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Music Publishing For Today's Market By: Allen Johnston, The Music Specialist (Contributor) Before the invention of the phonograph, songwriters earned income by relying on music publishers to sell sheet music and piano rolls of their songs. Even as radio and television replaced the piano in the parlor, music publishers continued to play an important role as popular singers continued to rely upon

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What Is The Key To Getting Your Music In Film or TV ? By Brent McCrossenIf you and your band write good songs, in any style, there is more opportunity than ever to get that music placed in some form of media. The fact is that media has expanded and now touches every part of our daily lives. Once upon a time the TV and Movie Theatres were the only avenues for visual entertainment. Those days are

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Eleven Ways Bands Can Utilize Their Website To Promote Their Music By: Lance Trebesch, TicketPrinting.com (Open Post) There once was a day when the only way to promote your music was by going downtown, printing off 500 postcards, licking 500 stamps and peeling 500 labels. Now in less than 5 minutes, artists can compose an email list of the 500 people and send it off with one click. Websites give

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What's Wrong with 'American Idol'?Bob Baker's updated manifesto on how the popular show is creating widespread misconceptions about what it takes to succeed as a musical artist today.It's one of the most popular TV shows of recent years, drawing tens of millions of viewers every week. Even I admit, American Idol is fun to watch. The show provides all the elements of good pop culture entertainment

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Who Needs Flyers? How to Generate a Flood of Local Web Site Traffic for your Unsigned Band Seems every time I read an article about music promotion, they seem generally the same thing. "Play in your local market with a fifty mile radius of your hometown." That's actually pretty smart advice. If you can build a buzz in your region, that local buzz will eventually spread outside of your market into

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5 Essentials of Music Career Success By: Peter Spellman, Music Business Solutions (Associate Writer) Music is too big a world for a one-size-fits-all model of music career success. Musicians’ career paths are as unique as their individual fingerprints. Nevertheless, there are a few guidelines that I believe apply to anyone trying to make a living career out of their love of music. Here are five

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Be Committed! You’ll Never Be Famous If You Don’t Show Up! By: Sheena Metal, Music Highway (Associate Writer) Everyone wants to be famous: live in a mansion, drive a sports car, tour the world in your private plane, date a model, float around in the pool while collecting royalties for CD sales, and drink beer right out of your private tap. But not everyone is aware that, with any career that has

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Bulldozer Marketing – The Top Five Ways to Beat the Competition Part I By: Jaci Rae (Associate Writer) The competition is fierce and your company is just one of a billion others trying to grab the attention of consumers and the business world. How can you get your company to the top of the pile and start gaining the clout and money you need to succeed? In Part I and II of this article, I will

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How Many CDs Sales Are In Your Audience? By: Tim Sweeney, TSA Music (Associate Writer) For most artists the answer is very simple: 3 or 4. For successful artists, it’s a question they can’t answer until they’re onstage during the performance. The reason why most artists can answer is predictable. They continue to make the same mistakes they made before, during and after their shows. For example,

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Music Technology: Competing for Gigs with Mobile DJsMusic technology emerges during the holiday season, as a lot of parties use mobile DJs rather than union musicians. I hate to see it, but it's a fact of life. They're out there. Nothing is worse than losing a gig to music technology. You take music lessons, spend thousands and thousands of dollars, practice for years to become a professional

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Get Your Music Heard Can You Talk The Talk? By: Susan Finch, Get Your Music Heard (Open Post) I've worked in film and video for the last several years and have always been the one to place most of the music in commercials and TV shows I work on. What has surprised me throughout my career is discovering that some musicians who know how to talk the talk, and some who don't. In my line of work, I

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The First Question You Must Answer When Promoting Your Music By: Bob Baker,The Buzz Factor (Associate Writer) I'm going to use up this entire article dealing with one subject, because I think it's vital to the success of your music promotion efforts. Every day I see the same mistakes being made in this area and feel I owe it to you to drive this crucial point home. Suppose you walked into your

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How to Win a Songwriting Contestwritten by: Jake Sibley If you're a musician, you can't help but see them. They're posted in music stores, crammed in the backs of magazines, brightly linked at the bottoms of webpages. They have important-sounding names like "The Great American Song Contest". "I wonder who actually spends the time to put together an application and mail it off to this thing…" I do

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Lots of musicians wanted: A Gig You May Have Never ConsideredMusicians wanted for a place with no rowdy crowds, no drunken customers, no late nights, easy hours, and making more than scale? Musicians wanted for travel, meeting interesting people, and talking about music and instruments all day? And nobody is throwing off-the-wall requests at you either? You get paid on time, and the check always

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Do You Need Record Labels?Do you need music contracts from record labels? The answer is yes and no. It is really up to you. It depends on what you are trying to accomplish. The answer is "yes" if you are looking for high visibility, widespread distribution, and a small (sometimes very small) percentage of sales. The answer is "no" if you can develop your own niche marketing, handle your own

