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Video: Gregory Brothers Share Business Back Story On The Bed Intruder Song

Southwest Virginia's Gregory Brothers, better known as the “Auto-Tune The News” band, shared the story of how they created and monetized the "Bed Intruder" song at Google’s Zeitgeist conference this. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 09/16/2010 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (0)
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The Great Indie Music Conspiracy

If I understand this "theory" correctly, an entire cottage industry has been erected around indie music and companies and bloggers like myself and others have been leading these poor and. Continue reading

admin on 09/16/2010 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (20)
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Serve The Fan: Topspin Adds VIP Access

A cornerstone of modern music marketing is the understanding that artists have different levels of fans. Some just want a free single; while others will pay well for access to. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 09/15/2010 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (1)
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Women in Music By The Numbers

NPR Music asked women musicians to tell them a little about themselves.  700 responded with 63% saying they played music full time. They shared a variety of insights including regular. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 09/14/2010 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (1)
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Slicethepie Retools Fan Funding, Partners With UMG

(UPDATED) Slicethepie has made siginifigant changes to its fan financing platform. All financed artists now keep 100% of proceeds from their project. The site also finished conversion to US currency. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 09/13/2010 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (1)
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For Fans, By Fans: A Crowd-Sourced Radiohead Film

I’ve finally gotten the chance to read Clay Shirky’s previous book Here Comes Everybody; this fan initiative struck me as right up that alley. Last summer, 62 fans attended a. Continue reading

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YouTube Tests D.I.Y. Live Video Platform Today

Sunday and Monday only, YouTube is testing a new platform that integrates live streaming directly into partner YouTube channels. Assuming the service becomes more widely available, broadcasters will need a. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 09/13/2010 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (0)
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Billboard & MySpace Want Musicians To Pay $100 To Become “Dreamseekers”

(UPDATED) For decades Billboard has been a must-read source for the music industry. Now, the narrowing influence of the major labels along with the growth of the independent sector and. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 09/10/2010 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (17)
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The Musician’s Social Media Food Pyramid

Check out Ariel Hyatt's latest post on Music Think Tank.

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How To Get Fans To Spend 9 Min. With A 3 Min. Song

Interactive music solution developer MXP4 has released Facebook apps. Such apps present fans with a social-music experience in tandem with a video game-like atmosphere within their favorite artists’ Facebook page;. Continue reading

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Apple Says Go To Distributor To Get iTunes Ping Artist Profile & TuneCore’s Response

Ever since Ping launched, there has been a bit of confusion and discontent about how indie artists can get their own Artist Profiles on iTunes 10's new social network. Today. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 09/09/2010 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (14)
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