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Marketing Your Music

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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The MovieFollowing on from previous post here Have you seen the film Sexy Beast? lets deviate for a moment.  I love that moment it’s about 6 or 7 minutes into the movie Gal (Ray Winstone) and Dee Dee (Amanda Redmond) and friends are having a relaxing evening by the pool at the villa in Spain. In sweeps [...]

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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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Music click tipsIn the Music DIY world quick and efficient tools for marketing and distributing your music are a must! During the coming months I will be highlighting weekly some of the tools and resources currently available.  Some have been around awhile, others have undergone changes and improvements over recent months as developers look to improve the user experience. [...]

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Rage Against the Machine Breaks Status QuoTodays success of Rage Against the Machine beating X factors Joe and preventing the usual Simon Cowell controlled Christmas No 1 here in the UK  is a welcome change for many.  We need it!  Change can be a good thing for all sorts of reasons. You will have noticed some serious changes going on around [...]

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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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Coffey_AndersenThe next gen music biz music keeps rolling out new opportunities for musicians to creatively pursue new revenue streams. Internet sensation Coffey Andersen is a hybrid artist. He uses his soul voice, his country guitar picking and urban influenced drums to make a unique sound.  This week he launched his “Direct-to-Fan Live Sessions” series. Coffey [...]

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sellabandToday SellaBand launch a new music biz model that will open up Fan Funding to the entire music industry. A major artist, considered one of the most influential artists by many in the industry is joining SellaBand shortly and will use the model to fund their next album project. They are one of the many [...]

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