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Entertainment > Music Business What to consider before entering the music biz: 3 of 12

Your Support Team As an indie you are left to formulate and strategically plan for many things. Of the many things you will have to do, without a question, formulating your inner circle of support for your career is the most important. The team you form will be just as important to your success as the music you make, if not ...
Entertainment > Music (Other) Making the grade as a musician: 1 of 3

Your Music Careers Incremental Planning Increase, increase, increase! That's all anyone seems to want to see today right? I mean in your 9-5 they're always pushing you to increase this, increase that, and increase that certain big thing...Income! Yeah, that's a good focal point, but, what about the steps to getting there? It...
Entertainment > Music Genres, Trends & Scenes Sexually explicit content in today's music video clips: 2 of 5

Sex & The Indie?... This is a question you must ask yourself as an indie musician. Why?, you may ask. Simply because for most of you this option will be opened to you at some time throughout your careers. You see, there is not only the form you most commonly think of todaythose video vixens prancing around in bikinis, if eve...
Entertainment > Music Business Best places to start a singing career: 2 of 5

Quality Control This week's tip is a short one. It's simply quality control. Back in the days of Motown quality control was huge within Berry Gordy's label structure. He set one person aside that mostly just listened to the tracks being produced and trusted this one person to only pass on those records which she felt were to...
Entertainment > Music Business Tips for touring in a band: 3 of 5

Breaking Into The College Market By Brandon Marcel When I started out plotting for this week's article I initially was going to go another route. I was going to just explain about NACA (National Association of Campus Activities) and give a few pointers on when to and how to reach the student activities office for best result...
Entertainment > Musical Instruments Advice to beginning musicians: Don't (just) play guitar!: 8 of 12

Invest In Yourself As An Artist This weeks article is more of a challenge than my typical tips and techniques I usually offer. One thing that I have noticed as I have worked with artists (especially those just starting out)is that very few of them aren't even slightly interested with the concept of investing in themselves. T...
Entertainment > Music Business Learn to sell your music online: 2 of 3

7 Music Distribution Tips & Facts Below are a few keys and pointers to keep in mind while pursuing distribution for your music. There are many new distribution channels due to the popularity of online music downloading. What does this mean to you? More options, better service, and a lot more to think about. Here are 7 things...
Entertainment > Musicians & Bands The evolution of music: Modern outlets for bands to get noticed: 7 of 9

Are Online Music Videos The Next Wave? One things for sure, the lid has been blown off of the online videos potential. As more and more people are switching from dial-up to broadband, as well as their service providers themselves, it has become evident that the online video is here to stay. Many internet bigwigs such as Mysp...
Entertainment > Music Business A songwriter's guide to self-promotion: 4 of 5

Creating Your Brand By Brandon Marcel Of the many marketing issues there are, without question, one of the most important is branding yourself/band or company. It is easy, fairly cheap to do and not all that time consuming ( in theory) of a process. In fact most of the things you need to do when branding should come almost n...
Entertainment > Music Business Selling out: The politics of the music business: 4 of 5

The Art of Selling Out Yes... There is an art to selling out. It is actually in some forms necessary. But just to be sure we are both on the same page here, by selling out I do not mean the average sex sales route, or the be as explicit as possible to offend as many individuals and thus gain massive amounts of attention rout...