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Music Marketing

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Now Reading…

March 8, 2010

Yes! Reading! A paperback book – how very old school of me huh? And a good read it is too – i’m only on chapter 3 at this point, but allready i’d recommend any new band or artist to go out there and buy a copy of this – it’s that good! But I digress [...]

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Oh if you must use Myspace ….

March 2, 2010

Oh go on – get your band a myspace page! – even though I personally can’t stand the place – Myspace does remain a valuable, free asset for fan generation and is a great platform to be discovered on! Therefore ll give a quick heads up on the Myspace thing and why you should still [...]

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7 Questions For Music Sites #Kiltfeed 02.24.10

February 24, 2010

Kilted_Alex @kilted_andrew and its goodnight from him #kiltfeed 4 minutes ago from TweetDeck Reply Retweet   Kilted_Alex @michaelGregoire had some stellar points about music promotion etc: http://bit.ly/bwKKL4 #kiltfeed #netlabel 4 minutes ago from TweetDeck Reply Retweet   kilted_andrew So – until next week – it’s goodnight from me #kiltfeed 4 minutes ago from TweetDeck Reply [...]

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Marketing New Music Artists

February 19, 2010

A couple of stories have popped up this week that has me reaching for my keyboard – the one with letters not notes.   Alex commented about Suzanne Vega’s move to Direct to Fan Marketing and DMN noted that Sade just moved half a million units, going gold in her first week. Now I love both [...]

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Cover your ass against the copyright police

February 19, 2010

In the light of Google closing down music blogs, AKA #musicblogocide2K10, I got to thinking about the ongoing question of how to “stay legal” on your blog – and a quick easy solution came to me: ADD THE LICENSE! Really, its simple. If your favorite band allows you to use a track on your blog, [...]

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Quick food for thought

February 16, 2010

“I’m back to where I started from. Taking names, making mailing lists… It’s a relief not to have to deal with a record company, and their A.D.D. attention spans.” – Suzanne Vega in the New Yorker AND: The Mighty Mighty Bosstones move to subscription based fan marketing – and it works! Two major artists, both [...]

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Free Chaos has a Winner

February 12, 2010

And that winner is: JODY SCHNEIDER – Follow her here on Twitter and her myspace page is here We have some great things in mind for the website we’ll be starting work on soon. And we’ll be blogging a lot more about Jody’s work, and the entire creative process of how an artist gets that [...]

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Citizen Journalist – the big G is out to get you

February 10, 2010

… Well, maybe! After a retweet by @charliehilton of @pigsandplans saying he was moving to WordPress because Google were shutting down blogs, I did a little researching of my own, and it seem they’re right: “Musicblogocide2K10” does indeed seem to be starting.  I’m sure there will be no official line from Google on this for [...]

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Monsters Are Not Myths Kill Valentine’s Day Lameness

February 9, 2010

Monsters Are Not Myths are at it again – our favorite San Fran Indie band are spreading the love this Valentine’s day with more personalized songs for that special person in your life.  From their website: Monsters are not Myths, beloved Bay Area band and all-around funny people, will call your loved one or crush [...]

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RCRDLBL

February 8, 2010

It used to be that you only listened to one kind of music – your whole identity was wrapped up in a couple of bands that would shape your clothes, your hair who you hung out with and who you made out with.  From what I can tell – this is all pretty much in [...]

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