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The Trash Can Sinatras kick off their U.S. tour at a fan’s house. House concerts are becoming the norm for a lot of small-to-mid-range acts. It’s no longer a matter of, “OMG, you’ve sunk to the point of playing a…

Arctic Monkeys All Business Onstage: Keywords: success

How to get famous using myspace.com: Keywords: myspace

Branded Bands: Advertising agencies are now creating their own bands, from scratch, to capture youth attention without shelling out big bucks for musician endorsements. Huh?Keywords: advertising, endorsements

Kitchens of the rock stars’ office staff: One day, your streem team captain could have a kitchen this nice.Keywords: fans

PayPal Mobile Arrives: If this takes off, it could really rev up your merchandise sales.Keywords: money, sales

American Idol is also "a learning lab" the contestants call "star school" or "boot camp": Keywords: idol, showbiz, singing

Sirius reaches deal with music studios: Keywords: licensing, music

Changes to Flash and Quicktime in new Internet Explorer: If you’re using an embedded applet in your band’s web page, your site is about to get harder to use. And it’s not Microsoft’s fault.Keywords: websites

Evan and Jaron show up to whore themselves on American Inventor’s premiere: Keywords: selfemployment

UK online radio stations must Geo-lock content or face closure: UK stations have been skirting the stiff regulations that US broadcasters have dealt with for years… however, could this shut down a valuable source of airplay for independent artists, or…

Art statements, Pitchfork, and fancypants analysis: Keywords: business, music Idol’s former finalists have poor record sales, and "labels are reluctant to sign ‘Idol’ runners-up": Keywords: business, idol, music