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Why I am jammin’ Jango over Pandora

On 2013 March 26 · 2 Comments · In biz of the muz

I’m glad to have Tracy “Trace” Ready providing a guest post on muz4now™. Trace and I have been supporting each other as freelancers in the social media world for some time and finally got around to extending our connection (beyond occasional comments) to the blogosphere. I’m proud and honored to share Trace’s post on Jango. [...]

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review of VibeDeck

On 2013 January 22 · 6 Comments · In biz of the muz

On March 18, 2012, I posted this glowing review of VibeDeck. As you’ll see if you try to click on some of the links in the original post (below), I am no longer on VibeDeck. In spite of raising millions of dollars to “keep a free platform” for indie musicians, they have gone to an [...]

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The gig is on: Keeping It Real

On 2012 September 18 · 2 Comments · In biz of the muz

OK: you got some local gigs and you are really loving playing out. Now what? Time to rest and enjoy the moments of success? Um, no.

Once you have a local gig or two, it’s time to decide where you’re headed next. Do you want to get more local gigs? Do you want to tour? [...]

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what happened to selling my music?

On 2012 July 24 · 24 Comments · In biz of the muz

I really don’t need to add to the fray regarding the possible demise of musicians making money by making their music. It’s been covered in so many ways:

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four networking tips for getting local gigs – at @RainComputers

On 2012 July 15 · 1 Comment · In biz of the muz

If you haven’t already found it, please click over to Rain Computers “The Current” and read my post with networking tips for getting local gigs. Independent bands and solo artists should find these tips to be of interest.

While you’re there, [...]

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when the going gets tough, get a team

On 2012 May 08 · 7 Comments · In exposed to the light

Recently, I completed the Tough Mudder event at Pocono Manor. It was definitely tough and very muddy.

I knew it would be a challenging run, so I trained hard. I used a variety of workouts to try to prepare my body. And for the last [...]

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review of BandCamp

On 2012 March 15 · 10 Comments · In biz of the muz

This is the penultimate review in a series based on my own research, plus awesome input from a number of other independent musicians. My basic goal in this series is to find the best-of-breed that [...]

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review of CDBaby

On 2012 March 09 · 34 Comments · In biz of the muz

This is the seventh song sales tool that I’ve reviewed after getting lots of wonderful input from many musicians across Twitter, the blogosphere and the web. My main interest right now is direct sales of digital downloads of songs, so that’s my [...]

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review of ReverbNation

On 2012 March 01 · 52 Comments · In biz of the muz

This is another in my series of reviews of tools/services for independent musicians to perform digital direct sales of songs. I asked for input from other musicians and got it on this blog, on Twitter and in person. In previous reviews, [...]

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review of CreateSpace for musicians

On 2012 February 27 · 1 Comment · In biz of the muz

As promised, I’m continuing my series of reviews of online musician song sales tools. The previous review went over RootMusic, SmashSongs and TuneCore and why, in the end, they don’t match my criteria. Today, I continue with the review of [...]

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