farewell to the Casual Music Fan
- Have I got a bridge to sell you.
- Dear Musicians - Please Be Brilliant or Get Out of The Way
- Get Your Music On The Radio
- Business idea: Put buskers online
- But it makes sense to me
- In Defense Of 1,000 True Fans - Part III - Amber Rubarth
- Notable posts on MTT Open
- Staged performances and thoughts about the future.
- The unprecedented shift from multiplication to division.
- 9 out of 10 dentists
- So now you get it, but do you really?
- Money can't buy you love
- An Interview With Zoë Keating
- First Impressions are now more important than ever.
- Music Think Tank is Under Renovation
- Does Anyone Have a Music Related Domain For Sale?
- Socialnomics Video
- Ten Tips that Every Musician Should Apply to Their Career
- Transformative Vs Incremental Change
- How to RUIN Your Music Career in 7 Easy Steps
- University research proves that the smart interlinking of multiple artist-controlled web properties drives success
- Ok, you make great music, but what’s your value proposition?
- What are you listening to when it comes to music?
- Photo and Video Release
- Keep Shooting High-Definition Music Video and Related Material
- Start Your Own Scene
- What are music fans willing to pay for?
- Posting and announcing your gigs.
- Email 101 for Artists
- MTT launches the Indie Maximum Exposure 100 Blog
- In Defense Of 1,000 True Fans - Part II - Matthew Ebel
- Ending agreements in the beginning for bands.
- ‘It’s tough to beat up a guy that never quits’
- Happy 'Quit MySpace' Day
- The primary job of a manager is to take care of your lazy artist…
- What happened? A rant about the work ethic of many musicians
- Hot Tip: Be one of the first to jump into the Augmented Reality buzz..
- The Lottery Model, The Free Culture Model, The Click Control Model
- In Defense Of 1,000 True Fans - Part I - The Mountain Goatsl
- How I knew I was done with my company
- Cancellations and Rescheduling
- Why the New Music Seminar Matters a.k.a. A Love Letter to Tom Silverman
- Music Marketing That's Made-To-Stick
- Not happy with existing venues? Make a new one.
- 12 years with Taxi
- Drive and determination are far from enough.
- How I Connect with Thousands of People in 7 Minutes A Day
- Music Think Tank's Google Analytics Reminder
- Dog Guru
- How much is a fan worth? - Part 1
- Honor as a musician and a business person.
- And if only 1% of those people...
- Set lists for the sound man and sound woman.
- Copyright v. Culture
- Spectral Management
- What I would do with a pile of money to spend on an artist?
- What would YOU do with freedom and a healthy budget to break a new artist?
- Experiment: Everyone must have a CD, even if free.
- Why didn't In Rainbows open the music industry floogates?
- You’re So ‘Yester-moment’
- Artists are not inherently entitled to monetary compensation for their Art
- Session players for recordings.
- Viral, Schmiral (‘Greatness’ Pt. 2)
- Not your average promo idea.
- Take it with a grain of salt - Dealing with the critics
- Why is a secular artist performing at a Christian Church?
- Unlearning
- Why Your ‘Greatness’ is Missed
- Eleven Steps To Fixing The Problem That Occurs When You Work Harder Than Everyone Else In The Band
- Public Relations has changed forever. PR 2.0 Tactics for Musicians
- Keeping with a plan and when it is the right time to change plans
- The World's Biggest Cover Band
- ReverbNation Survey: Artists and Health Care
- Sprezzatura
- Idea: Musician's own website as definitive source of all info.
- How I use Twitter
- Are You Still Blasting Out Press Releases & Stuffing Envelopes and Wondering Why You are Not Getting Reviewed?
- Just say NO to putting an end to illegal music sharing.
- Investing in the music industry...
- Songwriting Tips: Create Psychological Distance
- Proper care and maintenance of networking sites
- Play with your instruments and toys, learn them inside and out
- 3 Ways To Make Money Now - Playing Covers, Playing Sessions & Playing Live
- Picking a studio, engineer or producer - discount the silly list of names.
- A Shilling for Your Thoughts
- Spotify isn't available in the states yet. Can someone please tell me what's so earth-shattering about it?
- the economics of American Idol - based upon your experiences, does the music industry operate like this or not?
