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Archive for the 'Music Business' Category

Major Label vs. Indie Label

This blog was written for primeloops.com – check them out for some ace samples and to see my blogs 2 months earlier!

The music industry has undergone a veritable revolution in the past couple of decades.

No longer is the power to reach a global audience in the hands of a few rich CEOs.   No longer is the technology to record your music to a professional level out of the reach of your common household musician.

Things have become a lot easier in many ways to make your music and get it out there.   This article will compare major labels to indie labels – Professional versus DIY – and see how things match up with the technology available today.

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Category: Music Business, Primeloops Blogs | 4 Comments »

From CD to Download – The Evolution of Distribution

This blog was written for primeloops.com – check them out for some ace samples and to see my blogs 2 months earlier!

Do you remember the days before the internet?   Dark times, where people ran amok in the streets and the term “Be Kind, Rewind” was more than just a Jack Black comedy?

The only way people could get their fix of music at home short of playing it themselves was from CDs (or Tapes and Vinyl if you’re old school).   But then the World Wide Web came along and changed that…

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Category: Music Business, Primeloops Blogs | 1 Comment »

8 Lessons Learned from supporting a big band

Recently, my band You and What Army supported the band Hadouken - a band that’s huge over here in England and is on Major Record Label Atlantic records – Check it out:

While I was there I learned quite a lot…

Before the show


Prepare Yourself

Do some excercise to prepare your body for running around (If you’re not going to perform to the people then they’re not going to remember you.   At a live show it is NOT all about the music, that’s the CD.)   Eat healthily so you’re in even better shape.   Organise extra practices and in general just keep on top of things.   Make sure you leave NOTHING until the last minute.   There will always be things that crop up that will take up your time – if you’ve dealt with everything you can deal with, then you can’t say you didn’t do your best to prepare.

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Category: Gigging, Promotion | 1 Comment »

Totally Snazzy MySpace Profile 2.0 layouts!

Struggling to find a decent layout to go with your brand spanking new myspace profile 2.0? Let me help you out with a few choice links…

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Category: Myspace | No Comments »

Choosing a Format for a Band-Related Community Website

I have recently had a lot of experience with creating community websites for both my bands You and What Army and Interabang. There have been some trials and tribulations along the way and I thought I should share my findings! I will be discussing Drupal and PHPBB among other things.

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Category: Music Business, Online Presence | No Comments »

Some websites other than Myspace to promote your band on!

Myspace is usually the first port of call for telling the world about your band – but there are so many other places to get the word out that it’d be a shame to keep your music restricted to one website!

Here are a few alternatives that I’ve tried with my band, You and What Army, to get you started:

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Category: Music Business, Online Presence, Promotion | 2 Comments »

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