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BACKLINE with Drummer Extraordinaire Alicia Warrington

In this edition of CASH Music's Backline, drumming success story Alicia Warrington takes us behind the scenes and shares her preferences for hardware, software, and a dream setup.

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7 Steps For Organizing Your Own DIY Music Festival

While certainly challenging, putting together a modest, multi-day festival is by no means un-achievable, provided you're willing to put in the time and research, and are willing to work together. Continue reading

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TV Is Perfect For Artists Who Don’t Fit Radio ‘Mold’ – ‘Big Little Lies’ Standout Michael Kiwanuka

After his song "Cold Little Heart" earned a prominent spot on HBO's new Big Little Lies, Michael Kiwanuka saw a massive jump in his music's popularity. Here he discusses how TV. Continue reading

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Tags: Alexander Skarsgård, Big Little Lies (TV series), HBO, Jean-Marc Vallée, Laura Dern, Liane Moriarty, Nicole Kidman, Reese Witherspoon, Shailene Woodley, Zoë Kravitz

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Discogs Attacked By Pirate Spam On Two Fronts

Popular crowdsourced music database Discogs is being attacked on two fronts – one by pirates posting links to illegal downloads and the other by an anti-piracy outfit filing takedown demands. Continue reading

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This Week In Music Commentary

Commentators from deep inside the music industry this week shared their thoughts an opinions on the future of windowed streaming exclusives, the value of authenticity in an artist, and how. Continue reading

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Tags: Apple Music, Ed Sheeran, Freemium, Initial public offering, Kanye West, record label, Spotify, Streaming media, The Wall Street Journal, Universal Music Group

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Getting It Done: The Week In D.I.Y. & Indie Music

Our tips for independent do-it-yourself artists this week covered a broad range of topics, from growing your fanbase through contests, to using Snapchat Stories to engage event goes, to how. Continue reading

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Music Think Tank Weekly Recap: Music Therapy • Join A Military Band • Website Must-Haves • More

This week on MusicThinkTank, we explored topics ranging from why you might want to consider joining a military band, to the eight thing every music website simply must have, the. Continue reading

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Tags: Blank Space, Brooklyn, Callus, Chord (music), Chord progression, Christopher Robin, Digg, guitar, Hook (music), Learning

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Millions More People Are Using Instagram Stories Than Snapchat

[UPDATED] Facebook has shared that 200 million people are now using Instagram's Stories feature – Snapchat-like disappearing photo and video collections – which launched in August . That’s up from. Continue reading

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Tags: April Fools' Day, Augmented reality, Chronology, Facebook, Initial public offering, Instagram, Mark Zuckerberg, Snap, Snapchat, WhatsApp

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Grow Your Fanbase With A Successful Contest

If they are carried out correctly, holding an online contest can be an excellent way to build up your fanbase and increase the engagement of your online audience. If executed. Continue reading

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Is It The Promoter Or Artist’s Job To Promote A Concert? [Music Biz Weekly Podcast]

This week I join Michael Brandvold and Jay Gilbert to share some of the things I've learned running Skyline Artists and answer listener questions: How does a promoter and the. Continue reading

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Developing A Social Media Strategy For Musicians

The vast and all-encompassing nature of the online world can frequently be intimidating to artist, which can in turn adversely effect their social media marketing strategy. Here we look at. Continue reading

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