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Music DIY

If your interested in investing in new artists on all levels then the startup Tunerights (TuneRights.com) gives you the opportunity to invest and share in profits in individual songs . . . .this video explains how it works

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Attitude!Following on from previous post here  Attitude! – Having the wrong kind.  The minute you display cockiness, people pick up on it and are less willing to help you. If you are just starting out on your music career you are going to need all the help you can get – trust me. Negativity – [...]

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Have you got it!Following on from previous post here Emotionally, those with the “X factor” have a way of pushing our buttons psychologically.  They make us feel good or inspired.  Challenged or validated. Regardless of how they affect us, they engage us emotionally and the “X factor” that lives within them, speaks to something inside of us, often [...]

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xfactorFollowing on from previous post here What exactly is the “X factor?” Do you have “it”?  You hear professionals in the music industry referring to it, but you rarely hear “it” defined.  If you are an aspiring music artist and want to make real money from your music or develop your music career into a [...]

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Dum Dum Girls!Dum Dum Girls are hotly tipped Brooklyn newcomers and part of a new wave of groups coming out of the United States who take their cue from late 80s indie pop and shoegaze.  The project started out with a four-track and a love of all things sixties so if you’re seriously interested in the Music [...]

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Rock Band Your Song_sROCK BAND has been mentioned on this site more than once and a number of established artists have expressed interest in getting their music in the game How about YOU?  All things are possible, sometimes at a price….. “Today’s musicians are part of a DIY generation, where anyone with a laptop can cut a decent-sounding [...]

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953272_in_concertWhile surfing just now – no not out in the snow! but rather online I came across this article by Randy Chertkow and Jason Feehan over at jsonar the opening comments were all to familiar and suggested “Go to MySpace. Pick a band. You have zero dollars. Now go promote them.”  This is a problem that [...]

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Amanda PalmerRecently Hypebot readers, myself included were able to put questions to indie artist Amanda Palmer about her approach to DIY promotions.  The interview took place on November 19th at The State Theatre in Falls Church VA.  Jim McDermott (a former major label digital and artist development guy)  hosted this special event. Jim commented “We needed an artist [...]

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957080_rock_n_roll_1Finding effective strategies for marketing your band is a priority. Most would agree with this, but only when you get time to think about it.  The problem for many bands is actually finding the time to think, then think marketing then think ‘strategies’.  It amazes me how many times I still come across bands who …

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