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Joe Taylor Jr.

Avoid Message Board Abuse

We talk about great ways to use your street team effectively, but one of the ways I see those efforts getting squandered is on message boards… If you’re gonna do the old “hit the message board” trick, at least get…

Licensing Music for Podcasting

I’m still gearing up to jump into the podcasting game — I think it’s a very clever application, and a way of expanding to the general public what Audible’s been doing with their subscription service for a while now. The…

BYBS: Templates & Weblogs (10/12/04)

Learn how to use our three recommended site building services to get a great site online in the next ten minutes! PLUS: Big technical discussion about RSS, a way to push information out to your audience!

$40,000, continued…

David has a followup to our recent post about $40,000 as the magic number…

Sell More Music In Salons

Record stores are becoming lousy places to sell records. But when you can get your audience to sample your stuff in an environment where they’re already comfortable, you can make a bigger impact. Just look at what’s going on with…

Renting Instead of Ripping

Here’s another blip on the trend that shows us you’ll get compensated more in the future for access to your music than ownership. The folks at PC Magazine weigh out the total cost of ownership of a substantial music collection…

The Rollback Happy Face is about to put the hurt on the major labels.

“You’re gonna cut wholesale prices and like it.” Wal-Mart’s notorious for squeezing their suppliers to get the lowest, lowest, lowest wholesale rates imaginable. Lesser companies have been squeezed into bankruptcy by providing those “Rollback” prices in exchange for the healthy…

Topical = Good

Remember that, in today’s urgent, singles-oriented environment, a speedy production of a relevant song makes for good watercooler conversation — and trickles over to your back catalog. Just look at what’s going on with Pernice Brothers and Joe’s Red Sox…

Build Your Band’s Site

Here’s a sample from the class we held on the conference bridge last night. You can get to participate in all five of these classes LIVE with the Build Your Band’s Site workshop or with a membership in IndieBiz…