October 2009
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Social Media Club Chicago Panel Discussion,...
We filmed this panel discussion on social media in Chicago earlier this month - I wanted to share it with you because you all indicated in our recent poll that social media was one of the areas you were most interested in getting more information on.
The Social Media Club Chicago is a chapter of the national SMC organization. SMC Chicago is the fastest growing networking group in the Chicagoland...
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Seth Godin on Blogging and Social Networking
Believe it or not, there are still some artists and musicians out there who have not opened their minds to the possibilities of blogging and social networking. Perhaps it feels a bit too much like marketing, or it’s another thing to add to an already long to-do list. A lot of the musicians I interact with ARE involved in blogging or social network, but they aren’t quite sure why. They...
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New Video: Michael Walbert of SMKA Productions
We just uploaded a new video to the Artists House video database: an interview with Michael Walbert, co-founder and manager of SMKA Productions. Michael has taken his love of hip-hop and materialized it in his company. This video is ripe with some good entrepreneurial advice and ideas. In this day and age, all artists NEED to be thinking of themselves as entrepreneurs (because you ARE, whether you...
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Business Formation - Partnerships
by Scott Krokoff
In my introductory blog on business formation issues for independent artists and bands, I discussed the need to choose an appropriate business vehicle for your music business activity, and in particular, summarized the pros and cons of being a sole proprietor (aka, the DBA model). Obviously, only individual artists may conduct business through a sole proprietorship. So ...
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Music Business Weekly Wrap-Up
If you’ve been too hard working on your music to keep up with the link goodness, here are some highlights from this week in music news and artist advice:
Artists House Music:
I suggest following anyone/everyone I’m following for good music biz convo: http://twitter.com/artistshouse/following
Music News:
We7 Response to News about Google Music http://ow.ly/vW6S
Spotify Premium...
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Music Business Weekly Wrap-Up
In case you’ve been too busy out in the field working on your music career, here are some highlights from this week in music news and artist advice:
Artists House Music:
We’ve launched a Facebook fan page! Details: www.bit.ly/2Umbn8 (be sure to follow the badge at the end of the post to become a fan)
Reflections on the 2009 Future of Music Policy Summit http://ow.ly/ucS0 from George...
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Changes to Artists House's Facebook Presence
As many of you know, Artists House’s Facebook presence currently consists of a traditional user profile and a group. However, we have decided to add another page into the mix: an Artists House fan page. And as Andrew wisely pointed out, the undertaking of driving the 2,300 + people attracted by the Artists House user profile and group to a new Facebook destination can be turned into a...
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Reflections on the 2009 Future of Music Policy...
Written by George Howard
OK, a day or so after my panel at the fantastic Future of Music Policy Summit, and I want to try and toss out a few thoughts.
First off, while I’m typically not real big on conferences, I can enthusiastically recommend this one. The values of the conference and the caliber of speakers/workshops makes this - in my mind - the go-to conference. Get yourself registered for...
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Music Business Weekly Wrap-up
In case you missed anything, here are some highlights I’ve picked from this week in music news and artist advice:
Artists House Music:
Indie Artist X September Stats are now available! http://ow.ly/t0TJ
Watch this week’s live chat with the fine folks of Red Pill Entertainment: http://is.gd/419fY Incredible music, valuable conversation
One of our chat guests from “last...
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Live Chat with Red Pill Entertainment
If you weren’t able to catch today’s live chat, we’ve got you covered! Lauren Markow and Jacob Detering, partners in Red Pill Entertainment, guest-hosted this week’s chat from St. Louis, MO. Amy Petty graced us with her incredible voice and songwriting. We talked promotion, touring, production, and everything in between. Check it out:
Thanks to everyone who joined us...
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Indie Artist X September Stats
The goal of the Indie Artist X Project is to develop a basic, actionable music marketing plan designed around simple strategy, prioritization of tactics, easy to use tools, and a reasonable budget that can be implemented by any artist who has the inclination to follow it. About.com Music Careers, Artists House Music, Hypebot, KnowTheMusicBiz.com, MusicianWages.com and Revolution Number 3 have...
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Music Business Weekly Wrap-up
In case you missed anything this week, here are some highlights I’ve selected that I think will be valuable reads for you:
Artists House Music:
Copyright Infringement Insurance Policies for Songwriters http://ow.ly/sxr8
New videos posted from our interviews at McNally Smith College of Music http://is.gd/3USCU
Really felt like we did something cool on the live chat this week…a...
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New Videos Posted: McNally Smith College of Music
If you haven’t been keeping up with our twitter stream, you’ve been missing out. We’ve been adding new videos to our database, and our twitter followers are usually the first to find out. But, in case you missed it, I wanted to turn you all on to our interviews with the incredible minds at McNally Smith College of Music.
An Interview with Joe Mabbott, Audio engineer and...