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2012 Cassette Single Sales Triple In UK
Jan 10Although the numbers are absurdly small, the UK's Official Charts Company keeps up with not only cassette sales but the sales of cassette singles aka cassingles. In 2012 they tripled to 604 units sold. But the sales figures and notable cassette releases captured in the charts may be the least important aspect of music on cassette when one considers the subcultures the charts cannot track. Billboard has quite the array of sales charts but even their year end report doesn't break out cassette...
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Do TV Show Music Placements Lead To Greater Artist Awareness?
Jan 9By Liv Buli, Resident Data Journalist for Next Big Sound. You’ve just tuned in to your favorite television show, be it Gossip Girls, Grey’s Anatomy, or Glee, and are enthralled by familiar characters and gripping plot, but how often do you take note of the songs that score these scenes? In the right instance, television syncs can serve as an incredible opportunity. Beyond the obvious benefits in terms of additional income and branding opportunities for an artist, in a single spin on a...
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8 Steps To A More Successful Music Career In 2013 (Free Ebook Download)
Jan 9How has your first week of 2013 gone so far? It’s back to the grind and path to reaching your goals. What are your goals for your music career this year? On Music Think Tank, Shaun Letang offers a free ebook on steps to help you move your career forward. Check out his post and download the ebook here. “This year, you can do SO much more if you are willing and you put the work in!!” (Read On)
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Can Celebrity Products Like Beats, Pono, Motörheadphönes Popularize High-End Digital Audio?
Jan 9By Eliot Van Buskirk of Evolver.fm. For years, pointy-headed freaks with golden ears have told everyone within earshot that MP3s, CDs, and just about every other popular format sounds like garbage. Instead, they say, we should all buy expensive headphones or speakers (which are the biggest factor in sound quality), and then seek out the hardest-to-use, best-sounding audio format we can find for a particular piece of music, be that SuperAudio CD, DVD Audio, any of several lossless formats, or...
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Is a New Justin Timberlake Track With Jay-Z and Beyoncé Coming Out Today?
Jan 10Justin Timberlake did a fine job as Sean Parker in The Social Network and all, but he's been absent from popular music for far too long. "People keep asking me when a new song or album is coming out, and I don't know what to say," he told Playboy in 2011. "Music is not my focus right now. It may be someday." That day might be today. Florida's Radio Now 97.9, reported that the singer will drop a song today or Monday, according to MissInfo. When those reports surfaced, Timberlake Tweeted:...
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Gaggle Prices Single At 3000 Pounds To Raise Awareness Of Music Costs And Value
Jan 9By Tim Cushing of Techdirt. If you asked most people what a single track is worth, most would answer with the going market price, which ranges from ~$0.79-$1.29. This is what the market has shown, for the most part, that it will bear. You veer too far away from the high end of that range and you'll find most people will opt for other music, cheaper music, or your music, fully detached from the high-end price tag. Now, if you ask this same question of a certain 22-piece self-described...
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New 21+ venue added in Los Angeles, CA - Five Star Bar. They host live music on Friday and Saturday nights...
Jan 9New 21+ venue added in Los Angeles, CA - Five Star Bar. They host live music on Friday and Saturday nights. All genres welcome: http://ow.ly/gGvjb Indie on the Move » Five Star Bar
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New 21+ venue added to IOTM in Dallas, TX - The Crown and Harp. The Crown and Harp is an English and ...
Jan 9New 21+ venue added to IOTM in Dallas, TX - The Crown and Harp. The Crown and Harp is an English and Irish pub combined into one" (English pub upstairs and Irish pub downstairs). All genres welcome: http://ow.ly/gGuRV Indie on the Move » Crown and Harp
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New all ages venue added in Kingston, NY - Rondout Music Lounge. Most shows take place on Friday and ...
Jan 9New all ages venue added in Kingston, NY - Rondout Music Lounge. Most shows take place on Friday and Saturday nights with open mic on Wednesdays, but other nights of the week are possible. Blues, Jazz, Punk, Rock: http://ow.ly/gGtRQ Indie on the Move » Rondout Music Lounge
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Learning Licensing Fees, Performance Rights, and ASCAP with Sean O’Malley
Jan 9Talking song business, there is a lot of legal jargon to sift through when understanding how to get paid for your music. You finally made your hit song, but when does the dough begin to trickle in? Making sense of it all is not that easy. Who makes the money from licensing fees? How are these fees divided up? Who do you even contact to get these performance rights? Wonder no longer! RenmanMB presents Sean O’Malley, Senior Director of Strategic Services for ASCAP, who skyped into the...
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