Can you Hear Me Here by Steve Spiro

Steve Spiro

Steve Spiro is the VP Marketing at Myxer.com, the leading provider of mobile content. He has over 30 years of marketing experience, having worked at both global corporations and technology start-ups. He spent 15 years at Motorola in various senior management roles both
in the U.S. and Japan, and also helped lead 4 Internet start-ups over
the last 12 years.

What Every Musician Should Know about Digital Distribution Part IV by Peter Wells

Peter Wells

Peter Wells is the SVP of Operations and Customer Advocate at TuneCore. Peter began as a classical pianist, English literature teacher, senior technical writer at Cisco and director of label relations at eMusic, where he built a deep knowledge of the music business.

Part IV: Good Marketing and Bad

Things
get a little tricky from here, because marketing and pr [...]

The Critical Item Missing from Most Music Marketing Strategies by David Rose

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There has been tremendous excitement over the past few years about the new technologies and services that help artists directly connect with their fans. I’m personally a huge advocate of this trend and the opportunity it presents for both artists and music fans.

However, I’ve recently noticed just how many artist websites are still lacking the primary thing music fans are
interested in today; downloadable music in MP3 forma [...]

Recording into Pro Tools by David Franz

David Franz

David Franz is a songwriter, producer, engineer, multi-instrumentalist, performer, and educator. David’s production company, Underground Sun, writes, produces and engineers music for a wide range of clients. He teaches production courses online at Berkleemusic, the continuing education arm of Berklee College of Music, and performs with his touring rock band, midatlantic. He is author of Producing in the Home Studio with Pro Tools
(the fi [...]

How to Promote Your Music on Last.fm by Fiona McLaren

Fiona McLaren

Fiona McLaren is a Label Liaison with Last.FM and based in London

Promoting your music online these days is meant to be easy - but due to the sheer number of sites out there it might not always seem that way. This is a brief guide to why Last.fm should be one of the main sites you use to promote yourself, and how to get the most out of it with minimal effort.

The Last.fm music database

First off, yo [...]

What Every Musician Should Know about Digital Distribution Part III by Peter Wells

Peter Wells

Part III: The Myth of Marketing and Promotion

Aggregators
take a percentage of your earnings, forever, with [...]

A Closer Look at Musician's Atlas Online by Heather McDonald

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Heather McDonald is a music journalist and press agent. You can read more of her work on About.com's Music Careers website.

Even
for a cliché, the saying “it’s not what you know, it’s who know” is
pretty overdone. In the music biz, however, it’s worth repeating. You
can be sure you’re sitting on the next number one song (or you [...]

An Introduction to Pro Tools by David Franz

David Franz

David Franz is a songwriter, producer, engineer, multi-instrumentalist, performer, and educator. David’s production company, Underground Sun, writes, produces and engineers music for a wide range of clients. He teaches production courses online at Berkleemusic, the continuing education arm of Berklee College of Music, and performs with his touring rock band, midatlantic. He is author of Producin [...]

What Every Musician Should Look For in a Digital Distributor by Peter Wells

Peter Wells

Peter Wells is the
SVP of Operations and Customer Advocate at TuneCore .
Peter began as a classical pianist, English literature teacher, senior
technical writer at Cisco and director of label relations at eMusic, where he
built a deep knowledge of the music business.

Part II of What Every Musician Should [...]

What Every Musician Should Know about Digital Distribution by Peter Wells

Peter Wells

Peter Wells is the SVP of Operations and Customer Advocate at TuneCore. Peter began as a classical pianist, English literature teacher, senior technical writer at Cisco and director of label relations at eMusic, where he built a deep knowledge of the music business.

Part I: Distribution and Doing It Yourself

You
can sell your mus [...]

Project Unfound Artist Helping Musicians Get Paid by David Rose

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SoundExchange collects royalties from satellite, cable and online radio stations on behalf or recording artists and record labels in the United States. Each time a song is played on stations from XM, Sirius, Pandora, Last.fm and the like Soundexchange collects royalties that are supposed to be paid out directly to recording artists and their record label (regardless of an artist’s “recoupment” balance with their label).

Unl [...]

The Internet Radio Opportunity for Independent Musicians by David Rose

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The rapid growth of Internet radio is undeniable. According to Edison Media Research 33 million Americans listen to a radio station over the Internet during an average week and AccuStream iMedia Research reports that online radio music generated
4.85 billion total listening hours in 2007, up 26.1% over 2006. I
personally listen to Internet radio at least 12 hours a day and find it
a very powerful tool for discovering new artists.

Radio airplay has been [...]

A Fifth Beatle for the Digital Age by Tim Westergren

Tim W

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

Spencer

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 [...]

Crowdfunding - Arts Patronage For The Masses - by Peter Spellman

peterspellman

PETER SPELLMAN is Director of Career Development at Berklee College of Music, Boston and author of several business-building books for musicians. Find him at mbsolutions.com

In 1997 when 80s prog-rock band Marillion scheduled a European tour to
support its new album, keyboardist Mark Kelly posted an Internet
message stating that the band would not tour the United States due to a
lack of recor [...]

The $52.45 Music Marketing Plan by David Rose

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If you’re a musician working to build a career in the music business hopefully you have already covered the basics like getting your own website, setting up a MySpace page and signing up for distribution through a company like CD Baby or TuneCore.

There are numerous solutions now available for marketing music at a minimal cost but keep
in mind that none of them can offer a magic bullet for success in the
music business. Below are a few categories and companies worth
c [...]

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Recording into Pro Tools by David Franz

How to Promote Your Music on Last.fm by Fiona McLaren

What Every Musician Should Know about Digital Distribution Part III by Peter Wells

A Closer Look at Musician's Atlas Online by Heather McDonald

An Introduction to Pro Tools by David Franz

What Every Musician Should Look For in a Digital Distributor by Peter Wells

What Every Musician Should Know about Digital Distribution by Peter Wells

Project Unfound Artist Helping Musicians Get Paid by David Rose

The Internet Radio Opportunity for Independent Musicians by David Rose

A Fifth Beatle for the Digital Age by Tim Westergren

Speaking To Fans Through More Than Your Music by Spencer Richardson

Crowdfunding - Arts Patronage For The Masses - by Peter Spellman

The $52.45 Music Marketing Plan by David Rose