Last.fm announced today that for at least one of its affiliates, CD and digital music sales increased by 119 percent after its free, ad-supported music streaming service launched a couple of months ago. If the trend sticks, we may see more full-track previews coming our way from other services.
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Friday, April 25, 2008
Saturday, April 19, 2008
MUSIC BUSINESS SUCCESS - BDS Top 3 Artists
Is your music BDS (Broadcast Data Systems) encoded? Do you know why it should be for your Music Business Success? Find out the top 3 artists getting the most spins and find out how to get you music BDS encoded to Succeed In Today's Music Biz.
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Sunday, April 13, 2008
Wednesday, April 09, 2008
12 of the Best Music Social Networks
Internet radio may be facing uncertain times, but many musical social networks continue to thrive. If you’re in a band, these sites are essential for promoting your music: take note, and sign up for as many as possible to maximize your reach. For fans, meanwhile, we’ve included some great places to just listen to music.
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Saturday, March 29, 2008
Succeed In Today's Music Biz Blog - Don't Mess with the IRS!
4 tax tips for every musician, artist, producer, indie or digital record label.
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Wednesday, March 26, 2008
SL - Where Artists can share with the world
Second Life gives artists a chance to share their music with the world and connect with people. This CNN.com article tells a little bit about the experience.
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Friday, March 21, 2008
20 Biggest Record Company Screw-Ups of All Time :: Blender.c
From turning down the Beatles to stomping Napster - the most ill-advised, foolhardy and downright idiotic decisions ever made by The Man.
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Friday, February 15, 2008
A brave new world: the music biz at the dawn of 2008
Distinguished guests, fellow readers: As we gather tonight, CD sales are down, major label revenues are sliding, and the music industry looks to be in recession. But music isn't dying; it's changing.
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Tuesday, April 10, 2007
Marketing is all the activities and processes of planning, communicating and executing a product, with a price, the promotion and the placement of an item to an end user. Your music is your product which you are then supplying to the end user - the music fan. Between you and the fan is a big space on how to bridge this gap. You may think that if you just get a record deal with some label, your prayers are answered and this instant bridge is built across that space. This is for the most part, not how things work today.
As an aspiring indie or unsigned singer, songwriter, or a musician in a band you can not do just a few things to promote yourself and expect success in your music career.
Offline and online music promotion and marketing exposure is an ongoing process in this DIY age. Music companies are looking for artists that already have fan bases, sold CDs, and are proven ready to move up to a higher level. Presented here are more than 100 tips and ideas for you to think about and tweak as you will, to get noticed, gain fans, and get heard. You have to find a way to stand above the crowd, for talent alone is not enough.Promo
Tip #1 A music artist must start somewhere, that's usually locally, but it's better to not just dive in without a plan. But begin you must. Create a plan with some ideas and set goals as to what you need to accomplish weekly, monthly, and yearly. Start small and make it progressive. Reach bench marks and keep at it.
Promo Tip #2 Image is everything. Image is the complete package - artist/band name, look, performance, merchandise, and style, to how that brand is marketed. A stage name can be a descriptive statement of the image you or your band project. Be unique and interesting to look at in some way....build your own unique stage persona.
Promo Tip #3 Word of mouth has always been the best promotion - tell people what you do. Get people talking. Create your buzz by just giving enough info to get people interested, but hold some secrets close.
Promo Tip #4 Those that promote the most win.
Promo Tip #5 You may be a truly great talent, but without getting out there and consistently marketing yourself, networking, meeting the right people, maintaining your image, and being humble, your talent will only get you so far.
Promo Tip #6 Be innovative in your promotional efforts! The Internet has made it possible to hear a LOT more music, from a LOT more artists. You are now a very small fish in a very large pond - you will need to find a way to stand out, above and glow in the dark. Think beyond the box on every promo tip.
Promo Tip #7 Learn web basics to use the Net to your advantage. The Internet thrives on links, quality content, keywords and consistency. Properly use the tools of the Internet to build your online brand.
Promo Tip #8 Create a web site. Buy your own artist name or band name URL for your web site, keep it simple, easy to remember, make sure it loads quickly and is easy to navigate.
Promo Tip #9 Submit your web link to online music directories, search engines, good music resource sites, in the best possible descriptive category. Use niche sites like tour date sites, lifestyle, regional, music magazine, music ezines, music Blogs and similarly themed sites.
