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Win The New Edition Of Passman’s “All You Need To Know About The Music Business”

Share your favorite music industry advice and win 1 of 3 copies of the updated edition of this industry bible. For nearly two decades Don Passman’s All You Need to. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 11/16/2009 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (34)
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Ask Amanda Palmer A Question. Any Question.

Next Thursday, November 19th, Hypebot and The State Theatre in Falls Church, VA are presenting a special event with Amanda Palmer; and Hypebot readers have the chance to participate online.. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 11/13/2009 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (12)
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Some Milestones For ArtistData

A lot has happened since we last heard from Brenden Mulligan. On a personal level, je got married (congrats!), honeymooned, and traveled around the country speaking at 5 music conferences. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 11/12/2009 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (4)
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2 Easy Tricks Of The Email Trade

How To Write Emails With Hooks This guest post comes from Jason Kadlec of Kadlec Consulting. As one of the first Topspin Certified consultants, Jason provides the advice and assistance. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 11/11/2009 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (4)
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Blink 182’s Tom Delonge: “Put It Out There For Free”

"…if you look at your band with a modern filter, your band has so much potential to have all these different elements about it…you can monetize all these other elements,. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 11/11/2009 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (15)
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TuneCore Partners With eHealth To Offer Musicians Health Insurance Resources & Options

President Obama may be moving as fast as he can to bring affordable health care to everyone, but TuneCore decided not to wait for legislation to help musicians. "It took. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 11/10/2009 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (0)
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Duran Duran’s Taylor To Musicians: “Twitter (is) diluting their creative powers.”

"When artists today are asked to Twitter their every thought, their every action, to record on video their every breath, their every performance, I  believe they're diluting their creative powers,. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 11/09/2009 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (19)
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Topspin And Berklee College Partner For Online Music Marketing Course

Six months ago Topspin and The Berklee College of Music announced a partnership to offer an online course teaching implementation of the Topspin digital music marketing and sales platform. The. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 11/04/2009 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (10)
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Indie Artist X Project Wrap Up

This guest post comes from David Rose who created the Indie Artist X experiment. David Rose is also the Managing Editor at KnowTheMusicBiz.com and a Partner at The PlazaBridge Group.. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 11/03/2009 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (12)
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Use Lala & MySpaceTo Improve Google Results

Along with Lala's new deal to provide enhanced music search results for Google alongside MySpace and others comes word that indie artists and label will be able to control and. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 11/03/2009 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (1)
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Topspin’s Ian Rogers Becomes An Artist Manager

On his personal blog, Topspin CEO Ian Rogers has revealed that in addition to running the direct to fan tech start-up, he's also co-managing a new artist. The focus of. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 11/02/2009 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (10)
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