Build It and The Music Biz Will Come by David Rose

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Many new bands record a song or two and add a lot of friends on MySpace then wait desperately for a record company to swoop in to handle all the marketing, publicity, new media and radio promotions that it takes to build a fan base and launch their career. The same misguided thought process regularly takes place when it comes to booking agents, attorneys and managers. New bands often spend a tremendous amount of time, energy and money to find
a “team” only to [...]

A Fifth Beatle for the Digital Age by Tim Westergren

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Tim
Westergren founded Pandora in January
2000 and also now serves as its Chief Strategy Officer. Tim is an award-winning
composer, an accomplished musician and a record producer with 20 years of
experience in the music industry.

Speaking To Fans Through More Than Your Music by Spencer Richardson

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Spencer Richardson co-founded FanBridge in 2006 to help musicians and labels of all sizes and backgrounds to unlock the true potential of their fans. Prior to starting FanBridge Spencer worked with a New York based management consulting firm,
primarily working with Microsoft and IBM to develop corporate
strategies.

We
all know the experience, whether it’s the time you were sitting by th [...]

What Would John Doe Do - Defining Music Biz Success

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John Doe is the founder of the
seminal Los Angeles punk group X, a solo artist and actor. John answers
questions from our community members in the WWJDD? blog. Photo by Autumn de
Wilde.

A Question from Liv in Milwaukee

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Blog Entries - March 2008

Build It and The Music Biz Will Come by David Rose

A Fifth Beatle for the Digital Age by Tim Westergren

Speaking To Fans Through More Than Your Music by Spencer Richardson

What Would John Doe Do - Defining Music Biz Success