Promo Tip #10 Use Myspace, Tagworld, Frappr, Facebook and any of the good social networks and extend your fan base. Update on a regular schedule. Promo
Author Bio:Artistopia - The Ultimate Artist Development Resource http://www.artistopia.com is an artist development and community on the web providing music artists, songwriters and bands all the tools needed for displaying their talent, music business collaboration, marketing and networking. Online since 2003, Artistopia develops advanced technology solutions that leverage the Internet to both the music artist and music companies respective advantage.
Link
Click Here to Discover the Secrets of Success in Today's Music Business. Or log onto www.simbiz.info.
As an aspiring indie or unsigned singer, songwriter, or a musician in a band you can not do just a few things to promote yourself and expect success in your music career.
Offline and online music promotion and marketing exposure is an ongoing process in this DIY age. Music companies are looking for artists that already have fan bases, sold CDs, and are proven ready to move up to a higher level. Presented here are more than 100 tips and ideas for you to think about and tweak as you will, to get noticed, gain fans, and get heard. You have to find a way to stand above the crowd, for talent alone is not enough.Promo
Tip #1 A music artist must start somewhere, that's usually locally, but it's better to not just dive in without a plan. But begin you must. Create a plan with some ideas and set goals as to what you need to accomplish weekly, monthly, and yearly. Start small and make it progressive. Reach bench marks and keep at it.
Promo Tip #2 Image is everything. Image is the complete package - artist/band name, look, performance, merchandise, and style, to how that brand is marketed. A stage name can be a descriptive statement of the image you or your band project. Be unique and interesting to look at in some way....build your own unique stage persona.
Promo Tip #3 Word of mouth has always been the best promotion - tell people what you do. Get people talking. Create your buzz by just giving enough info to get people interested, but hold some secrets close.
Promo Tip #4 Those that promote the most win.
Promo Tip #5 You may be a truly great talent, but without getting out there and consistently marketing yourself, networking, meeting the right people, maintaining your image, and being humble, your talent will only get you so far.
Promo Tip #6 Be innovative in your promotional efforts! The Internet has made it possible to hear a LOT more music, from a LOT more artists. You are now a very small fish in a very large pond - you will need to find a way to stand out, above and glow in the dark. Think beyond the box on every promo tip.
Promo Tip #7 Learn web basics to use the Net to your advantage. The Internet thrives on links, quality content, keywords and consistency. Properly use the tools of the Internet to build your online brand.
Promo Tip #8 Create a web site. Buy your own artist name or band name URL for your web site, keep it simple, easy to remember, make sure it loads quickly and is easy to navigate.
Promo Tip #9 Submit your web link to online music directories, search engines, good music resource sites, in the best possible descriptive category. Use niche sites like tour date sites, lifestyle, regional, music magazine, music ezines, music Blogs and similarly themed sites.
Promo Tip #10 Use Myspace, Tagworld, Frappr, Facebook and any of the good social networks and extend your fan base. Update on a regular schedule. Promo
Author Bio:Artistopia - The Ultimate Artist Development Resource http://www.artistopia.com is an artist development and community on the web providing music artists, songwriters and bands all the tools needed for displaying their talent, music business collaboration, marketing and networking. Online since 2003, Artistopia develops advanced technology solutions that leverage the Internet to both the music artist and music companies respective advantage.
Link
Click Here to Discover the Secrets of Success in Today's Music Business. Or log onto www.simbiz.info.
Sunday, November 05, 2006
World Music Promotion
Although America is the number one destination for many recording artist, there is a whole world and numerous markets where your non-American music can thrive. There are also fans in America (ex-pat's etc) who would love to have your music in their CD or MP3 player.
The key to selling to the world music market is being authentic and giving your fans the experiences that provides nostalgic inspiration. We know many artist who try too hard to "Americanize" their sound to appeal to the American music market. The key to success in the world music market is being authentic and appealing to the life-group that you want to be your fans.
A life-group is a group of people who share similar interest. Music is definitely an area where many people of diverse backgrounds and experiences share an interest in various forms of music. For instance in America there are many fans of artist like Irish Singers Maura O'Connell, Luka Bloom and many others.
The task is to market and promote your music to World Music Fans. To do this, you'll need to:
Define your target life-group
- Find ways to get those in your music life-group involved with your music
- Communicate the benefits of your music to those in your life-group
- Convert those people from specators to fans
- Convert your fans into customers
The best way to do achieve all of the steps above is to get your music out on the Internet where people will be able to listen to your music. There are many music submission sites that will allow you to showcase and sell your music around the world to fans who are willing to buy your music.
The Succeed In the Music Biz Staff has a list of the best music submission sites for you to upload your music to start getting your fans involved.
Link
Click Here to Discover the Secrets of Success in Today's Music Business. Or log onto www.simbiz.info.
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