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47 Sites Every Recording Musician Should Visit  Direct Link to External Story

In a recent “Open Mic” we asked you, “Which music-related sites do you visit regularly?” This article is a summary of the great suggestions given in the comments to that article.

audio.tutsplus.com – Created by Stacey – Made popular 22 hours 17 min ago Category: Music Biz
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WTF! Radiohead Suggests Bandwidth Throttling To Solve Music Pirating  Direct Link to External Story

While there are a few ways being proposed on how to stop file sharing, Radiohead thinks bandwidth restriction is the answer. Umm, no!

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Musician makes 26.3% of his net income from just 40 hard-core fans.  Direct Link to External Story

Interview with a musician who's using social media and marketing savy to make a living from music.

musicthinktank.com – Created by daniel – Made popular 1 day 21 hours ago Category: Marketing & Sales
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The Big BOSS Giveaway — Guess The Riff, Get The Gear  Direct Link to External Story

Grand Prize Wins Four Autographed Pedals and $1,000 in BOSS Gear.

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Digital Sales Up, But is Apple Monopoly the Price? NPD, Mint Data, Editorial Analysis  Direct Link to External Story

Mint.com, the online financial management tool, has put its numbers together with market researchers NPD Group to analyze music spending.

createdigitalmusic.com – Created by musicguru – Made popular 3 days 7 hours ago Category: Marketing & Sales
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What artists should know about Last.fm  Direct Link to External Story

How can Last.fm listeners discover your music?

musicthinktank.com – Created by Rooster – Made popular 1 week 1 day ago Category: Marketing & Sales
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Will Online Music Production Ever Take Off?   Direct Link to External Story

I spend more of my time working online every year. I communicate through Gmail, Twitter and Facebook online. I write documents and balance spreadsheets online.

audio.tutsplus.com – Created by musicguru – Made popular 1 week 2 days ago Category: Music Biz
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Frank Zappa on the Decline of the Music Business  Direct Link to External Story

Frank Zappa gives his take on the decline and fall of the music business.

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Tunecore 3.0: Revolutionary Music Website Relaunches  Direct Link to External Story

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.

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MySpace Music goes offline offering free gigs, live interviews   Direct Link to External Story

MYSPACE is giving music lovers unprecedented access to some of Australia's hottest artists to celebrate the launch of their new MySpace Music initiative.

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Waves Vocal Rider, LoAir, And WNS Plugins: Making Mixing A Preset Affair  Direct Link to External Story

At their exhibitor floor booth and their on-site press event, Waves made quite a stir at this most recent AES show in New York.

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Direct-to-Fan Distribution - iTunes is not the only way!  Direct Link to External Story

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.

truefire.com – Created by TrueFire – Made popular 2 weeks 5 days ago Category: Marketing & Sales
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Songwriter Allan Rich joins MI Artist and Career Services Department   Direct Link to External Story

Oscar, Grammy, and Golden Globe- nominated songwriter Allan Rich has joined with MI’s Artist and Career Services Department (ACS) to provide career counseling for MI students.

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Vocal Coach To The Stars to host exclusive ICMP Masterclass  Direct Link to External Story

The Institute of Contemporary Music Performance (ICMP) is extremely honored and excited to present an extensive masterclass with world renowned vocal coach, Dorian Holley.

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Emphasize meaning over price = More paid sales   Direct Link to External Story

If you are a performing musician that sells CDs at your shows, please consider this:

sivers.org – Created by daniel – Made popular 6 weeks 3 days ago Category: Marketing & Sales
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Coldplay settle Joe Satriani lawsuit  Direct Link to External Story

Joe Satriani's lawsuit against the band Coldplay, based on his claim that Chris Martin and co plagiarized his 2004 song If I Could Fly for their 2008 single Viva La Vida, has been dismissed from co...

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Will Apple Announce a Record Label Tomorow?  Direct Link to External Story

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.

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CD Case Features Built-In Theremin and Artistic Circuitry: Match That, BitTorrent!   Direct Link to External Story

San Francisco electro artist Moldover, like Beck before him, figured out a way to make physical music purchases superior to digital: Embrace the physical.

gizmodo.com – Created by DarkAura – Made popular 9 weeks 5 days ago Category: Marketing & Sales
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Idea: Musician's own website as definitive source of all info   Direct Link to External Story

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...

sivers.org – Created by daniel – Made popular 9 weeks 6 days ago Category: Marketing & Sales
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The Blues Has Evolved… But The Fans Didn’t!  Direct Link to External Story

A few days ago, the question Why The Blues Won't Evolve? was asked on gear-vault.com. Here is an attempt to answer this question.

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