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| Editorial - July, 2007
by: John Snyder
One of the purposes of this site is to provide a sense of context for those who want to make music their life. It’s a life that picks you more than you pick it. And most successful people in the music world will tell you “don’t do it unless you have to”. This is a reflection of two music biz truisms: you have to have passion and total dedication and you are going to suffer! I’m not into suffering myself and I see most problems as a matter of missing information and guidance. ...
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| ROYALTY WEEK
by: Debbie Cavalier
I just came across a great resource for anyone looking to expand their knowledge and income potential with music royalties and wanted to share it with all of you. The resource is RoyaltyWeek.
RoyaltyWeek is a new weekly electronic magazine featuring industry news and information about music royalties, music intellectual property rights in the digital domain, music royalty collection and distribution, and t...
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| Commentary on Rolling Stone's recent "Record Industry's Decline" article
by: George Howard
Venerable - though increasingly more pop-culture orientated - music magazine, Rolling Stone, recently published a lengthy article entitled "The Record Industry's Decline." It is full of the usual tolling of the bells for the Record industry: quotes of plummeting sales figures; quotes from people with in the industry saying things like "The record business is over."
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| Online radio goes dark
by: George Howard
The foreboding headline above is both true and, potentially, a portent of things to come. Today, June 26th, thousands of online radio stations (webcasters) have quieted their signals in a show of protest against the new webcasting royalty rates that loom over the industry like a guillotine, and, if carried out as planned, will soon put countless webcasters out of business. While there are thousands of small webcasters out there who are taking part in this protest, you might be surprised to ...
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| Winners Announced
by: John Snyder
We have posted the winners of our contest. We avoided the American Idol approach and opted for the approach of "you’re talented, you’re on one level and you want to go to the next level". The question is, how do you get there. George and Mike specifically addressed this question for each of our three “winners”. And they refer to specific video clips in our database to elucidate their points. We appreciate very much all of those bands and performers who ent...
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| Contest Closed - Results Will Be Posted Shortly
by: Mike King
We'd like to thank everyone who submitted their work for our first demo evaluation contest. It was a pleasure to review submissions from gifted musicians that exhibit such significant promise. We will highlight three submissions prominently on our site, along with personalized advice from us, likely by this Monday, June 18th. We will continue to offer similar opportunities for our members in the future.
Mike
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| Performance Arrangements Online!
by: Debbie Cavalier
Hal Leonard Corporation, the world's largest music print publisher, is expanding their performance arrangement business through two ecommerce initiatives: BandMusicDirect.com and OrchestraMusicDirect.com. The launches add to their existing direct music Web site at ...
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| Music News & Commentary: June 4, 2007
by: George Howard
Yahoo (via Billboard) is reporting that Microsoft is starting a program called Ignition that is designed to "expose new artists and their music to consumers...by featuring exclusive content through Microsoft's multiple services — including MSN, Xbox, Live, and Zune."
While I'm all for promoting music in new and innovative ways, I've yet to see one of these type...
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| New Videos Added - Ticketmaster Service Charge Explained!
by: Mike King
As Ben Franklin once said, there’s nothing certain in this life except death, taxes, and heavy duty service charges from Ticketmaster. Until recently it looked like the residents of Massachusetts were to receive a reprieve from the last third of these certainties when Senator Michael Morrissey filed legislation earlier this year that would cap the fees per ticket at $12, eliminate charges for electronic delivery of tickets, and require venues to report what they are doing with the facility...
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| Music News & Commentary: June 1, 2007
by: George Howard
"The best advice I could give to any young band is to do it yourself." While this quote could come from any number of people here at AHM, in fact it comes from music legend and label owner Alan McGee.
McGee is likely most well-known as the founder of Creation Records. He was thus responsible for bands like The Jesus And Mary Chain, My Bloody Valentine, Teenage Fanclub, and - of...
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