September 2009
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Copyright Infringement Insurance Policies for...
Occupying the top spot on my Google Reader subscription list, Eric Beall’s Berkleemusic blog (http://ericbeall.berkleemusicblogs.com/) is a go-to music industry resource of mine. Beall is currently an A&R for Shapiro, Bernstein & Co, one of the nation’s most eminent independent music publishers. As someone who has a successful career in the business, he’s able to draw on...
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The Golden Age of Music Widgets? Nah.
In response to Hypebot’s “Music Widgets Come of Age” article and the comments that ensued, I decided to poll some of our readers at Artists House via twitter to find out how many of them actually have purchased music through an online widget. So far, the results are not surprising to me, though the sample size is still relatively small. As of the writing of this article, 81%...
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Indie Artist X August 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
There’s a lot of information flying around out there, and I’ve picked some highlights from this week in music business news and artist advice that I think you might find interesting and helpful:
Artists House Music:
An Interview with John Mosca on Bob Brookmeyer and the Vanguard Jazz Orchestra http://is.gd/2Q0al
And here’s Bob Brookmeyer and the Vanguard Jazz Orchestra rehearsal at the...
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What Areas Do You Need Help With?
In an effort to focus what we do and provide you all with the most valuable resources we can, I want to open up the Artists House to-do list to our community. We’ve been talking here about creating some very hands-on, specific tutorials and how-to videos/articles that will reflect the increasingly DIY nature of the music business. We’ll keep interviewing professionals within the...