- Your digital music industry future…
- Template for Writing a Music Business Plan
- announcing MTT Stats
- How can an artist be original?
- MTT Radio Update
- The 1-2-3 Music Store
- A Lesson In Building Community (Or A Love Letter To Rob Gordon & What Are Records?)
- “Where have all the musical geniuses gone?”
- Twitter 101 For Musicians - Free PDF
- "True artists couldn't give a damn if no one hears their music..."
- MTT Radio (experiment)
- Invest in live show gear or invest in making a better record - which is more important?
- Are you content with your content?
- "Does all this shit have anything to do with the music business?"
- Beware of Fringe Fans: Appreciate Them, But Don't Let Them Distract You
- artistspaid.com
- Zimbabwe Legit featured on Music Think Tank
- Top 5 Ways to Track Your Social Media ROI
- The Song Adoption Formula
- "Listen to my music, and let me know what I should do"
- Remember the mullet? I guess the trends are accurate?
- Look, Lurk, Leap! A Musicians Guide For Finding Managing and Reading Music Blogs
- Barking
- Are fans telling friends? If not, improve, don't promote.
- Basic Marketing Principles For Artists - Part 3: Increase the Amount of Money That You Charge
- Preparing for a Vocal Recording Session
- Miles Davis Album Art - hot web site to check out
- Fame at any price. Tell the best story and win the contest...
- What artists should know about Stereofame
- Show success before asking for help
- Please contribute to HypeBot's Success List...
- Shut up! Announcing your plans makes you less motivated to accomplish them.
- Basic Marketing Principles For Artists - Part 2: Increasing the Frequency of Purchases
- The Hector Letter
- What's your songwriting process?
- How Do I Get Booking Agents To Take My Band Seriously?
- What artists should know about thesixtyone
- 7 Insider Tips On Getting More Gigs For Your Band
- Popular Music Think Tank Posts
- Tighten the low end of your mix with a frequency analyzer
- Don’t go over the self-promotion cliff; crush your local radio station instead.
- Basic Marketing Principles For Artists - Part 1: Increase Your Fanbase
- What makes a good "manager" in the DIY world?
- Is Jango payola?
- What artists should know about Jango
- Is A&R Still Necessary In Today's Music Industry?
- Forget MySpace: How To Build The Ultimate Website To Interact With Your Fans
- The New Music Gatekeepers: Fans & Workload
- Who owns Music Think Tank?
- 8 reasons to release a follow-up EP
- Defining the Music Industry Crisis
- How to use iTunes to drive up your iTunes revenue
- Crime and Corruption: Recognizing Unethical Practices in the Music Business
- Songwriters are taking it on the chin. What’s the solution?
- The End of the Music Album as The Organizing Principle
- Artist will put a tag cloud on her back to raise money for her next album.
- Is a Last.fm Powerplay campaign right for you?
- iTunes and AIG? Don’t think so.
- Add MP3s to your Music Think Tank posts
- EMI is screwed. Utterly screwed.
- Fan-Funding & Donation Sites: 9 Ways to Raise Money for Your Next Music Project
- Social Media & Online Marketing For Musicians - 10 Questions For an Expert in the Trenches
- Keep your mixes consistent by using a reference
- Digital Music Becomes (more) Rhizomatic: Evolutionary Traits of The Music Industry
- Remember the mullet? File sharers are next.
- practicing with limitations - material and how to deal with it, part I
- download music business legal documents for creating your own 360 deal
- What artists should know about Last.fm
- Small is the new big, and why house concerts could save touring artists.
- Musician’s SXSW South by Southwest Survival Guide
- Give 'em something they can feel!
- My song sucks? You must be an idiot! What’s the right way to review music?
- 10 Predictions for Radio's Next 5 Years
- What successful Internet marketers know and what musician marketers don't
- Sell More Cds at Shows By Not Naming the Price
- practicing with limitations
- MIDEM Conference Video Interviews
- Artist Path to Market Post #2: Navigating the Hype Machine
- Real in-store CD distribution: still working for anybody?
- How to Set and Reach Your Music Goals
- Music artists your route to market is as easy as A, B, C...
- Inspiring quotes about making music
- A Better Way To Book Live Music
- Going Mobile – The Future Of Marketing For Musicians
- Everyone Is Going To Help You …. If You Know How To Ask A Response To Derek's Post
- Nobody’s going to help you. Does that encourage you or discourage you?
