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Cheap Plug: check me out on page 15
Major thanks to the homie Greg for the mention…I promise you I didn’t pay him lol.
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Free Music Marketing Guide Hand Delivers Every Tool and Resource Necessary To Have A Successful Music Career in 2010

A must read for anyone in the music industry from artists [...]

[ More ] January 8th, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Press Releases |

Apple Opens iTunes LP And Extras To Developers

iTunes has opened its iTunes LP and Extras platforms to indie artists, labels and developers with a new set of instructions posted on their web site.
Automated electronic submission to iTunes LP and Extra will be added in the first quarter of 2010. Until then, the process is manual and limited. An existing iTunes contract is [...]

[ More ] November 27th, 2009 | No Comments | Posted in Industry News |

The Rap-Up (This Weeks Digital Music News)

Should CD prices be lower? A record store joke: “What do you call a CD that retails for more than $9.99?”
MySpace buys imeem at a fire sale price.
Merlin finally makes a deal with MySpace that should help all indies.
Do MTV and RealNetworks want to sell Rhapsody?
Sony says that it wants to take on iTunes.
Snoop Dog: This is show “business”
EMI [...]

[ More ] November 22nd, 2009 | No Comments | Posted in Industry News |

50 CENT Launches “50’S SOUND LAB” Remix iPhone App

Vitamin Water, the company that made 50 Cent filthy rich, is launching a new iPhone app in partnership with 50 Cent and developer Romplr called “50’s Sound Lab” which will allow you to mix remix parts of 50 Cent’s album on their iPhone including his recent single “Baby By Me.” The best user-generated remix will [...]

[ More ] November 19th, 2009 | No Comments | Posted in Industry News |

$10,000 in 48 Hours (without a fuckin label)

This is a guest post by Brian Mazzaferri

Brian Mazzaferri here, Lead Singer / Songwriter / NES-Player from Chicago NES-Rock band I Fight Dragons.  You may remember me from “How to get 200 new fans in a week“.
Well, it’s been a good while, and our mailing list has continued to grow.  In fact, it’s more than doubled [...]

[ More ] November 18th, 2009 | No Comments | Posted in Guest Posts |

Chamillionaire Breaks Universal’s Rules So Fans Can Embed Music Video

Follow @digijeff for a roadmap on how to successfully build artist communities.
On November 10th, hip hop artist Chamillionaire [@Chamillionaire] went against the wishes of his record label, Universal Records, and livestreamed the premiere of his Good Morning music video to fans on Facebook and Ustream.
By all accounts, fans responded positively to the artist’s social media initiative. [...]

[ More ] November 17th, 2009 | No Comments | Posted in Food For Thought |

Bandcamp Just Got Hella Better: Rolls Out Physical & Digital Bundles

As if Bandcamp wasn’t already badd-ass enough…they just rolled out a dope feature.
Via the Bandcamp blog <— Click to watch video demo
Once more into the Bandcamp mailbag:
“I like your service but want to add some physical copies, and it would be really nice to use your interface to sell these items so I don’t have two different [...]

[ More ] November 15th, 2009 | No Comments | Posted in Food For Thought |