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The Do It Yourself Artist

How much has the music industry changed over the last 10 years. Really. CD sales are down, record labels are in upheaval, and no one is buying albums anymore. Has it really been that drastic of a change? Check out these numbers: 105,000 new albums were released in the USA in 2008 (that’s four times [...]

Free Moby

The best selling song on Moby’s latest album is called “Shot in the Back of the Head.” What’s odd is that this track has been and still is available for free. I mean, it’s available for free legally. And it’s the #1 selling song on the album. Apparently, The Orchard has noted similar results. The [...]

Twitter Traffic

Unique views to the Twitter website went from 19 million in March to 32 million in April. That’s amazing. It’s also a 68% increase over one month. We’re talking big numbers here. The obvious implication is that Twitter is hot. If you are an artist and are not on Twitter, get on it now. And [...]

Twitterpated

Seems like I hear something new every day about Twitter, so I thought I’d blog about it. I just signed up a few weeks ago and have been pretty amazed. For those unfamiliar, Twitter allows you to send quick updates on your life (at the gym, just got in a wreck, in love, etc) and [...]

MySpace Ads

MySpace keeps making it easier & easier for small bands to get their names out there. MySpace has now launched a MyAds program that will allow bands to advertise to specific MySpace users based upon location and demographics. Bands will create banner ads and basically compete monetarily against other bands to obtain coveted spots. Another [...]