ARCHIVE: February 2008

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February 27, 2008

South By Southwest (SXSW) 2008 700 Song Torrent

Hey, here's a quick way to fill almost a GB of space on the old iPod.  The annual music festival, South By Southwest (SXSW) 2008 put together another annual torrent download of songs to go along with this year's annual... Read More

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February 25, 2008

Slice, Dice, and Mash Your Music -- Then Sell It

I got an email alert from BzzAgent about TheTrackShack.com the other day.  It's an interesting spin on the buying and selling of audio samples and loops. In a nutshell, TheTrackShack enables musicians to monetize their songs in a new way... Read More

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February 19, 2008

Innovation, Free Publicity, & Multi Level Music Marketing

Oy vey, there are waaaaaay too many music marketing blogs out there these days...  Which makes having found one that simultaneously inspires, confuses, and awes a rare event.  If you have a chunk of time on your hands, definitely read... Read More

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February 15, 2008

Launching a Wordpress-Powered Artwork Portfolio

We recently launched a simple, 'beta' online portfolio for my dad's artwork, including acrylic, watercolor, and oil paintings of landscapes and still life.  Recently retired, he's unleashed mad-crazy painting skillz that have caught us by surprise -- we always knew... Read More

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February 11, 2008

More Blog Chatter = More Album Sales

Apparently, the more an album is blogged about, the more it will sell.  Yup, that's as obvious as, "if you promote harder, more people will buy."  However, some NYU professor actually quantified the correlation between blog post volume and album sales... Read More

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Practice Space: Web Series Following Underground Bands

Practice Space is a (somewhat) new webisode series that visits a different band/musician at their regular practice haunt each websidoe.  It's sort of a half-interview, half-feature, tracking various underground acts around the world. Certainly a nice change from the... Read More

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February 07, 2008

Improv Everywhere Fakes a Band's Audience at a Gig

Improv Everywhere is a comedy/improv group that creates scenes by laying out a series of actions in public spaces with numerous 'actors' -- their latest feat involved over 200 people freezing in poses throughout Grand Central Station, while onlookers and... Read More

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