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  • A letter to music venues…

    Dear venue owners and managers, You may have noticed a decline in attendance, lower quality of music, and generally unappreciative performers. I feel your pain and have some suggestions for you so that you get the highest quality of music, more attendance, and happiness in your life. We professional musicians–the […]

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  • MetaPop Is the Copyright Solution You’ve Been Waiting For

    As YouTube and SoundCloud continue to strive to protect rights holders and their repertoire via fingerprinting, whitelisting, etc., many independent artists will unfortunately be hit with copyright-related strikes from major record labels, publishing societies, and others that don’t see the value in monetizing a different version of their original song […]

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  • Deadline Approaching…

    This is to remind you that the entry deadline for The UK Songwriting Contest 2015 is midnight 30th September. So if you haven’t entered yet, or you want to enter more songs, don’t forget that there are now less than two weeks left to submit your songs to this year’s […]

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  • Before You Sample That Track, Please Read This…

    Wallace Collins is an entertainment and intellectual property lawyer based in New York. He has been in the business for over 30 years. Prior to this he was an Epic Records recording artist. In this post he explains the basics of sample clearance. “Sample” Clearance Issues Many clients ask about […]

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  • 10 Reasons Why Every Artist Should Be On Spotify

    10 Reasons Why Every Artist Should Be On Spotify

    [Editors Note: By Kami Knake – founder of Bands Under the Radar music podcast, blog and record label. With over 15 years experience, she currently consults for digital music start-ups and independent artists.] There’s a lot of buzz these days around music streaming subscription services and how they will impact the music […]

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  • 10 Ways for Musicians to Stay Healthy on the Road

    10 Ways for Musicians to Stay Healthy on the Road

    [Editor’s Note: For a lot of us, January is the time to get healthy. Maybe that means taking the stairs instead of the elevator, replacing soda with water, or getting in a healthier frame of mind to tackle the demands of work. We see January as a great opportunity for […]

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  • 5 Ways to Keep Momentum Going After a Music Festival

    5 Ways to Keep Momentum Going After a Music Festival

    By Erin Austin (of OK SWEETHEART) With everything in life, making little adjustments to habits can make a big difference in results.  Being a full-time independent musician has been a series of continual adjustments.  Well, let’s be real—these “adjustments” are more like mistakes that I have to learn from and […]

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  • Learn: Smart Crates

    Learn: Smart Crates

    Smart Crates are an efficient way to keep your library in check and managed neatly. In Serato DJ 1.7.2 you’ll notice that the Smart Crates icon is now Blue. Learn how to make the most of them! To get back to basics, Smart Crates are crates which update their contents […]

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