Interview with Jeanine Cowen, composer, entrepreneur and owner of the film and video scoring firm, JMC Music, Inc. Interview by Keith Hatschek originally appeared in Echoes on 10/12/10. As owner … Continue reading
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Custom iPhone Apps: Taking Advantage of the New Mobile Market
CD Baby Artists- Have Black Eyed Mobile Apps Develop an App for You and Save Hundreds of Dollars Richard Lee Jackson is the drummer for the rock band Enation, an … Continue reading
Selling Out in the Post-Hipster Age of Irony, Part 2: Sneaker Music
A couple weeks ago, we posted a link to an interview with John Roderick of the Long Winters where he questions if there is even such a thing as “selling … Continue reading
Why Every Musician Should Use iTunes Ping
This article was written by freelance guitarist and producer Cameron Mizell and originally appeared on MusicianWages.com. Thanks for their kind permission to re-post it here. _________________________________ Apple’s recent rollout of … Continue reading
iTunes Ping Improvements
We are working closely with iTunes to ensure that Ping artist profiles are created for our artists as quickly as possible. As a result of recent improvements in the process, … Continue reading
Share Your Musical Horror Stories. Boo!
We’ve all been there, that bone-chilling moment when you’re on the brink of madness, minutes away from taking all your musical equipment to the pawnshop and trading in your creative … Continue reading
Selling Out in the Post-Hipster Age of Irony
-Press Photo of the Long Winters by Autumn de Wilde- “The potential for hypocrisy has never been higher.”- John Roderick John Roderick is the funny, acerbic, insightful, and talented leader … Continue reading
Artists, Know Your Place!
The music business is not structured like a closed caste system. It’s more like a quick-paced game of musical chairs. Artists are constantly rising “above their station” and plummeting from … Continue reading
Make Haste with Holiday Singles
Want an easy and fun way to stay engaged with older fans while winning new ones at the same time? Record a holiday single. It might sound like a hokey … Continue reading
Record It All: How Cheap Technology Can Make You Rich (in content)!
The simple idea: record everything. Practices, jam-sessions, big gigs, little gigs, band meetings, video shoots, stopping at a taco truck in a different city every single day on tour. OK. … Continue reading