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  • Listen to Lambchop's Cover of the Theme Song for the Adult Swim Cartoon Show "Squidbillies"

    Aug 3

    Lambchop will follow in the footsteps of artists like Will Oldham, Drive-By Truckers, and Band of Horses by working with the Adult Swim show "Squidbillies", which tells the story of a bunch of squids-as-hicks living in the Appalachians. The band has recorded a cover of the show's theme song, which will be featured in a new episode airing this Sunday at 12:15 a.m. Eastern and Pacific Time.  Listen to the cover and watch a video shot during the recording sessions, below.

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  • I Built A Music App In Minutes And So Can You

    Aug 3

    Guest post by Eliot Van Buskirk from Evolver.fm Do you make music? Is it any good? No matter — you, too, can build your own music app in just a few minutes to unleash on an unsuspecting populace. Conduit Mobile, the app-building company behind the Waka Flocka Flame app and other major label apps, just made it possible for any musician to create their own music app in minutes using a simple wizard, and it does everything that Conduit’s major label apps do. The kicker: You can pay (almost)...

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  • The DIY Daily Podcast #181 - August 3, 2012

    Aug 3

    Today's Topic: 12 Amazingly Achievable Things To Do Today. Today's Featured Song of the Week is Unsaid from Justine Dorsey, an amazingly talented sixteen year old singer/songwriter from Southern California . Visit Justine online at www.justinedorsey.com.

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  • Truthiness in Marketing: Episode #69 of The Music Biz Weekly Podcast

    Aug 3

    Join myself (Brian Thompson) & Michael Brandvold for a 1 Hour episode as we shoot the shit on a variety of topics that are at the forefront of our mind. Our casual, up front and honest discussion touches on truthiness in marketing, buying fans and plays and listens (or gaming the system), and being careful who you work with. We also touch on a little known Facebook feature, Interest Lists. At the end of the podcast I mention one of the most commonly asked questions I get from musicians,...

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  • For Artists And Fans, Facebook Bots Are Cause For Concern

    Aug 3

    Guest post by Paul McBride of Evolver.fm Even as it exerts increasing influence over our public and private lives, this hasn’t been the best year for Facebook, with its faltering IPO filing, controversial privacy policy shifts, widely-criticized shift to the “Timeline” layout, and its recent censoring of a nude Gerhard Richter painting. Then came this week’s apparent revelation that Facebook’s all-important click-through ads — the ones that generate revenue for the company and its new...

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  • Mount Eerie Announces North American Fall Tour

    Aug 3

    Phil Elverum a.k.a. Mount Eerie will tour North America this fall in support of his two 2012 records: the excellent May album Clear Moon and its counterpart, Ocean Roar, out September 4.  Read our interview with Elverum from earlier this year, and watch his first-ever music video, for "The Place Lives", after the dates. Mount Eerie: 08-25 Rochester, WA - Helsing Junction Sleepover  08-26 Astoria, OR - Kala Hipfish Space  08-27 Portland, OR - Mississippi Studios  09-02 Olympia, WA -...

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  • Another Music Tech Startup Killed By Licensing

    Aug 3

    Wahwah.fm was a cool concept – turning the music stored on your iPhone into an online radio station that got broadcasted out to the world (or to just those near your location), and allowing users to create Facebook events to list their broadcasts for others whom they could interact with via the app. It was a cool idea, until the German company struggled with licensing issues so much that it ended up crippling them.  Wahwah.fm, peaking at 50,000 users, was powered by the streaming service from...

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  • Echo Chamber: Cloud Nothings Vs. Twin Shadow

    Aug 3

    Photo by Rebecca Smeyne "haven't vomited recently? try the new twin shadow book!" -- Cloud Nothings mastermind Dylan Baldi lays down some no-bullshit criticism of Twin Shadow guy George Lewis Jr.'s novel The Night of the Silver Sun. (via Twitter)

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  • Video: Kendrick Lamar: "Swimming Pools (Drank)"

    Aug 3

    Here's the new video for "Swimming Pools (Drank)", the first single off Black Hippy figurehead Kendrick Lamar's upcoming album good kid, m.A.A.d. city. Directed by Jerome D. Hurd, the high-gloss clip features Kendrick as the introspective drinker he is. Plus a woman and some broken bottles. Watch it below, followed by Kendrick's performance of "ADHD" at this year's Pitchfork Music Festival. </p?

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  • CD Baby Tip: Limited-Time Sales and Quantity Discounts

    Aug 3

    There are many ways to encourage fans and new listeners to buy your music from CD Baby, but enticing them with sales and discounts is one of the strongest methods we’ve found to drive traffic to your page. Offer Quantity Discounts: Offer a percentage discount to fans that buy multiple copies of your album. Choose and change the discount to see what works best. Run a Limited-Time Sale: Since you can change your music’s selling price at ANY time, it’s easy to run sales and special offers that...

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