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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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EASY RIDER
posted: September 28, 2009
James Dean”ageless dreamboat, immortal rebel. If you’re gonna channel someone, you may as well aim high. Viv Peyrat does so in his song, So James Dean. And though the 22-year-old singer-guitarist may share some of…
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SPITTIN' FIRE
posted: September 25, 2009
Like a lot of rappers out there, Brooklyn-born Wordspit didn’t grow up behind a white picket fence. With a drug-addled mother and a hustler/musician father, his childhood was anything but idyllic. Writing became comfort, then…
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HOW TO GET ROYALTIES
posted: September 23, 2009
Writing and performing music is rewarding enough without ever making a dime. . . right? Eff, no! If you’re like most serious musicians, you want to be able to support yourself solely on your music.…
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PRETTY GIRLS MAKE WAVES
posted: September 21, 2009
Pat Benatar fronting System of a Down. Shakira leading the Foo Fighters. Both of these scenarios may seem to spell disaster on paper, but in reality they might sound something like NYC’s MeTalkPretty. Which is…
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THE COLLEGE TRY
posted: September 18, 2009
What’s the quickest way to link Nickelback to Kanye West? It may be via a band from Boston named Clarias, who’ve shared the stage with both. This should give you two clues about their music: …
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