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All About the DVD Logo- What is it? Do we really need it?

dvd-logo-importance

ShareWhat is a DVD logo? Do we really have to put it on our DVD? What is it for? Can we just download the logo on the internet or do we have to get it from some organization? If you’re a filmmaker, sometimes a very small thing like a DVD logo can be such a [...]

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6 June 2011

Chris Bauer Chris Bauer

Indie Musicians: Online Promotion Ideas to Boost Your Album Sales

ShareYou want to “attack” the internet with a killer online marketing strategy but you do not want to appear like a desperate salesman! Here are some effective promotional ideas to boost your album and merch sales: “Get 10% discount if you promote our album on your Facebook page!” Simply post the link of our website [...]

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15 December 2010

Chris Bauer Chris Bauer

Indie Musicians: How to Copyright Music Online

Share Why Copyright My Music? If you see yourself as a serious musician (and I presume you do), you would be wise to register your original songs with the U.S. Copyright Office (if you reside outside of the U.S., skip to the section on International Copyright below). This will protect you in the event that [...]

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24 September 2010

Chris Bauer Chris Bauer

Tax Tips For Musicians

Share Christopher Knab is an independent music business consultant based in Seattle, Washington. He is available for private consultations on promoting and marketing independent music, and can be reached at 206-282-6116 or by email at: Chris@Knab.com Musicians – you probably spend a lot of  money supporting your craft every year, paying for instruments and amps, [...]

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21 August 2010

Marion Isobel Marion Isobel

The Transformation of the Music Industry in the 21st Century

ShareThe Transformation of the Music Industry in the 21st Century by George Ziemann — August, 2010 A new school year is underway and it’s time to give all the college researchers something new to chew on. I’ve been studying the recording industry statistics for 8 years, a move which was prompted by the RIAA interfering [...]

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19 August 2010

james James Hill

Is the Live Album Dead?

ShareBy Andrew Dansby, Houston Chonicle “Kicking Television” — the title of a live album by the band Wilco — doesn’t have the pop cultural resonance of, say, “At Budokan” or “Frampton Comes Alive.” But by any contemporary measure, it’s a success. Creatively, it’s a vibrant recording that touches on different eras in a notable band’s [...]

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26 June 2010

Chris Bauer Chris Bauer

Music Distribution: Deliver Music Videos to MTV via Yangaroo’s DMDS

Share YANGAROO Inc., the industry’s leading secure digital media distribution company, announced that it has successfully completed the first commercial delivery of a broadcast quality music video to MTV Networks and other destinations on May 27th via its Digital Media Distribution System (DMDS). The music video for the song “21@12″ by the band Hot Hot [...]

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9 June 2010

Chris Bauer Chris Bauer

Music Retail: All About Merch

ShareBefore anything else, check out this really awesome video about t-shirts: Too awesome, isn’t it? I dunno if it’s related to my whole post but I just can’t help but share this video. Well, at the very least, the vid might have convinced you to make cool shirts for your band or it might have [...]

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9 June 2010

Marion Isobel Marion Isobel

Music Retail: Album Sales Plummet To Lowest Total In Decades

ShareFor the week ending May 30, the U.S. music industry sold a total of 4,984,000 albums, according to Nielsen Soundscan. This figure, which includes new and catalog releases, represents the fewest number of albums sold in one week since Soundscan began compiling this data in 1994. This week’s record low comes as the major record [...]

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6 June 2010

Chris Bauer Chris Bauer

EFF Fights for Right to Resell CDs

ShareElectronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) is fighting to uphold an eBay seller’s “first sale” right to resell promotional CDs that he buys from secondhand stores. Troy Augusto was sued by Universal Music Group (UMG) three years ago for 26 auction listings for promo CDs. At issue was whether the “promotional use only, not for sale” labels [...]

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3 June 2010

Chris Bauer Chris Bauer

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