The Art Farm has monthly music lab slots up for grabs, giving international bands the opportunity to launch themselves in Europe. With 24 hour access to rehearsal studios, live gigs on location and promotional footage of all performances.
http://www.theartfarm.info/ML/MusicLab_Competition.html
COMPETITION IS OPEN TO BANDS AND SOLO ARTISTS.
The south of France is a well known destination for bands to escape the outside world, tap into that magic inside and produce something amazing. When the r…
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Added by Smoke on October 15, 2009 at 1:23pm —
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Rock Star Texting is a pretty simple and easy way to build a fan base using text messages. Bands like U2, Beyonce, and Gwen Stefani have been using this same technology.
Text messages have a 90% read rate, emails are only 8%.
If you’re not keeping in touch with your fans using text messages, the majority of them never find out about your next gig or music release.
RockStarTexting.com makes it easy for you to grow your mobile fanbase and send text messages to your fans.
Here is how it works:…
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Added by Smoke on October 15, 2009 at 1:21pm —
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Mike King
In a perfect world, radio stations across the country would play songs based simply on the merits of the songs themselves. In a perfect world, a major radio station in a major market could be solicited in the same fashion as a publicist solicits Rolling Stone, for example: by sending a package, making a follow-up call, and if the “deciders” (in the case of radio, the program directors) like what they hear, they would promote the record by playing it on air. Unfortunately this is not h…
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Added by Smoke on October 15, 2009 at 1:19pm —
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Mike King
In addition to the music on your CD or digital file, there is certain information that travels with your music to identify your song, and provide a way to keep track of how many copies of your track or album have sold. This information is known as metadata. One of the most important pieces of metadata is your ISRC code.
An ISRC (International Standard Recording Code) is a unique 12-character alphanumeric “digital fingerprint” that stays with an individual recorded track forever, rega…
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Added by Smoke on October 15, 2009 at 1:17pm —
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Mike King
While many musicians identify sampling (digital snapshots of songs, speeches, and other audio) and looping (samples that have been prepared to play over and over again) with Hip-Hop, R&B, or techno, the truth is that the sampling process has been around for decades. After the invention of the tape recorder in the late 1930s, avant-garde composers like Karlheinz Stockhausen and Edgar Varèse began using tape loops to patch together fragments of pre-recorded sounds in an early form o…
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Added by Smoke on October 15, 2009 at 1:16pm —
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Debbie Cavalier | Mike King
From Edison’s invention of the phonograph in the late 19th century, the field recordings of Alan Lomax in the 1940s, to the multi-million dollar productions of some of the biggest acts of the late '80s and '90s, today’s technology has evolved to the place where anyone with an interest in producing music can now create professional-sounding recordings at home at a fraction of the cost that a professional studio would charge.
Remember, it’s not just aspiring professio…
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Added by Smoke on October 15, 2009 at 1:15pm —
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Mike King
If you or your band are just starting out, playing out can seem like a pretty daunting process, especially if you’re the sensitive artist type. While some folks feel perfectly fine playing to the handful of locals at the pub down the street, you can be sure that the folks that booked your show booked you for a reason: to bring people in the door. If you’re playing to an empty house, the club’s bills aren’t getting paid, and the chances of you being invited back to play are about the s…
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Added by Smoke on October 15, 2009 at 1:14pm —
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Mike King
Bob Jamieson, former CEO of RCA Music Group, BMG North America, is a respected leader in the music industry with over 30 years of experience both in the U.S and abroad. Over the course of his career he has been intimately involved in all aspects of the music business, from finance, to retail and radio, and ultimately to the top role at a major label. He led the historic, high profile turnaround of RCA Records, taking it from its 20-year industry low to that of a top competitive player…
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Publicity Intern, Los Angeles (or telecommute) Responsibilities may include but are not limited to: Develop PR mater…
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Added by Smoke on October 15, 2009 at 1:09pm —
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By Joan Stewart
How to write a compelling news release-and knowing what to write about-is sometimes so confusing that just one little mistake can mean you’ll hit a wrong note with the media.
The most important element of a news release is that it must convey news. News is what happens that is different. Here are 7 ideas to consider for standard news releases:
When you book a public show for a fair, festival or other community event, ask the event planner if they are sending a news release to…
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Added by Smoke on October 15, 2009 at 1:06pm —
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By Molly Gordon, MCC
Here's an elegant approach to creating a buzz -- that highly sought-after "word of mouth" that marketers prize above all things. It resonates with everything I know about successful marketing, and it's a keystone of the Authentic Promotion process.