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Sounds Like... Fitting In Before Being Different By Paul DeStefano You're in a relatively unknown band. I can be reasonably sure that's true or you wouldn't be looking for marketing tips. How do you get someone to stop long enough at your page to listen?Packaging.Take your artist ego right now and stuff it in the closet. You know the one, the one that tells you you're unique and have your own

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Getting People To Your Website By Paul DeStefano So, you've got a web site with music on it. MP3.COM, your own domain, Ampcast, whatever. I don't really care which one. None of them send you free visitors interested in music. If you have written the Holy Grail of Pop Music and recorded it flawlessly, it will grace the bottom of the charts through the end of time unless someone goes and listens

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Making Music DREAMS Become REALITY in the Music Business By Janet Fisher Define the dream. What is it you are actually trying to do? Be the world's best writer? Become a megastar performer? Lead the church choir? Own a record label that records other acts?You would not believe how many writer/artists come to me, saying they just want to do "something" in the Music Industry. Sorry, you have to

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Bigger Career 'Eyes' Than Career 'Stomachs' By: Kenny Love (Associate Writer) When I was growing up, most of my family would join together each Sunday after church to partake of the famous Sunday dinner. We kids eagerly looked forward to it because not only did it mean great wholesome (and very tasty) meals, but it also meant our weekly new journey into a panorama of desserts. Truthfully, we

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Effective Use Of Street Teams By: Keith Holzman, Solutions Unlimited (Associate Writer) The marketing of music for independent labels has become considerably more difficult during the last few years due to increased competition and because the major labels have driven up the cost and reduced access to most general and music media. So what's an indie label with limited resources to do? Well, one

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PR 101: A Primer In Publicity By: John Foxworthy, Garage Radio, (Associate Writer) Every month I have to listen to tons of artist submissions. Sometimes it's painful, other times it's a pleasure. Usually the pleasure or pain threshold is not to do with how the music sounds, although God only knows that is the ice cream! No, the enjoyment factor begins when I know that a package has been

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The “T” in Tour Merchandise Stands For T-shirt By: Gigi Swanson, M.G. Incentives Inc (Open Post) When you think of tour merchandise you might envision major label artists playing large arenas and selling everything from tie-dye T -shirts, bumper stickers, embroidered baseball caps and in the case of the Rolling Stone’s famed Voodoo Lounge tour—a custom motorcycle. But even if you are an

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Indie Labels: A Real Music Industry Career By: Susan Rabin, The Musician's Lawyer (Open Post) 2005-05-15 The music industry is in trouble. For some time now labels and publishers have been consolidating, downsizing, and signing fewer artists and songwriters. The struggles with piracy, illegal downloading, and catching up with new technologies continue. As a 19-year attorney who represents musical

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How To Avoid Having Your Music Thrown Into The Bin By: Tim Sweeney, TSA Music (Associate Writer) For many years now I have been telling you about the importance of getting rid of your press kit and creating an Artist Profile to represent you and your music. This week I received an email with a great example of what I have been telling you. Katie Garibaldi, a long time veteran of the Music

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Press Relations: Before You E-mail, Take The 30-Minute Challenge! By: Jennifer Layton, Indie-Music (Contributing Writer) Your baby has arrived. And you want to tell the world. Which is not only natural, it’s smart. Once your CDs come back from the duplicating company, it’s time to market them. You need to get the word out so people will want to buy them, and then you’ll get more bookings, and

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Success Leaves Clues By: Carla Lynne Hall, The DIY Diva (Associate Writer) Too many bands really don’t have a clue when it comes to realistically assessing the quality of their recorded music when submitting for airplay, gigs, or general promotion… this article demystifies what those of us in the biz are really looking, and listening for… I think many of us take the music we hear on the radio

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The Musician's Handbook: How To Increase Your Odds Of Getting Signed By Understanding More About A & R By: Bobby Borg (Associate Writer) MOST ARTISTS DREAM about getting signed to a recording agreement, yet few know anything about the record company personnel responsible for discovering new talent, what these people look for in an artist, and where and when they look to find it. You might just

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Insider Secrets to the Music Business By: Carla Lynne Hall, The DIY Diva (Associate Writer) Many people outside of the music industry (and surprisingly many inside too) do not understand the way the music business really works. The truth, for the most part, is cloaked in mystery and closed door meetings. It makes the industry that much more glamorous and enticing. The Internet and lowered costs

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How To Create Your Own Destiny By Learning To Do It Yourself By: Bobby Borg (Associate Writer) In his book, “Wild Thing," Ian Copeland, founder of Frontier Booking International (FBI) and talent agent to The Police, Sting, and No Doubt, says, "Doors were usually closed to newcomers in the industry. We decided to stop beating on them and create new ones." It's not enough to simply give someone a

