November 2008
8 posts
Artists House Music - Music Business for Musicians... →
Reference to the Ian Roger commentary on the new music business equation — good take and how it affects artists.
Artists House Music - Music Business for Musicians... →
A continuation on the post by guest author Josh Belville that can be found here — http://artistshousemusic.tumblr.com/post/60148410/viewing-piracy-in-a-new-light
Musebin: Twitter-style Music Reviews →
interesting take on musebin — a twitterlike music review site
Artists House Vault: Samples →
From the artists house vault, two takes on sampling, and a link to a great ‘beginner’s guide’ as well
Talk Back to your Core Community →
Great article on the importance of community, and how to correctly leverage it for bands.
Artists House Music - Reader Profile: Josh... →
The first music profile of one of Artists House’s readers — Josh Belville — and a free mp3 of his music. Check it out
Viewing Piracy in a New Light -- Guest post by... →
This blog post offers an alternative view on music piracy — highly insightful with some great comments on the post itself.
The Crowd and The Cloud
Gerd Leonard posted a great video on his blog Media Futurist about The Crowd and The Cloud. Quote from the blog:
“Yes, indeed. A CROWD of 1.5 Billion people on the Net, plus 3.5 Billion people on mobile phones. A computing CLOUD that allows endless storage of, and access to, content, media, data, software, MYStuff, at ever lower cost pretty anytime anywhere….”
This is the...
October 2008
28 posts
gapingvoid: "cartoons drawn on the back of... →
Books for the tribe, about tribes →
Website Marketing SEO Score Tool →
Music Think Tank - Music Think Tank →
Music on demand, free music without download |... →
hypebot →
Maestro. Unleash the power of your music. →
Rumblefish | Sonic Branding and Music Licensing →
PR 2.0: Twitter Tools for Community and... →
KnowTheMusicBiz.com - HOME →
ArtistData: Engage your fans across the web for... →
Twitter is radically changing the way musicians... →
Great Business Card Designs →
A post on great business card designs with a couple of really creative and innovative examples.
Google Reader →
Great way to keep on top of whats going on. Use RSS feeds from your favorite blogs and websites to get news delivered directly to you in an easy and organized way.
Artists House Music →
The best online resource for musicians and music entrepreneurs. Artists House Music has thousands of hours of video interviews with top music industry personnel and written articles geared to help…
The Hype Machine →
Discover new music with The Hype Machine.
Listening Post - Wired Blogs →
Great source for music industry news and analysis.
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Get Your Fans To Your Website (S.E.O. 101)
This post is simply meant to be an introduction to search engine optimization (SEO) for artists. By no means is this a comprehensive explanation or analysis; it is simply a place to begin thinking. It’s important to understand the logic behind SEO before you begin trying to implement it.
For some reason, SEO sounds far more technical and complicated than it really is. It was probably coined...
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Bandcamp, the whole package?
Calling all independent artists!!! Bandcamp is here, have no fear! I think.
For those of y’all who have not checked out bandcamp.mu, you’re missing out. Not only is this the sexiest place that I’ve seen where independent artists can call their music’s home, but it looks as if its not all bells and whistles.
I’m not going to explain all of the fancy features in...
Lala.com: 10 Cents For Unlimited Streaming
Lala.com is aiming to change the way we buy music online by doing to the Mp3 what the Mp3 did to the CD. The company, which initially launched as a CD trading website and which once pioneered a way to place music directly on to your iPod from the internet (it isnt allowed to doesn’t do that anymore), has shifted to a new model built around “web songs” and a catalogue consisting...
“In 2006 EMI, the world’s fourth-biggest recorded-music company, invited...”
– http://www.economist.com/business/displaystory.cfm?story_id=10498664
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Don't Be Like Canned Food.
Gone are the days when musicians had to create products that take the shape of the medium on which they are delivered. (latest release from The Cranberries?)
Albums had to be:
Cylinders = 2-4 min
78 = 3-5 min
LP = 30 min
CD = 80 min
radio friendly = 3-4 min
etc
Stephan Jenkins of Third Eye Blind fame was the keynote speaker at the SanFran MusicTech conference this week. Jenkins proposed:...
Record Labels and New Technologies
Record Labels and New Technologies
from the May 2008 SanFran MusicTech Summit
Panelists include:
David Katznelson (Birdman Records)
Dave Allen (Gang of Four/ Nemo Design)
Ted Kartzman (IODA)
Lars Murray (SonyBMG)
Matthew King Kaufman (Fun Fun Fun Recordings)
Why Amazon Gets It
Amazon.com employs restrained product promotion techniques better than any other company on the internet, and I wanted to share one of the latest examples with you folks. I received a message about a promotion that is being run around Time music critic Tom Moon’s new book “1000 Recordings To Hear Before You Die”. Amazon has set up a promotion site here, which lists every single...
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WatchThe BBC has an amazing series on the story of the guitar running right now that features interviews from past and current guitar greats. In the above video, The Edge showcases the differences between the sound of a clean guitar and that same guitar with an echo effect — the difference is phenomenal.
Also — I’ve gotta give props to BBC for the Spinal Tap reference — when...
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WatchDon VanCleave of the Coalition of Independent music stores and his take on a renewed interest in vinyl happening in the marketplace. More great interviews with Don here.
Artists House Music →
The best online resource for musicians and music entrepreneurs. Artists House Music has thousands of hours of video interviews with top music industry personnel and written articles geared to help…
U2 Sign $19 Million Deal With Live Nation
The upstart rock collective U2 will receive 1.56 million shares as a part of the 12 year contract they signed in March with touring megalith Live Nation earlier this year. For those who can’t assimilate information easily, that translates into near-as-makes-no-difference $19 million. The agreement includes rights to touring and merchandising worldwide, as well as the band’s website,...