While other songwriting contests are open to professionals and amateurs, Cooch’s new contest is for amateurs only and there are no limits to the amount of songs you can enter. In fact, if you enter one song you can submit…
Weekly Showcases in LA
SP Entertainment and Planet Shark Productions are presenting weekly showcases of the best local artists in L.A. Taking place each Tuesday at The Foxx Club in West L.A., the showcases, called City of Rhythm Industry, also act as a networking…
Indie Music Store Owner Steps Up Fight Against Chains
In another example of music businesses leveraging their community resources, here’s a story of one business owner who points out that $45 of every $100 you spend at an indie record shop stays in your local community, versus $13 from…
5,000 Downloads
My head’s been so underwater, I missed this study that’s been causing buzz in the blogosphere. According to a UNC researcher (and others), it takes 5,000 peer to peer downloads to “displace” one retail sale of a CD. And, as…
diyTunes
If you’re determined not to take advantage of some of the great offers for digital distribution on the market, you can check out a new book about placing your independent music on the iTunes service. As always, it’s still up…
First Annual Radio Comedy Competition Announced
For our radio friends… All Comedy Radio, the new 24/7 radio network and New Radio Star, the long established morning radio on-line service, are proud and excited to jointly announce today the first annual Radio Comedy Competition, an international creative…
Let’s hear some of that old rock n roll!
In USA TODAY, Edna Gunderson tells us why young teens are flocking to the old rock n roll of the 60’s and early 70’s. Here are some excerpts from the article: The complaint about many modern albums is that many…
More About Catalogs
Before you begin the effort to market your product to any type of catalog company, you need to know this: a catalog company is no different than any other distributor. The catalog companies will behave exactly as the distributors do…
My Bloody Royalty Checks
Kevin Shields conducts a rare interview, in which he reveals that his five-song contribution to the “Lost in Translation” soundtrack will make him a millionaire — far, far more money than he ever earned with the groundbreaking band My Bloody…
SoundScan’s Valentine
According to Music Connection, this year’s Valentine’s week recorded the highest sales since the inception of SoundScan. Valentine week is traditionally one of the strongest selling weeks, but 2004 broke all records with album sales exceeding 17 million units. The…
More Places To Sell CDs
One idea that you may want to take advantage of when marketing your own CDs is to try selling them through someone else’s catalogue. If your CD fits well with the theme of a niche mail order catalog, make them…
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A feature for our clients…