- Art is An Energy
- Google Trends on Music Think Tank
- A MUSICIANS GUIDE TO SETTING AND ACHIEVIEVING GOALS FOR 2009
- Cyber Fluff Freedom
- Who is really behind the curtain?
- Fan-Driven-Private-Concerts - the next big thing?
- Want To Be A Great Musician? Act Like A Great Engineer
- Mickey Mouse logic
- The 3 dimensions of the music Long Tail
- 7 Marketing Lessons From Derek Sivers
- Attending a music biz conference? Here's the REAL way to do it....
- Music Niches: Narrow Your Net to Get More Fans
- Making MySpace Work For YOU
- Should the New Law of Music Absorption alter your music business decisions?
- 10 Websites That Are Ruining Things For My Band
- The ugly man behind the curtain in music publicity...
- The Long Fail: the cost of digital distribution
- Heard Brilliance Recently?
- Are people asking themselves questions about you?
- Who says what now?
- The KamaSutra of Music Marketing
- Can File Sharing Be Monetized By Advertising?
- Do most fans really want anything from you other than your music?
- Music Blogs - Are They The New Radio?
- Twitter is radically changing the way musicians are building communities of supportive fans around them. Are you still resisting it?
- If music was sport
- Nobody knows the future.
- 10 Mistakes Bands and Musicians Make
- Do great songs really ever go unheard?
- MTT Music - What's your advice? Should we launch MTT Music or scrap it?
- A publishing and distribution deal from the same company - is it smart?
- Great New Posts on MTT Open
- An industry with a great future behind it
- Is your album a starting line or a finish line?
- Eco-touring - survival is the mother of invention (or something)
- Social Media, Blogs and Music: Some Philosophical Thoughts
- New posts on MTT Open
- 6 things I wish I knew the day I started Berklee
- Are fan-funded models the future of the recorded music business?
- The Futility of Flogging Music
- The only thing wrong with Music 2.0 is your mental model of how it should work.
- Please Buy My Record: The Futility Of Flogging Music
- What does it mean to be a 'professional' musician.
- Should you go digital-only, and skip the CD?
- Could The TechCrunch Tablet Be The Final Nail In The Music Sales Coffin?
- How To Get From Full Time Day Job To Full Time Musician - Meet John Taglieri
- Songwriters who don't perform?
- From Exposure to Conversion "How to Create a Real Fan" - Part 2
- From Exposure to Conversion - 'How to Create a Real Fan' - Part One
- Digital music can’t be marketed, it can only be found.
- Measuring 'depth of interaction' or "you can't eat web-hits"
- Selling music by solving a specific need
- Does EMI uniquely understand that enabling and enhancing the music experience is where the money is?
- Build a Community to Build a Music Business - What I Learned From Cliff Ravenscraft
- Reselling music, the value of music
- The Record Industry Innovation Prize 2009
- Go Straight to the Fan!
- It's kind of not ABOUT you
- Aging with music
- Using a Momentum-Toward-Celebrity Strategy for Marketing Music
- The Myth of "Almost Zero" Recording Costs
- If I had a record label, would you be signed to it?
- Looking Ahead Into The New Music Business (aka What I Learned From Terry McBride, Again)
- 1,000 True Fans - Another Perspective
- MySpace Music & Corporate Conspiracies
- A Buyer's Market: The way we purchase online music
- What’s really keeping you from where you need to be? (It’s not piracy.)
- Crowdsourcing for Hits - is it a Mistake?
- Has Online Radio Growth Stagnated?
- Music Industry Trends have a Lesson for Radio
- Never have a limit on your income
- Bus company sues maids for carpooling - sound familiar?
- Back Catalogue To The Future
- Create Validate Sell
- Think Tank Talk Question?
- Capitalizing On Fan Feedback
- Ask the readers: What's important?
- 1,000 True Fans to Make a Living
- Save The Earth Use BitTorrent
- The Blanket License Debate
- 9 Mistakes To Avoid When Recording Your Own Album
- Was 90%. Now 10%.
- Can't try it? Won't buy it.
- Welcome to the Think Tank
- Aiming to please a few big clients versus aiming to please lots of little clients
- People are like sheep. To market music, the appearance of celebrity momentum matters.




