What If Making Music Was Your Day Job and Reaching Audiences Was Your Hobby?

Nov 28th, 2005 | By Joe Taylor Jr. | Category: Growing Your Audience and Licensing

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Scottish band Looper is asking exactly this question.

A snippet of their song wound up in a commercial, earning them enough money to stop worrying about selling records. They’re focusing on composing more music for film and television to pay the bills, and releasing their crowd faves for free as a byproduct of the creative process.

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