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SELL YOUR MUSIC ONLINE: Comparison of Music Hosting Services (OMDs)  Direct Link to External Story

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.

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WTF is going on? (With Online Music)  Direct Link to External Story

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.

thesoundofhumanlives.blogspot.com – Created by daniel – Made popular 1 week 11 hours ago Category: Marketing & Sales
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Making Money Making Music: Songwriters  Direct Link to External Story

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....

truefire.com – Created by TrueFire – Made popular 1 week 20 hours ago Category: Marketing & Sales
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Living Colour wants You To Make Their Next Video   Direct Link to External Story

The members of Living Colour are reaching out to all VJ's, Videographers, Animators, Projectionists and Techies.

rockhousemethod.blogspot.com – Created by sarge1875 – Made popular 1 week 2 days ago Category: Career
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Review: The Bizmo Digital Music Distribution  Direct Link to External Story

In the age of digital music distribution, with its endless channels and intricacies, it can be a daunting task for independent artists to try to navigate through all the requirements of each digit...

en.audiofanzine.com – Created by Ntune – Made popular 1 week 4 days ago Category: Music Biz
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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 2 weeks 10 hours 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!

revivl.com – Created by MontyPython – Made popular 2 weeks 1 day ago Category: Copyright / Legal
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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 2 weeks 1 day 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.

rockhousemethod.blogspot.com – Created by sarge1875 – Made popular 2 weeks 2 days ago Category: Events
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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 2 weeks 2 days 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 3 weeks 20 hours 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 3 weeks 1 day 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.

truefire.com – Created by TrueFire – Made popular 3 weeks 6 days ago Category: Music Biz
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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.

news.harmony-central.com – Created by 8eighty – Made popular 3 weeks 6 days ago Category: Marketing & Sales
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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.

news.com.au – Created by Jasdog565 – Made popular 4 weeks 3 days ago Category: Events
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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.

gearwire.com – Created by hemal – Made popular 4 weeks 3 days ago Category: Events
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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 4 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.

icmp.co.uk – Created by wyldo78 – Made popular 8 weeks 1 day ago Category: Events
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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 8 weeks 3 days ago Category: Marketing & Sales

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