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HINT: health insurance aid for artists

Feb 7th, 2006 | By Scott Andrew | Category: Off-Topic, Tips and Tools

The Future Of Music Coalition has put together a page of health insurance resources called HINT. In addition to tons of informative articles, HINT also includes a free phone service that allows musicians to speak one-on-one to an insurance expert to discuss options.
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Your CD on Amazon? Yes!

Feb 2nd, 2006 | By Scott Andrew | Category: Opportunities, Selling CDs, Tips and Tools

“Dude, how did you get Amazon to carry your CD?”
There’s no secret to getting your CD sold through Amazon. Kevin Kelly wrote a step-by-step guide over at his Cool Tools website over a year ago. For US$30 a year plus a percentage of each sale, Amazon will stock and ship your CD through the Amazon [...]



Tip: Keeping track of merch sales at shows

Feb 1st, 2006 | By Scott Andrew | Category: Selling CDs, Tips and Tools

As a solo artist I often lose track of how many CDs I sell at shows. When I’m busy chatting with people it’s too easy to just slip the cash into my back pocket, and a real pain to puzzle out several hours later what people actually purchased (uhh, was it two CDs or three [...]



Anybody use Westone in-ear monitors?

Jan 31st, 2006 | By Joe Taylor Jr. | Category: Tools

One of our members has asked for advice on purchasing in-ear monitors. It’s such a subjective issue, that I wanted to throw the question to all of our readers. What in-ear monitors are you using? Like them? Would you buy them again when it’s time to replace them?
Specifically, anybody use Westone in-ear monitors? Our member [...]



Guitar Lessons via Podcast

Dec 9th, 2005 | By Joe Taylor Jr. | Category: Tools

The folks at iPlay Music have a new video podcast that teaches you how to play the guitar! If you get a shiny new video iPod in your stocking this year, this can be a great way to pick up a new instrument.
[ thanks TUAW for the tip! ]

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Return of the Monster Music Marketing Conference Call!

Oct 13th, 2005 | By Joe Taylor Jr. | Category: News and Tools

Almost two years ago, David Hooper and I hosted a conference call where we vowed not to shut up until we answered everyone’s questions. So, we went for almost SEVEN HOURS. You can see some of the callers’ comments here.
David just disclosed on his own blog that he’s tackling a major identity theft issue — [...]



Understanding Scenario Planning

Oct 3rd, 2005 | By Joe Taylor Jr. | Category: Tools

In both Grow Your Band’s Audience and More Gigs Now, I use a stripped-down form of scenario planning to walk readers through the first few steps of forming a long term success plan. If you’re not familiar with how scenario planning can help you connect the dots between today and the future, check out this [...]



The fabric of last.fm…

Aug 23rd, 2005 | By Joe Taylor Jr. | Category: Tools

This review of last.fm illustrates how tastemaking is moving out of the realm of journalists and media and into the hands of audience members.
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Masterminding

Jun 2nd, 2005 | By Joe Taylor Jr. | Category: Tools

David Hooper’s connecting the dots between Jesus and Edison.
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Trick out your Mac mini into a recording studio…

Feb 9th, 2005 | By Joe Taylor Jr. | Category: Tools

Engadget’s got an excellent, illustrated howto on building a homebrew studio around a Mac mini…
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