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New Music Biz 101: Quick Artist Website
posted: January 8, 2011
It used to be very difficult to create an artist Web site. It wasn’t uncommon to hire an individual or team to build the site for you, since the tools to build the site without a strong…
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New Music Biz 101: The New Social Network
posted: November 6, 2010
In Steve Jobs’ keynote address on September 1st, Apple announced the newest social network for musicians. Since the launch of Ping, there has been a lot of controversy on the actual usefulness or value of…
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New Music Biz 101: Free Track Giveaways
posted: October 30, 2010
Ever since the rise of the independent artist, free track giveaways have been a promotional tool rapidly increasing in popularity. Artists are giving away free CDs, MP3s”anything that can get their music to the masses.…
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Day 1: Future of Music Coalition's Policy Summit 2010
posted: October 4, 2010
In 2000, The Future of Music Coalition was formed as “a national nonprofit organization that works to ensure a diverse musical culture where artists flourish, are compensated fairly for their work and where fans can…
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HOW TO GET DISTRIBUTION
posted: October 28, 2009
You spent months recording your CD, mixing and mastering it, deciding on artwork and sending it off to production. And there it sits, with 4,999 of its friends, piled in boxes on your apartment floor…
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HOW TO SELL YOUR MUSIC ONLINE
posted: September 30, 2009
According to a recent independent report by market research firm NPD, digital music sales currently account for 35% of all music sold in the US. What’s more, those numbers are expected to go up, equaling…
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