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Finding Your Niche Career in the Big, Crazy World of Music By: Peter Spellman, Music Business Solutions (Associate Writer) Imagine for a moment that you're attending a music conference and you meet several individuals for the first time. Each one tells you what he or she does as follows: Person A: "I've started a business offering private music instruction, selling guitars, and repairing

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Radio Airplay 101: Publishing Royalties from Radio By: Bryan Farrish, Radio-Media (Associate Writer) We are always asked by people releasing their first record, "Will I get BMI/ASCAP royalties if I get airplay?" This question is similar to asking, "If I open a restaurant, will I make money?" While it is the job of BMI/ASCAP to pay airplay royalties, it's also the job of restaurant customers to

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New Rules For The New Year: What Is Coming In The Music Industry? What's Changing, What's Not By: Jaci Rae (Associate Writer) We’ve seen it coming for several years, but it’s here, full on and in our faces now…so what do artists do? The word “artist” means: “One whose work shows skill.” (The American Heritage Dictionary) However, with the arrival of unskilled, but nice “artists” being signed to

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My group just recorded a demo, who owns the copyright? By: Michael P. McCready, Esq. (Open Post) (Articles written by Michael P. McCready, Esq. and reprinted by permission from www.music-law.com) Disclaimer This is offered as a reference tool only. No information or materials posted here are intended to constitute legal advice. This site is not intended to be legal advice or a substitute for

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By: Ben Ohmart (Assistant Editor) Here's my top 10 on what you can do to make yourself a little living in this madhouse of music competition: 1. work on it everyday. Life is like a muscle, you don't use it, you start seeing the fat, you have to work harder the next day. Music is the same way. If you don't write, promote, practice, whatever else, everyday, you're an idiot. And you're just asking

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30 Days to Greater Exposure By: Carla Lynne Hall, The DIY Diva (Associate Writer) So you think you’ve done all you can do to build a buzz? Try a couple of these ideas on for size, in no particular order: 1. Send letters introducing yourself to 10 people in the music industry 2. Hold an acoustic House Concert in your living room. 3. List your web sites in search engines 4. Improve your search

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How do I protect the name of my band?By: Michael P. McCready, Esq. (Open Post) Articles written by Michael P. McCready, Esq. and reprinted by permission from www.music-law.comDisclaimer This is offered as a reference tool only. No information or materials posted here are intended to constitute legal advice. This site is not intended to be legal advice or a substitute for obtaining legal advice

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Defining The True Artist Do You Have What It Takes? By: Chris Standring, A&R Online (Associate Writer) There are musicians who are more than comfortable remaining anonymous. You know, happy to hide behind their guitars or keyboards and be sidemen to the stars of today or tomorrow. Then there are those that have grandiose aspirations of stardom, adoration and limelight. And then there are those

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Music Business: Before You Email, Take the 30-Minute Challenge!Your baby has arrived. And you want to tell the world.Which is not only natural, it’s smart. Once your CDs come back from the duplicating company, it’s time to market them. You need to get the word out so people will want to buy them, and then you’ll get more bookings, and then you’ll make more fans and sell more merchandise, and

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Four Ways to Attract More Music Fans Fasterby Bob BakerAttracting more fans. Admit it, that's what music marketing is all about -- getting more people to come to your shows and buy your CDs. And hopefully, getting a lot more people to do those things. Why else do you work so hard to travel and play as many places as you can? For what other reason do you meticulously write and record songs? I

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by Bob BakerI'm not sure exactly what triggered it, but recently my mind started popping with creative, off-the-wall ways to promote your music. So I jotted down some notes and am sharing them with you in this article.I'll let you determine whether these are truly "outrageous" ideas. But one thing is for sure: They certainly aren't the traditional things that most musicians think about when they

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10 Ways To Make Your Project More Attractive To Sponsors - By Jeremy Rwakaara In today’s unpredictable economy, it’s not just the major labels that are having a hard time selling records and filling concert venues. Most independent/unsigned artists struggle to get rid of the boxes of shrink-wrapped CD’s stashed in their basement/garage/spare room, and most of their tours make very little money

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The Copyright FAQ - By Jeffrey P. Fisher No other aspect of the music industry is more misunderstood than copyright. Musicians are perpetually worried that someone, somewhere will steal their creative work. Unfortunately, there is mostly wrong information that continues to circulate. This FAQ aims to set the record straight with a simple, no-nonsense, and ultimately factually correct

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COPYRIGHT BASICSFOR SONGWRITERSby Kathy UnruhShould you copyright your song? If you're a songwriter, sooner or later you will probably have some questions about getting your material copyrighted. Since I've already been down this road before, you might be able to benefit from my experience. Though I am not an expert in the field, I do believe that I have some valuable information to share with

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