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March 31, 2006

Royalty Free Music Biz Growing

The business of royalty free music (where one pays a one-time fee to license a music track in perpetuity for any use) is growing.  Jupiter Images has made an absolute killing in the image licensing industry by acquiring a ton... Read More

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March 30, 2006

PSP Rhythm, A Drum Machine For the PSP

I don't own a PlayStation Portable (PSP), but if I did, I'd be all over this little ditty.  PSP Rhythm is a home-grown, 16-step drum machine created by a couple brothers learning to code in C.  Awesome.The site has instructions... Read More

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March 29, 2006

MusicSage, The Music Search Engine

MusicSage is a new music search engine that launched last month that attempts to differentiate itself by presenting meaningful sentences of content instead of chunks of info.  I tried it out -- it's not bad considering it's only been up... Read More

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March 17, 2006

The Music Biz 101 Contest

If you're between the ages of 18-26, and are interested in working in the music industry either as an artist, publisher, label manager, technology manager, or whatever, check out this contest:25 college kids will will win an all-expense-paid trip to NYC to attend... Read More

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March 16, 2006

Getting Your Music Heard in Podcasts

Dave Jackson at the Musician's Cooler wrote a nice article giving musicians advice on how to get your music heard by, and podcasted by, podcasters.  He focuses on managing your music through the Podsafe Music Network, but much of the... Read More

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March 15, 2006

DIY DJ Builds An FM Station for $1

Raghav Mahato is the MAN.  Talk about DIY, he started his own pirate FM radio station by building an FM radio transmitter with equipment costing under $1, and setting up camp in a shack stacked with cassette tapes and a... Read More

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March 04, 2006

Absence Makes the Heart Grow Fonder

How I miss music.  I've been unable to write or record much lately due to a bit of traveling I've been doing.  That will continue this next week, but in a good way, on a beach in Mexico.  :)In the... Read More

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