If you’ve been listening to any of my recent teleclasses, you’ll know that I’m big on the idea that the centuries-old concept of direct patronage is coming back in a huge way. And here’s another example: commissioned songs for special life events.

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Remember when Trump kept telling the project manager on last week’s Apprentice not to bring a certain person into the boardroom? And he said it again and again? And the dude brings that guy back anyway, so Trump fires him out of spite? This would be the recording industry version of that.

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Hey, orchestras can be indie artists, too! And the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra is launching its own e-label to distribute live recordings of its events. This is an innovative move, because the tight union contracts at most orchestras have made it hard for smaller companies to launch their own record labels. Under this agreement, the musicians [...]

If you’ve been struggling with getting your street team off the ground, sign up for tonight’s first installment of my new “Street Team 101″ series. We’ll be recording this for our membership area and for a new CD release, but you’ll want to be on the call for the Q&A and the chance to use [...]

We have some room left on my next Open Phones conference call! It’s your chance to get all your specific questions about finding success in the music industry answered without having to pay a consulting fee.
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The Digital Music Doctor unveils his latest Pro Audio Software Shootout, and the $599 version of Cubase comes out on top. If you’re inclined to whine about the $599 price tag, remember that it was only about ten years ago that the same functionality would cost you easily $15,000 in hardware and software.
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Here’s exactly the kind of story that I wish I could tell more often. Catching today’s Oprah with Faith Hill, the show opened up the songwriting process and laid it bare as Lori McKenna played a song on the cream sofa that left Oprah in tears. She actually had to command Lori to stop playing. [...]

Bob Baker asks that question of independent musicians in today’s insightful blog post.

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Lefsetz has some insight into today’s Music Managers Forum conference in the UK — sounds like lots of whining with not much in the way of solutions. But he makes two great remarks that independent, working musicians should note:
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UK music manager Jazz Summers and the Music Managers Forum are sponsoring a mini-conference to spotlight the fact that artists still get a tiny percentage of the profits from digital downloads through iTunes and elsewhere. Commenters over at iPodNN rightly point out that the issue isn’t with Apple charging too little for songs. In fact, [...]