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OurStage & MTV Join For Emerging Artist Program

  MTV and OurStage.com have formed an ongoing partnership to expose emerging artists. In the first  joint venture, musicians in top U.S. markets have been participating in OurStage hosted efforts. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 08/27/2009 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (2)
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Hypebot Revisted: The Musical Middle Class

During Hypebot's 5th Anniversary we're revisiting some of my and our reader's favorite articles. This short post represents the beginning of a shift in my thinking and thus many of. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 08/25/2009 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (3)
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Building His Career From The Basement Up

Every week for 90 minutes indie musician Mathew Ebel performs live from his basement on the iinternet via UStream. During this performance, captured by WBUR in Boston, Ebel has about. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 08/21/2009 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (9)
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What MySpace Buying iLike Means For Musicians

You've spent countless hours tweaking your iLike profile.  You'r usiing iLike widgets to spread the word across other sites and particularly on Facebook where its the most popular music app. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 08/20/2009 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (5)
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Are You A Bandize Contest Winner?

    Artist organizational app Bandize left beta about 10 days ago with a slew of new features designed to help artists and managers handle the business of music more. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 08/03/2009 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (0)
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ArtistData Opens Platform To Outside Developers

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: For more than a year ArtistData has created tools that help artists from the smallest garage band to the roster of labels like Universal Republic and Rounder enter . Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 07/31/2009 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (8)
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When The World Is Your Stage….

Globalization Opens New Doors For Niche Artists For decades music executives and even artists themselves have shied away from many musical  niches because their potential audience was too small to. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 07/29/2009 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (8)
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Where You Make Music Does Matter

music & the entertainment economy I've written before about how where you make music may matter more than you'd think it might in a globally connected world. It's not just. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 07/27/2009 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (10)
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Bandize Leaves Beta With A Bang

Bandize left beta this morning with a strong suite of new online features and tools designed to help artists organize the business of being a band. A sleek and intuitive. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 07/22/2009 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (1)
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The Artist As A Startup & Label As A Venture Fund

Is A New Model Emerging? During the panel that I was a part of at yesterday's New Music Seminar,  we  briefly floated the idea of the artist as a start-up. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 07/22/2009 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (16)
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