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NPR’s “Snap Judgement”: Survival of the Freshest
Mar 18Homeboy Sandman While on the road yesterday, I heard this piece on NPR about Brooklyn-based artist Homeboy Sandman. I knew it would be our next Grassrootsy post. Take out 15 minutes and listen to this segment. It’s mindblowing! And if it doesn’t jumpstart you, I don’t know what will.
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REN 101 – Know your Promoters!
Mar 18Adding another refresher course of our Ren101′s, we are tackling Promoters today. When building your live act, promoters are instrumental into getting your show up and running locally and on the road. They are the foundation that will add value and credibility to your touring aspirations. Promoters can help build your band when you do not even have a team in place. It is often difficult to procure a Booking Agent, and it can be just as difficult to track down a Manager that will fight and...
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Starting your Musical Enterprise with Evan Lowenstein
Mar 18Evan Lowenstein started out in the Music Business as an Artist with his brother, and they produced a Top 20 Single in their hey day. However, Evan felt a calling to something bigger than just his career as an Artist. He wanted to help other fellow Artists knowing what the struggle can be to even succeed in this business. Therefore, he decided to dive in and create a company that could serve as a platform to benefit all Artists. This was the genesis of StageIt, a virtual interactive platform on...
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The DIY Daily Podcast #330 - March 18, 2013
Mar 18Today's episode features a discussion on: Do You Compare Yourself? and 3 Ways to Deal with 3 Different Forms of Negativity in the World ### Share your personal story with The DIY Daily audience by sending an email for Brian to read on air at: thediydaily@thornybleeder.com. ### Listen and/or Download here: This week's Featured Song is "Sucker For Love", by The Bayones featuring Brian Ray and Oliver Leiber. Visit Brian Ray and The Bayonets online at: www.brianray.com.
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7 Simple Tips to Help You Promote Your Music on Twitter
Mar 18If you want to promote your music on Twitter, there’s enough good data out there to inform your social media promotion efforts and help you maximize the effectiveness of each and every tweet. First, schedule your tweets at peak hours to get them in front of the most eyes. Second, you want to write tweets that encourage action (retweeting, purchasing, replying, etc.)! We recently attended a webinar by the internet marketing experts at HubSpot called “The Science of Twitter.” It’s full of...
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PledgeMusic Officially Launches In Canada, Sponsors Free Mixtape For Canadian Music Week
Mar 18Canadian Music Week kicks off Tuesday in Toronto featuring the Canadian Music Fest and a bunch of other festivals, conferences and special events. PledgeMusic is participating in multiple ways with its official Canadian launch and sponsorship of this month's free mixtape from The Coffee Shop Project featuring Audio Blood artist clients. Canadian Music Week 2013 takes place March 19 through 24 in Toronto with music, comedy and film festivals, conferences on digital media, music and radio...
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Flattr Expands Options For Fan Support Via Twitter, Soundcloud, Instragram & More
Mar 18Flattr, a unique micropayments system that rewards musicians and other creators, has expanded its offering to include direct fan-to-creator payments from within Soundcloud, Twitter, Instagram and other popular sites and services. Flatrr works on official, mobile and third party clients. After sign-up and funding an account (small or large), Flattr tracks fan activity across supported sites and divides the budget into equal parts based on the number of clicks (Likes, favorites and stars)...
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NEWS BRIEF: Lyor's Act II, Hastings Earnings, SXSW Wraps, SFX Adds $10M, Jay-Z, Pinterest & More
Mar 18Monday 3.18.2013 Music Business News & Views From Around The Web Click Here Updated Continuously Under Hypebot's More News Tab
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"I Would Die 4 U" - 9 Principles 4 Becoming A Musical Icon From Touré's New Book About Prince
Mar 18Saturday night Prince put on what Eric R. Danton, writing for Rolling Stone, termed an "epic concert" to close out SXSW. Tomorrow a new book about Prince by Touré, called "I Would Die 4 U: Why Prince Became an Icon", will be released. And though the odds are against you, Touré's worshipful yet enjoyable read contains very clear principles you can follow to become a musical icon like Prince. I found Touré's "I Would Die 4 U: Why Prince Became an Icon" a bit hard to take at times in the...
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Let Fans Subscribe To Your Creative Process With Merge.fm
Mar 18By Ben Scudder of Evolver.fm. Today’s full-time musicians relies heavily upon touring revenue to make a living. Some even think they should forgo making money from recorded music entirely, and use it just to promote their tours. Maybe there’s another avenue where they can make money — one that lies somewhere between selling recorded music and playing live shows. Merge.fm’s big idea: helping bands charge fans to participate in, or at least see and hear, the band’s creative...
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