Monday
Nov302009
November 30, 2009 10 Things You Thought Had Nothing To Do With Marketing
1. Clean Up Your Room: Organization is key when creating your marketing plan. One can’t be effective and messy at the same time.
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November 30, 2009 Monday
Nov302009
November 30, 2009 Monday
Nov302009
November 30, 2009 Stephen Fry, blogging and musicians
Musicians and bands should take notice of Stephen Fry’s comments on BBC’s Analysis programme “Stephen Fry: The Internet and Me”. Fry points out that Twitter and its ilk have made it easy for celebs to bypass the press offices and gossip columnists, and tell the world what they’re doing as soon as it happens. Why though, are there not many bands and musicians on Twitter? Why aren’t there many bands from Manchester (UK) not tweeting that they’re doing a gig on Friday night? No DJs either, plugging their new set?
Monday
Nov302009
November 30, 2009 Music Marketing DIY - Amanda Palmer tells All
Recently Hypebot readers, myself included were able to put questions to indie artist Amanda Palmer about here approach to DIY promotions. The interview took place on November 19th at The State Theatre in Falls Church VA. Jim McDermott (a former major label digital and artist development guy) hosted this special event.
Saturday
Nov282009
November 28, 2009 Mix Tips that I tell my clients
There’s three parts in the sound production process when you’re making a CD: recording, mixing and mastering. Although these three stages may overlap somewhat, they are three distinct parts, each with their own guidelines, concerns and tools. Here’s some simple guidelines I tell my clients to ensure good results in Mastering:
Thursday
Nov262009
November 26, 2009 JIVE64 - Not A Prince
Here’s our new single from an album that will be a tribute to the eighties, the one decade that we all want to delete, but then restore :)
in Music Industry, Remixing, Top 40, mtt radio, music promotion | tagged 80s, eighties, electro, ella tadmor, jive64, not a prince, pop, roy cohen
Music Industry, Remixing, Top 40, mtt radio, music promotion | tagged 80s, eighties, electro, ella tadmor, jive64, not a prince, pop, roy cohen Wednesday
Nov252009
November 25, 2009 Rock The Biz-Trailer: Independent documentary about the new music business
Rock The Biz: The trailer of the independent music business documentary is now online
Wednesday
Nov252009
November 25, 2009 Introducing Tangram
Hello folks, I am Peter Fabok (aka Tangram) from Hungary, an ambient musician who likes Tangerine Dream, Der Spyra, Airsculpture, Ulrich Schnauss, Klaus Schulze, Rudy Adrian etc…
If you like these artists, I hope you will like my music too.
In my homepage there are many downloadable free albums, videos, unreleased tracks to listen. Please write me some comments about my musical work!
Best regards
Peter Fabok (aka Tangram)
Monday
Nov232009
November 23, 2009 Guide to Making Free Beatz - What to look for
So you have always had a passion for making rap and hip hop beatz. Maybe you are one of those who always have a rhythm or beat pounding in your head. If this is the case, you need to read on as this article will give some tips on how you can take those free beatz that are running over and over in your head and actually turn that into a beat you can play on your Ipod or in your CD player.
Sunday
Nov222009
November 22, 2009 The Not So New Record Label Model
It used to be that record lables would operate in a very simple, organized fashion. As long as you were working these specific areas simultaneously, talented recording artists were guarenteed a certain amount of success. Keep in mind that the old industry machine braggeed about a 1:10 ratio. Out of every ten artist, one would go Platinium and pay for the rest. Remember that?
Saturday
Nov212009
November 21, 2009 MySpace: Artist Death March or Sea of Success
Cries of frustration, despair, immense disrespect and even hatred continually characterize the debate surrounding MySpace whenever it’s on going abandonment of the independent music community is discussed. Criticizing what MySpace isn’t is like shooting fish in a barrel. Besides, it’s only a fool’s game strictly for those within the artist community who are looking for something or someone to blame for their own lack of success. I am a half glass full kind of guy that believes the independent music community can take matters into its own hands and shape MySpace into a place of many possibilities, great opportunity and realistic monetization. Even though it would be nice, we really don’t need MySpace’s help to do it.
Friday
Nov202009
November 20, 2009 Social Media and Knowing Music
I was interested in what Steve Lawson had to say about incremental vs transformative change in the music industry. I agree that the dawn of the digital age represents a fundamental shift in the way the industry works.
Thinking about this it also occured to me that the relationship between social media and the music industry also represents a transformative change. It occured to me that for the first time, Music seems to understand the way we understand it… you follow?
tagged philosophy, social media
philosophy, social media Wednesday
Nov182009
November 18, 2009 Which Way Does Your Cash Flow?
When I was a child my parents would constantly remind me that I had a poor concept of money. Thankfully my overhead was low enough that spending all of my paper route money didn’t leave me out on the street. Insert rent, car payment, food and a wireless phone bill and suddenly, I had BIG problems. Unfortunately, many musicians still don’t know how to create an effective budget or sucessfully balance a check book. Musicians are not alone on this. Its very common for workers who have a STEADY source of income to live paycheck to paycheck, or worse, carry a negative cash flow.
Monday
Nov162009
November 16, 2009 Music Without Labels & Beat-Play at the Independent Music Conference –Northampton, MA - November 19-23, 2009
Founder and President of Music Without Labels, Dante Cullari, has been blessed with the pleasure to speak at this year’s Independent Music Conference in Northampton this Saturday at the Clarion Hotel in Northampton, MA, in which, he will be one of a select expert group of panelists, mentors, and workshop presenters, gathered to discuss empowering ideas for indie musicians to achieve success. The four day long IMC, offers many influential opportunities for independent artists, thanks to the educational and internetworking platform provided by the event’s coordinator, InterMixx.