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Nashville’s New Music Middle Class Is On The Rise

Guest Post by Charles Alexander, CEO and founder of Outside The Box Music Recently my favorite reporter at The Tennessean, Nate Rau, wrote a brilliant piece on the collapse of the musical. Continue reading

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Tags: 000 Maniacs, 10, Acre, Alcoholic beverage, Augusta, BBC Radio 1, Georgia, Karl Dean, Nashville, Spotify, Tennessee, Texas, The Tennessean

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Bandsintown Adds Tour Date Promotion On SoundCloud

Bandsintown just announced it's newest feature, an integration with SoundCloud that allows artists to promote their tour dates on their artist profile. Any artist with Bandsintown Manager installed will be. Continue reading

Nia R Jones on 01/30/2015 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (1)

Tags: App Store (iOS), Bass music, Bassline, Compact disc, Copyright Royalty Board, David Blue (musician), Facebook, Sound recording and reproduction, Soundcloud, Twitter

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8 Reasons Your Fans Hate Your Band’s Website

By Dave Cool on the Bandzoogle Blog When a fan visits your band’s website, you don’t want them to have the same reaction as the in the thumbnail (be sure to check out the video. Continue reading

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Tags: brand, Buyology – Truth and Lies About Why We Buy, Chief marketing officer, Cross-platform, Facebook, Landing page, marketing, social media, Twitter, Website

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Social Media and Festivals: Boosting Cross-Platform Attribution and Targeted Messaging

Guest Post by Jason Hobbs CEO and founder of found.ee For the ever-changing music industry, the desire to understand where ticket sales are coming from has grown exponentially over the past couple. Continue reading

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Tags: Application programming interface, Bandcamp, Buyology – Truth and Lies About Why We Buy, Chromium, Cross-platform, Facebook, Google, LinkedIn, Twitter, YouTube

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New .BAND Domains Offer Online Visibility For MusicIans

Rightside, a provider of domain name services has added .BAND domains to the global music industry as the fourth new Top Level Domain (TLD). .BAND is geared to both emerging. Continue reading

Nia R Jones on 01/29/2015 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: .gov, Adult, Country code top-level domain, DNS-based Authentication of Named Entities, Domain name, Domain Name System Security Extensions, ICANN, music industry, Second-level domain, Top-level domain

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How to Build Buzz for Your Next Release (German Rap Edition)

Rap music has grown to be one of the most beloved genres of music. Over the years, rap has evolved to reach people of different nationalities and backgrounds. In recent. Continue reading

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Tags: African American, Alter ego, Barack Obama, Hip hop music, Islamic terrorism, Matt Lewis (journalist), music industry, Rapping, Taylor Swift, YouTube

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The Difference between a PRO and a Publishing Administrator

Guest Post by Alex Bardanes on Songtrust Blog I don’t need a publishing administrator because I’m already affiliated with ASCAP right? Don’t these two entities perform essentially the same function? Actually, they perform. Continue reading

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Tags: American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers, Dynamic music, General counsel, music industry, Music licensing, Paul Williams (songwriter), Performance rights organisation, Performing rights, songwriter, United States

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Music Licensing: An Insider’s Perspective

Guest Post by John Steen I had a chance to talk with Adam McCants from The Music Bed on a recent podcast, and he gave me the raw scoop on how. Continue reading

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Tags: Dallas, Doctor of Philosophy, Facebook, Instagram, iTunes, MBA, Miscegenation, Soundcloud, Stitcher, Twitter

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5 Out-of-the-Box Band Merch Ideas Your Fans Will Love

By Tyler Allen on Sonicbids Blog Merchandise is a fun way not only to make some cash for your band, but also further express your band's branding outside of songwriting and album art. With. Continue reading

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Tags: Address (geography), Bengal, Bengal tiger, Bumper sticker, Buy More, Cambridge Seven Associates, Cat, Chairman, Taylor Swift, YouTube

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SoundExchange Bests Personal Record With $773 Million In Royalty Payouts In 2014

SoundExchange released it's 2014 year end numbers this morning, revealing a new record for the company of $773 million in royalty payouts to recording artists and record labels. 2014's total. Continue reading

Nia R Jones on 01/29/2015 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Audit, Cable radio, CBS, Certified Public Accountant, Performance rights organisation, record label, royalties, Sirius XM Radio, Sound recording and reproduction, SoundExchange

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