Here it is in brief:
1. Consider the new result or outcome you want to manifest. For example, a successful coach might wish to develop a speaking business.
2. Consider the way you need to be perceived in the world in order to c…
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Added by Smoke on October 15, 2009 at 1:04pm —
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by Anne Ricci
Classical Singing and R&B Singing: More Similar Than Different
It’s fascinating to compare classical singing and R&B singing. One could argue that they have more similarities than differences: Both styles require that their best artists be able to perform vocal gymnastics and at the same time maintain lyricism and good musical phrasing. And both worlds tend to make idols out of their great singers. To my knowledge the term “diva”, on a mass-market level, has only been a…
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Added by Smoke on October 15, 2009 at 1:03pm —
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With more indie artists handling their own booking or artist management over the past few years--and more inexperienced would-be managers and agents in the mix as well--there's been a steady increase in incidents of artists being double-booked. (That is, two shows booked for the same night at the same time, or two shows with incompatible travel times that would require beaming the artist and crew to the gig to make the show on time). Double bookings, once the domain of only the most unreliable o…
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Added by Smoke on October 15, 2009 at 1:01pm —
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Written by Chris Standring
CD sales are down. Record labels are cutting jobs and not signing very many new acts these days. But author & musician Chris Standring explains how there's still a place for record labels IF they follow his advice. Whether you're an indie record label start-up or an artist seeking to get signed to one, you need to read this article!
You need to ask yourself, '"Do I want to be signed to a label that may be out of business next year?'"
We all know that the rec…
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Added by Smoke on October 10, 2009 at 5:37pm —
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Written by Ian Steaman
Each week, Urban Music exec Ian Steaman answers your questions about the music 'biz. Got a burning Urban music or music business question you need answered...fast? No sweat. We've got your back!
Here's your chance to have Ian Steaman, an A&R insider with over ten years experience in the music industry, answer your Urban music questions. Get straightforward, honest and credible information from one of Urban Music's rising stars. Ian has worked with such Grammy award-w…
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Added by Smoke on October 10, 2009 at 5:35pm —
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Written by Ian Steaman
Former Tommy Boy Records' Senior Director of Marketing and A&R, Ian Steaman (Queen Latifah, House of Pain, De La Soul and Joydrop) returns to answer your questions about the music industry--and how you can break into it!
Each week, Urban Music exec Ian Steaman answers your questions about the music 'biz. Got a burning Urban music or music business question you need answered...fast? No sweat. We've got your back!
Here's your chance to have Ian Steaman, an A&R ins…
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Added by Smoke on October 10, 2009 at 5:32pm —
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Written by Bob Baker
Your Publicity advisor Bob Baker (How to Use the Internet to Become a Celebrity or Expert in Your Field) shares four proven ways to use the telephone to help you get more media coverage, airplay, paying gigs and CD sales here.
No doubt about it, the telephone is still one of the most powerful tools you can use to turbo-charge your career in the music business. Even with modern communications alternatives such as fax machines, e-mail and video conferencing, the phone is sti…
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Added by Smoke on October 10, 2009 at 5:28pm —
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This week, author Bob Baker ("Branding Yourself Online: How to Use the Internet to Become a Celebrity or Expert in Your Field") joins our discussion on building a fanbase and offers four ways you can attract more fans, faster here...
Attracting more fans. Admit it, that's what music marketing is all about -- getting more people to come to your shows and buy your CDs. And hopefully, getting a lot more people to do those things.
Why else do you work so hard to travel and play as many places as…
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Added by Smoke on October 10, 2009 at 5:26pm —
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Written by Bob Baker
With thousands of new artist websites coming online every day, Bob Baker (Guerilla Music Marketing) explains why just posting your MP3 files may not be enough to get your music discovered and to keep people coming back for more. This week, Bob shares some proven techniques that will get your band's website bookmarked by new & old fans alike!
You've probably heard this motto: "Content is king on the Internet." Dancing CD graphics and dazzling navigation maps don't mean…
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Added by Smoke on October 10, 2009 at 5:25pm —
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Written by Shawn Fields
There it was right in front of me.
Blazing across my computer screen last week were the bold and revelatory headlines from Yahoo! News and Fox News Online. They read:
"Mick Jagger's Album Sells 954 Copies On First Day"
"Paul McCartney's Album Sells 67,000 Copies Total"
Now let this soak in for a minute. Mick Jagger--one of the most successful and influential musicians (along with Paul McCartney) of modern times--sold just 954 copies of his new record on its first day…
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Added by Smoke on October 10, 2009 at 5:23pm —
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