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Artist vs Manager: Overcoming The Internal Struggle

As an independent self-managed musician, one may often find the need to be creative and express oneself at odds with the managerial desire to cultivate a financially stable career. Here we. Continue reading

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Tags: A.G. Lafley, Abraham Maslow, Apple Music, Artists and repertoire, Atlantic Ocean, Background check, Berklee College of Music, Biological process, Bobby Valentín, United States

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My Song Stories: John Seay of The Seay Firm [INTERVIEW]

Music shapes our identities and changes our lives. It brings back our memories and stirs up our emotions. My Song Stories asks music professionals and indie artists questions about the songs in their libraries. Today,. Continue reading

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Tags: A Change Is Gonna Come, Alicia Keys, Black History Month, Gabby Douglas, Jerry Lee Lewis, LeBron James, Megan Rapinoe, Melina Matsoukas, Michael B. Jordan, Sam Cooke

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Snapchat Tips & Tricks 2017

A platform which grew massively over the past year, Snapchat is now a key component of any online marketing strategy which targets a young mobile-savvy audience. Here we look at. Continue reading

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Tags: business, Business Insider, Cell Phone, Customer, digital marketing, Facebook, marketing, Mobile app, Snapchat, social media

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Facebook Testing Option To Link Groups, Pages – How It Works

[UPDATED] In an experimental new move, Facebook is testing a new option for its users to link Groups and Pages together. Here we walk through how it works, and how. Continue reading

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Tags: 24/7 service, American Civil Liberties Union, Center for Investigative Reporting, Facebook, List of Facebook features, Military service, Photograph, social media, Support group, United States Marine Corps

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New Leaked Documents Expose Waste, Incompetence At U.S. Copyright Office

Access to new leaked documentation has revealed that Congress may be moving towards disaster for content creators as it progresses with altering how the head of the Copyright Office is. Continue reading

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Tags: ABC News, African-American Civil Rights Movement (1954–68), American Revolutionary War, Andrew Jackson, Black people, Library of Congress, New York City, Police car, Rayburn House Office Building, White House

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6 Ways To Ensure You’re Leaving Nothing On The (Merch) Table

Although sales of physical music may have declined, there's still plenty of money to be made in the merch department. Here we look at six effective ways of improving traffic. Continue reading

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Tags: Aircraft registration, Amazoncom, American Civil Liberties Union, CD player, CD Projekt, Compact disc, Cyberpunk 2077, Games Role Playing Games, Sales, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

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How Music Fans Are Choosing Their Summer Festival Lineup

Fans are eager to invest in tickets to festivals with star-studded lineups, but as more and more of this events crop up, competition is getting stiff. Here we take a. Continue reading

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Tags: 360-degree video, A Tribe Called Quest, American Broadcasting Company, Anschutz Entertainment Group, Chicago, CMA Music Festival, Florida Georgia Line, music festival, Pitchfork Music Festival, Ultra Music Festival

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Artist, Manager Relationship – Recording Industry Management Agreements [Part 1]

In the first of a series of articles exploring different music business agreements, Just M. Jacobson explores the agreement which dictates the relationship between the talent and the personal manager.

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How To Be Your Own Music Publicist: Part 1 [Cyber PR]

Even in the age of music D.I.Y., publicity is one of the first tasks that many artists outsource. That may not be your best strategy, says Ariel Hyatt and her. Continue reading

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Tags: Chuck Berry, Greater St. Louis, independent music, John Lennon, Keith Richards, Michael Jackson, Mick Jagger, rock and roll, St. Charles County Police Department, Twitter

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This Week In Music Commentary

This week music industry commentators clambered aboard their soapboxes to discuss how music festivals are changing, the quest for consumer data in the music business, why mental healthcare is a. Continue reading

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Tags: Age appropriateness, Chicago, Eagles (band), Earth, Fleetwood Mac, Lindsey Buckingham, music festival, music industry, Rolling Stone, Rumours (album), Wind & Fire

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Music Think Tank Weekly: Why You’re Not Getting What You Want • Stop Wasting Money • Much More

This week's key posts on MusicThinkTank looked at why you're not getting what you want, reasons unsigned bands should stop wasting money on radio pluggers, the best types of music for helping. Continue reading

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Tags: ABC News, Americana (music), Artificial insemination, Asian cat, Associated Press, Capitol Records, Carrie Underwood, CMT Music Awards, Nashville, Tennessee

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