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Why Every Musician Should Be Playing More House Concerts

While the dream of many aspiring musicians may be playing a packed stadium, getting to that point is a lengthy process, and playing any official venue, even a small one,. Continue reading

Guest Post on 09/29/2017 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: American Society of Composers, Americas, Atlanta, Australia, Authors and Publishers, Ballistic trauma, Bar, Business Insider, California, Character encodings in HTML, Music venue

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Our Next President’s Husband Could Be An Entertainment Attorney

DLA Piper has appointed entertainment and media attorney Douglas Emhoff as a partner, based in the firm’s Los Angeles and Washington DC offices. In addition to being a respected lawyer,. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 09/27/2017 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Acadia National Park, Business Insider, California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, San Francisco, Southern California, United States, University of Southern California

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Making Your EPK Stand Out: 3 Techniques

While there is a plethora of advice available on the specifics of what needs to go into an electronic press kit and how to get it created. With the millions. Continue reading

Guest Post on 09/26/2017 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (3)

Tags: Adobe After Effects, California, CONFIG.SYS, Customer service, IOS, Portable Document Format, Solar eclipse, Time Inc., Zip (file format), ZIP code

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Spotify’s Ongoing War With The Music Industry

Spotify has a long and sordid history of failing to pay proper mechanical royalties to creators and publishers, and has already been hit with two major class action lawsuits relating. Continue reading

Guest Post on 09/26/2017 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)

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How Gene Simmons Of KISS Mastered The Art Of Selling The Experience Instead Of The Music

Is music becoming more about the experience than the music itself? It seems Gene Simmons of KISS may have just cracked the code on how to sell music: you don't. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 09/25/2017 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: ABC News, Acceptable use policy, album, Associated Press, Bruce Dickinson, California, Gene Simmons, Kerrville, Kiss (band), Texas

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Goldenvoice’s Lesley Olenik Jumps To Live Nation

Long-time Goldenvoice veteran Lesley Olenik has left the company for a new role as Vice President of Touring at Live Nation. Based in Los Angeles, Olenik will report to Omar. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 09/25/2017 in Live & Ticketing | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Allegheny Conference, Amazon Web Services, Apple event, Apple Inc., California, Cupertino, IPhone, New York City, Phil Schiller, Touch ID, Vice president

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

Tips, tricks, advice, and more this week, are share ideas on time management, what metadata is and why artists should manage their own, why moving to Brooklyn isn't essential for. Continue reading

admin on 09/23/2017 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Anaheim, Brooklyn, California, Fresno, Jay-Z, KeyArena, Los Angeles, Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, New Orleans, New York City, San Diego

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Lyrics And Legacies: The Way We Remember Artists

Given the high volume of music industry deaths in the past year, we've seen new trends manifest in different ways as to how fans honor and commemorate these artists and. Continue reading

Guest Post on 09/22/2017 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Achy Breaky Heart, Billy Ray Cyrus, California, Ellen DeGeneres, James Corden, Liam Hemsworth, Malibu, Miley Cyrus, MTV Video Music Award, Singing, Time Inc.

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How To Save Money, Make Money On Tour [Kosha Dillz]

For artists, touring can be an expensive proposition and when you're living on the road, expenses can pile up quickly. That said, there are also a myriad of money making. Continue reading

Guest Post on 09/20/2017 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Adventure travel, Airbnb, Amalfi Coast, Amazoncom, Bloomberg L.P., Boston, Boston Public Schools, California, Car rental, Renting

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YouTube’s Lyor Cohen Dishes On Music’s “New Golden Age,” Streaming Subscriptions and Props To Daniel Ek

YouTube's Global Head Of Music, Lyor Cohen, is known for speaking his mind. So when the former label exec sat down for a keynote interview at the 2017 Music Matters. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 09/19/2017 in Major Labels | Permalink | Comments (1)

Tags: Apple Inc., California, Cupertino, Google, IPhone, music, New York City, San Francisco, Spotify, Steve Jobs, Streaming media, YouTube

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Mercury Prize 2017 Winner Is Sampha

Sampha, perhaps best known as a guest artist on songs by Beyonce, 2016 Mercury winner Stormzy, and 2017 Mercury nominee Ed Sheeran, the singer and songwriter released his debut album,. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 09/15/2017 in Conventions & Awards | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: California, Ed Sheeran, Facebook, Fifth Harmony, Inglewood, Kate Tempest, Katy Perry, Mercury Prize, Miley Cyrus, MTV Video Music Award, Shawn Mendes

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