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SELL YOUR MUSIC ONLINE: Comparison of Music Hosting Services (OMDs)
Here are some online music distribution (OMD) sites you might want to check into so you may sell your music online via CDs and digital downloads.
WTF is going on? (With Online Music)
Myspace appears to be fading for us all...but what is taking it's place? Twitter? That's only 140 characters of text. Facebook? That's mostly for drunk party photos and stalking - not music.
Making Money Making Music: Songwriters
Ever wonder whether songwriters make money when their music is played on the radio or in a bar? Whenever there is a public performance of registered music, someone is legally obliged to pay for it....
Musician makes 26.3% of his net income from just 40 hard-core fans.
Interview with a musician who's using social media and marketing savy to make a living from music.
Digital Sales Up, But is Apple Monopoly the Price? NPD, Mint Data, Editorial Analysis
Mint.com, the online financial management tool, has put its numbers together with market researchers NPD Group to analyze music spending.
What artists should know about Last.fm
How can Last.fm listeners discover your music?
Tunecore 3.0: Revolutionary Music Website Relaunches
TuneCore.com – the revolutionary digital distribution service – is comprehensively relaunching its site. The new TuneCore simplifies the front end, but creates a whole new artist dashboard.
Direct-to-Fan Distribution - iTunes is not the only way!
There was no single blow that killed the record industry's business model, but it never recovered once artists gained the capability to sell and distribute their own music and content online.
Emphasize meaning over price = More paid sales
If you are a performing musician that sells CDs at your shows, please consider this:
Will Apple Announce a Record Label Tomorow?
Here's what I think will happen tomorrow: Apple is going to launch a record label on iTunes. Oh, and Jay-Z will be there.
CD Case Features Built-In Theremin and Artistic Circuitry: Match That, BitTorrent!
San Francisco electro artist Moldover, like Beck before him, figured out a way to make physical music purchases superior to digital: Embrace the physical.
Idea: Musician's own website as definitive source of all info
Musicians spend too much time entering their data on multiple websites. Filling out forms. Uploading MP3s. Uploading photos. Entering dates and venues into concert calendars. Pasting lyrics and bio...
UK Studios Doing it Tough
A severe crisis in the music industry is seriously depleting the UK's recording studio sector, according to new research from The University of Nottingham.
Tips for Music Software Developers: The Competition
Developing music software is no easy task, let alone marketing and selling it when it’s complete.
Tips for Music Software Developers: The Press Release
A press release is one of the most important steps a software developer needs to take when they’re ready to market their software.
Musicians Find New Backers as Labels Lose Power
There was a time when most aspiring musicians had the same dream: to sign a deal with a major record label...
10 Ways to Get More People to Your Next Gig
Hours of practice and rehearsal won't matter unless you have a decent crowd that can go back and tell their friends how great you are.
Trent Reznor : my thoughts on what to do as a new / unknown artist
List of Places To Upload Your Music
Looking for somewhere to upload your own music to and get some listeners. This list includes all the popular places where your music should be being advertised.
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