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Promote Your Music Using QR Codes

ShareIf you’re not familiar with QR codes (quick response code), they are the little black & white checker-box images that are popping up on posters, kiosks, signs and just about everywhere else information is displayed. You’ve probably already seen them in use and just didn’t know what they were. When you spot a QR code, [...]

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12 September 2011

Chris Bauer Chris Bauer

Graphic Design: Why Skill is Never Enough

Share There are plenty of graphic designers all around the world who can make good-looking CD artworks and posters. Good design schools polish the taste of design students and there are so many softwares that make everything easier for new designers. So, if we think about it, the good designers are more or less the [...]

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30 August 2011

Chris Bauer Chris Bauer

Indie Musicians: 10 Stupid Album Release Screw Ups- by Chris Seth Jackson

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ShareChris Jackson posted a good article about mistakes new bands are likely to make when releasing their first album. Seth is one of our favorite bloggers because he has good insights and tips that are not cliche. You can check out his site– How to Run a Band- if you want to read more of [...]

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29 August 2011

Marion Isobel Marion Isobel

Video of the Week: How Silkscreen Stickers are Made

ShareSilkscreen printing originated in China almost 3,000 years ago and until this day, it is still the most popular kind of printing being used for stickers. If you ever wonder how your stickers are made, here is a short video that will walk us through the process of making silkscreen stickers. _______________________________________________________________________ Unified Manufacturing is a [...]

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23 August 2011

Marion Isobel Marion Isobel

How To Sell And Market Your Music Using The Latest Research

ShareI’m not a big fan of statistics especially if they just surveyed a meager 26,644 out of the billions of people worldwide but this could at least give us some ideas on how to market our music. Here are some statistics by Nielsen Soundscan and interpretations and suggestions by Talent House. ___________________________________________________ If you keep an [...]

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17 August 2011

Erick Yankton Erick Yankton

Album Artwork and Copyright- What We Can Learn From the Kind of Bloop Case

ShareAnyone can file a lawsuit and the costs of defending yourself against a claim are high, regardless of how strong your case is. Combined with vague standards, the result is a chilling effect for every independent artist hoping to build upon or reference copyrighted works. This is what Andy Baio wrote on his blog. Baio, [...]

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13 July 2011

Erick Yankton Erick Yankton

Guest Post: Essential DIY filmmaking tools 2011

Share Hey everyone – times change rapidly in the digital world – every day it gets easier and easier and cheaper and cheaper to make your indie movie! Here is a quick survey of products to help you get up and running without breaking the bank! 1. Cameras As recently as a couple of years [...]

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23 June 2011

Stephen Moramarco Stephen Moramarco

9 Practical Film Marketing Tips Every Indie Filmmaker Should Know

Share It is an undeniable truth that most independent filmmakers are not effective at marketing their own films.  Every filmmaker, and every film fan, can list dozen “hidden gems”, most with star talent, that no one knows about.  One can go on to IMDB and look up any star and see films they’ve made that [...]

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21 June 2011

Chris Bauer Chris Bauer

Indie Musicians:Tips for Managing Your Finances Better

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Share Have you ever heard it said that “Budgeting is the key to financial success?” For musicians, that whole concept is not just plain old dull, but it’s also impossible to imagine as we live from gig to gig. We scrimp and save simply to support the bohemian lifestyle we’ve chosen. Well, I have good [...]

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15 June 2011

Erick Yankton Erick Yankton

Blu-Ray Still Struggling

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ShareAnalysis: Is a 15 percent penetration good, bad, or indifferent? Retail research company is out with a new report on Blu-Ray, and among the tidbits in its press release is the fact that 15 percent of consumers surveyed by NPD report having used a Blu-Ray player in the past six months. Analyst Russ Krupnick provides a [...]

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11 June 2011

Chris Bauer Chris Bauer

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