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HOWTO: Make your audio play in IE7 with one click.
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Correspondent Scott Andrew penned this little tutorial a few months ago to help musicians and non-techies get flash music players and other “embedded” widgets working properly inside Internet Explorer 7. Just a quick bump, since lots of folks seem to be searching the site for this.
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Are my ears buzzing?
If so, you stand a better chance of getting on my radar. And that doesn’t just go for me, it goes for every A&R person, every radio programmer, and every journalist that you want to recruit for your cause.
Even though I’m no longer actively representing musicians, I still get dozens of e-mails [...]
Tom Hespos writes from the point of view of a music fan, frustrated that he feels left out when his favorite bands come to town and he doesn’t know about it until it’s too late. For too long, record labels and music managers have just assumed that fans will find out about gigs on their [...]
At a recent music business workshop in Jamaica, some experienced artists and managers remarked that a good manager can cut the amount of time it takes for an artist to become profitable in half. However, many people with the potential to become good managers don’t enter the business. The panelists found two reasons:
It’s sexier to [...]
Lefsetz writes that he no longer wants e-mail from folks about the viability of compact discs. Indeed, the compact disc itself is not just a storage medium for music — it’s a reminder of how much you enjoy the work of an artist, and it’s a standalone product that should extend the experience that an [...]
It’s always interesting to see music business posts on places like TechCrunch, since tech writers approach so many things with a community-oriented, “Web 2.0″ perspective.
The issue with Music Nation isn’t that it’s necessarily a ripoff, or that anyone there is being disingenuous. Marshall Kirkpatrick from TechCrunch expects to see “cringing and backlash” from the music [...]
About once every few days, we get a phone call from an otherwise well intentioned operator from YP.com who wants us to upgrade our business listing. Despite our repeated requests to be removed from their list, they keep calling. And they’re always puzzled by the idea that I don’t want to pay hundreds of dollars [...]
The other day, I was speaking with a client about some sudden opportunities that he had picked up to score some film soundtracks and to get some of his song hooks into movies and television shows. One of the things that many working musicians overlook is the fact that there are still tremendous opportunities in [...]
Details from AllofMp3 press conference
Sure, they’re on the run. But the folks behind AllOfMP3 have tapped in to an interesting audience — folks that view music as a utility, like water or electric. They’re willing to pay, but not at the rates that the recording industry has set.
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How the iPod Took Over the World
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