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Music Merch: Top 10 Unique Band Merch

Share10. Kanye Paper Matez Constructed by Paper Matez, the bear is accurately detailed to Kanye’s “Graduation” cartoon creature, complete with shuttered sunglasses and copiously branded Louis Vuitton backpack. 9.  U2 Lego Set How cute can they get? 8.  Bloc Party’s Promotional condoms Thumbs up for promoting responsibility. 7.  Feist Mushaboom Music Box band Merch A [...]

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11 June 2010

Chris Bauer Chris Bauer

CD Manufacturing: Things to Bring and Think About Before Stepping Inside a CD Manufacturing Company

ShareIf you are about to release your very first album, it is a good advice that you get everything ready before you head to your CD manufacturing company.  If you come well equipped, your CD manufacturing company would save plenty of man-hours and you would save plenty of money and headaches caused by production delays. [...]

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10 June 2010

Marion Isobel Marion Isobel

Indie Musicians: You Know You’re Ready to TOUR When…

Share So this is it! After many years of religiously practicing in your garage, your band finally came up with a good set of songs and released an album. Luckily and to your surprise, many people actually liked it. You’ve gathered a good number of fans just a month after you released your CD and [...]

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9 June 2010

Marion Isobel Marion Isobel

Indie Musicians: 5 Blogging Tips for Musicians

Share Blogging is one great online tool for musicians to gain more fans. It would help you build a solid fanbase if you broadcast your life, philosophies, opinions, rants, and frustrations online since it creates an intimate (albeit virtual) relationship with the readers. It makes them feel like they know something important about you, the [...]

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8 June 2010

Marion Isobel Marion Isobel

Indie Musicians: How to Make a Kick-Ass Press Kit

ShareA Press Kit, also known as media kit or bio kit, is one of the integral elements of a musician’s career.  It contains the artist’s bio, background, photos, Demo CD/ tape, newspaper clippings, and many other useful information and gimmick to inform and more importantly, to impress the people viewing it.  The artist will send [...]

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5 June 2010

Marion Isobel Marion Isobel

Indie Musicians: Solicit Grants using Kickstarter

Share In the digital age, almost everyone who has at least a little bit of talent can make and sell music.  Anyone with an internet connection can broadcast their talent via YouTube, can create a MySpace, Facebook, Twitter account for their band promotion, can blog about their lives to gather followers.  And if they have [...]

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4 June 2010

Marion Isobel Marion Isobel

Indie Musicians: How to Book a Gig

ShareYou’ve been making songs and practicing almost every day for quite some time now and you feel it is about time you step out f the garage, get onstage and show em what you’ve got. You’ve already got a good set of songs and you’re more than confident playing together. The only thing left to [...]

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3 June 2010

Marion Isobel Marion Isobel

Indie Music Marketing: LIVECHAT to Develop Intimate Connection with Fans

ShareThe internet may be cursed by some musicians for ‘stealing’ a big chunk of their revenue due to illegal downloads and easy access to their music but the internet also provides musicians a bigger venue to gain more followers. If you a new indie musician, you may be surprised that you can get a lot [...]

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2 June 2010

Marion Isobel Marion Isobel

Indie Musicians: Top 7 Musicians Discovered on Youtube

Share Youtube has become a platform for ordinary people to express themselves and showcase their talents. Anyone with an internet connection, a camera, and a good, rock-solid talent can show the world what they’ve got without spending money or having the right ‘connections’ . That is the very basis of its slogan “broadcast yourself”. It [...]

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1 June 2010

Marion Isobel Marion Isobel

Music Promotion: Myspace’s Downfall and Why It’s Still Worth Saving

ShareMyspace’s downfall is accelerating at a very fast speed despite the innovations and a CEO replacement. From more than 60 million unique visitors last June 2009, it has dropped to a gut-wrenching 47.6 million in March this year. These are the numbers released by Complete.com, a web analytics firm that shows a site’s web traffic. [...]

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1 June 2010

Marion Isobel Marion Isobel

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