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Open Letter From OK Go, Regarding Non-Embeddable YouTube Videos

January 20, 2010 By Graham English

The catch: the software that pays out those tiny sums doesn't pay if a video is embedded. This means our label doesn't get their hard-won share of the pie if our video is played on your blog, so (surprise, surprise) they won't let us be on your blog. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Business, Prose, Technology Tagged With: bands, EMI, major labels, Music Business, Music Industry, Music Promotion, OK Go, Video, YouTube

Radiohead Says Name Your Price, But They Are Not The First

October 4, 2007 By Graham English

Radiohead is releasing their new album In Rainbows next week for any price you want to pay! But they're not the first. Canadian art-pop singer, Jane Siberry, sells her music through an honor-payment system. The Freakonomics blog points out how her … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Business, Prose Tagged With: BoingBoing, Freakonomics, iTunes, Jane Siberry, music 2.0, Music Business, Music Industry, Music Promotion, pricing, Radiohead

How To Become An Artist 2.0

May 13, 2007 By Graham English

Merlin Mann just pointed to a New York Times Magazine article about Jonathan Coulton and The Hold Steady. These artists are thriving in the post-CD music world through intimate virtual relationships with their fans. Music promotion through blogs … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Business, Prose Tagged With: 43folders, AppleScript, Artist 2.0, artists, GTD, Jonathan Coulton, marketing, music 2.0, Music Promotion, MySpace, social networking, teleseminars, Web 2.0, workflow

Get Your Next Album Paid For With SellABand

March 30, 2007 By Graham English

TechCrunch reports that SellABand just might be working. But a few months later, wow. 2700 bands from all over the world have signed up, and four have already reached the $50,000 mark and have recorded albums (Nemesea, Cubworld, Second Person and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Business, Prose Tagged With: Music Business, Music Promotion, Techcrunch

Top Music Business Articles of 2006

December 22, 2006 By Graham English

Learn how to promote and market your music, self-publish your music, and make your music business grow in 2007 with these tips from my top music business articles of 2006. Searching For Other Musicians To Play With? Try … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Business, Prose Tagged With: Music Business, Music Promotion, Music Publishing

Searching For Other Musicians To Play With? Try This…

December 1, 2006 By Graham English

Musiclocated is a free service that uses Google Maps to help you find musicians in your area. You can submit your URL and you can also link to a YouTube video of your performance or mp3 of your music. Check it out! … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Prose, Technology Tagged With: Google, Music Promotion, musicians

How to Market Your Music with MySpace

September 28, 2006 By Graham English

This should go without saying, but ... If you aren't promoting your music on MySpace yet, you need to start -- fast! If you already have a MySpace artist profile, you need to make the best use of it so you get the maximum exposure possible. Find … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Business, Prose Tagged With: Arctic Monkeys, Bob Baker, music marketing, Music Promotion, MySpace

Amazing Tunes is a Good Musician’s Community

September 13, 2006 By Graham English

Amazing Tunes is a musician's community that allows you to share your music with the rest of the world. The idea is to create a space to showcase your music and gain much needed feedback. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Business, Prose Tagged With: Music Promotion

Rockers Work a Web-Savvy Crowd

August 3, 2006 By Graham English

Rockers Work a Web-Savvy Crowd, by Robert La Franco from Wired magazine. Japanese alt-metal group Dir en grey's first U.S. tour finds the band playing packed halls and moving mountains of merch, all thanks to the promo power of anime conventions, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Business, Prose Tagged With: music marketing, Music Promotion, MySpace, Wired

New Music Model: Amie Street

July 24, 2006 By Graham English

From Amie Street: Awesome New Music Model: A lot has happened in the music space recently that suggests a steady progression towards the sale of DRM-free music by the big labels. In my opinion this progression/evolution is inevitable, and will be … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Business, Prose Tagged With: artists, DRM, Music Promotion, pricing

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