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| How To Sell Music On Your Website
by: Mike King
I’ve talked at length about the fact that it’s certainly easier (and cheaper!) than ever to sell your music online using CD Baby or TuneCore as a digital distributor. And while I think it makes all the sense in the world to get your music out to iTunes, AmazonMp3, and the other online retailers, it’s also important to sell directly to the fans that are visiting your own site or blog....
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| Just Six Songs
by: Debbie Cavalier
Daniel Levitin, author of “This is Your Brain on Music” has a new book entitled “The World in Six Songs.” In it, he says there are just six types of song in all music throughout the ages, and they help tell a story of music and human evolution.
Those six types are:
- Friendship/Socia...
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| CD Sales On The Rise For Children’s Music
by: Debbie Cavalier
Although the music industry is in turmoil, some segments are less affected by the trend, according to a recent article in the Philadelphia Enquirer...
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| The Word of Mouth Manual Volume II
by: Mike King
One needs only to take a walk pass the new Apple store at in Boston at 8AM to see how important word of mouth is to Apple and their new iPhone. Apple is legendary for their marketing (customer service is another thing - I waited close to an hour last week to get an iPhone, in which time Apple was only able to service ONE person). Their integrated marketing cam...
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| Legal Group: Your Mashup Is Probably Legal
by: Ben Snyder
Earlier this week the Center for Social Media, a project at the School of Communication at American University in Washington DC, released guidelines on fair use practices for video.
These guidelines provide valuable insight as to what is and isn't allowed under the fair use statue in Copyright Law as well as shed light on how the cour...
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| Amazon makes good use of Facebook
by: George Howard
I continue to be impressed by what Amazonmp3 is doing. Someone over there really gets how to leverage technology. You wouldn't think this would be so surprising being that Amazon was one of the first to leverage technology, but, man oh man, I've seen some doofus moves from companies who should know better. So, as I say, it's been nice to see someone really doing it right.
Everyone talks about how bands, companies, whomever should be using social networking sites like Fac...
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| Herb Alpert Foundation Awards $1.2 Million for Scholarships for Young Artists
by: Artists House Staff
The Herb Alpert Foundation, who conceived the idea for and funded the development of Artistshousemusic.org, has awarded $1.2 million for scholarships to the California State Summer School for the Arts. The scholarships include three awards in each of six categories: animation and film/video; creative writing; dance; music; theater; and visual arts. Read more about these scholarships ...
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| The Tangled Web of Terrestrial Radio Artist Performance Royalties
by: Mike King
This past Wednesday the House Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property met to discuss the proposed Performance Rights Act. Like many things related to the record business, it’s a contentious issue. Depending on where you stand, the Performance Rights Act is either: A) long overdue, the artists have been getting screwed for years, or B) another instance of the RIAA (the trade organization that repres...
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| Ooh Lala! (dot com)
by: Ben Snyder
Michael Robertson, founder of mp3.com and persistent tech entrepreneurposted on his blog todayabout a new music service called Lala.com under the headline "$20 Million Dollar Experiment to See if You'll Rent a Song for 10 Cents".
In his post he talks about how the new service works. The site allows users to purchase a song for a dime. When they do, that song is pu...
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| Solving the Problem with Digital Music: Slimbox Duet
by: Mike King
After accumulating (way too many) CDs since 1987, I’m making the move to converting my collection to digital. The have decreased to the point that it makes sense to rip my CDs to a lossless format, and the truth is, while I’m a big fan of liner notes and artwork, I’ve had it with CD storage. And moving the collection is nothing short of a horror show nightmare.
The...
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