Music promotion is no longer as simple as it used to be. At the same time, it can be far more profitable. If you know what you are doing, you can get music distribution from some of the most popular services such as iTunes and Amazon MP3, enabling you to reach a global market and increase your earning potential. While playing live shows, throwing in the occasional cover track, and mastering your songs to perfection, are still necessary, they are...more
Making a living at performing music for audiences is a challenging way to take care of yourself and/or your family, but it is not impossible with the right connections and a smart approach toward music publicity. Even though you may sometimes feel like giving up, you should never lose sight of your goals. Keep them within your reach, and take one action each day toward accomplishing them. If you can squeeze in more, then by all means do so. Just...more
Are you hesitant to put your music online? Many bands felt the same way around the end of the 20th Century. The idea to sell music online had never even occurred to big name bands like Metallica. As a result the recording industry missed a pretty big boat, and is still reeling from some of the decisions that were made during that time. Instead of embracing the web immediately, lawyers preferred to persecute it. From that point the wall between artists and consumers really started to break down. Good news for you if you wanted to create music and a relationship with your fans! But to profit, you have to get connected. When developing your web presence, keep the following considerations in mind: Go where the money is. iTunes and MP3 are two of the most profitable places in the online music scene. They may take a portion of the sale, but they make up for this fee in the added exposure and convenience given to your fans. Charge a fair price. If a potential listener can get a Top 40 song for 99 cents, then it really doesn't make any sense to charge double or triple that for a single song. While some prices have increased from the initial $1 asking price, don't try to scalp your...more
The Internet presents a wealth of opportunity for the small band or local artist to promote music, earn extra money, and even turn their passion into careers. But in order to get the most out of the World Wide Web, you need to be focusing your marketing efforts in the smartest possible manner and maximizing your earning potential. Make sure that if...more
Review Of "Career Opportunities in Music Industry" by Shelly Field. There are new emerging meanings and relevance of following terms in Indian context. 1. Employment 2. Unemployment 3. Underemployment All these concepts apply to old way of looking, the new way to understand these concepts is in terms of Job and Joblessness. If...more
Many people are left high and dry in frustration when there music is plagiarized. There days or even months of hard work goes down the drain only because they had not been wise enough to take the precautions. The best thing to save yourself from disappointment and frustration is to get your music protected. In order to protect your music you will have to acquire copyright act. The copyright act helps protect music from being plagiarized to give you peace of mind.Registering you music:Many musicians or composers compose there music and save it in a CD. They mail the CD to themselves which proves that this composition or music piece belongs to them. This system works but it is not that authentic to lay claims if plagiarized. Copyright act obtained by the US Copyright Office is authentic and legal. It legally bounds any person to misuse the music prevents any false claims. The copyright office charges a certain fee which depends from subject to subject to ensure that the music is not being used by any company or person unless taken prior permission from the owner or creator of this music. In case if the music is used and protected under the copyright act the user will have to pay the...more
Andrew James Hymel is the owner, proprietor, and music director of Andy Hymel School of Music in Gretna, Louisiana, just outside of New Orleans. It is a success story that has blossomed from one man's dream of music education into a consortium of...more
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