Following 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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“The term ‘music industry’ is a misnomer. In reality the ‘music industry’ is not one industry, it is several independent industries. This is an important distinction because if we say that there is a “crisis in the music industry” it suggests an equal amount of misfortune for everyone (musicians, the recording industry, the live-music industry, [...]
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In 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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watunes
Today 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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The age of leverage has changed everything. While the Record Industry was busy keeping the ‘status quo’ and ignoring new business models the heretics were taking over. The key question is why did it deserve to last forever? It didn’t. The record industry failed to read the writing on the wall; they ignored or failed [...]
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I had one of those emails just the other day, you know the ones. I thought I recognised the contact details but the subject matter made no sense to me whatsoever. On closer inspection I realised it was from a VP at Sony who I had not been in contact with for probably three years! [...]
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