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A Ninety Day Dash
Brent from the Music Marketing Cheat Sheet is putting the wolf at the door and challenging himself to grow his own band’s mailing list by 5,000 members. He intends to celebrate his achievement with a big show in a big…
Collaboration is Crucial for Musicians
Too many independent musicians lock themselves up mentally, afraid that if they share ideas “too soon” that they’ll either get stolen or that there won’t be any more good ideas where that came from. It’s a habit that all creative…
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Public smoking bans are good for business: Keywords: smoking
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The Daily Show Takes On MySpace: Keywords: funny, myspace
Musicians MUST Overcome Cocooning
The Bureau of Labor Statistics has new figures that should send a chill down the spine of folks that want to start making more money as working musicians. 22% of Americans’ “entertainment budget” now goes to cable and satellite TV,…
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Ripping CDs to your iPod is NOT Fair Use?: Keywords: business, music, riaa ‘Extreme Vocals Instructor’ Helps Screamers Preserve Their Pipes: Keywords: advice, music
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The Scourge Of ‘American Idol’: Oversingers: Keywords: advice, business, music, singing
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Is it illegal to podcast copyrighted music?: Keywords: licensing, music, podcasting Podcast Music Licensing Not as Financially Daunting as Bloggers Surmise?: Keywords: licensing, music, podcasting Podcast Music Licensing For Outlaws: Keywords: licensing, music, podcasting
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AOL Is Selling Access To Your Inbox: If you have a lot of AOL addresses on your mailing list, stop expecting high response rates and start migrating your folks to RSS!Keywords: email, thisbizlifelinks
Looking for college internships?
Because we occasionally post leads about music industry internships, we now get a lot of folks showing up on the site looking for information on internships in Chicago, internships in New York, and even internships in London. Super!! You know,…
Anybody use Westone in-ear monitors?
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…