Musicians, FREE YOUR MUSIC!!! This means literally and figuratively. Modern copyright laws and DRM (Digital Rights Management) bind the artist more than ever. Free music means not only offering digital music free of charge and unrestricted from duplication in non-commercial forms. However, if listeners derive pleasure from the music, they should always be encouraged to donate to the artist. But of course, if the music is being used in a commercial form (remix or sync context), there should be a mechanism in place to compensate the artist BUT, these situations should be encouraged by the labels.
For everyone who's trying to get their designs noticed, more and more avenues are popping up. Places like Ponoko, Cafe Press and now Threadless have made it easier to see your work live and in someone else's hand (or back). Here is a sample of a selected design. This is especially useful for those of you who have designs you'd like to put into Creative Commons. Go for it and make your skills work for you.
Are you a visual person? If you find it hard to understand all that has been written about podcasting this is for you. Common Craft has put together some fun videos to help you understand podcasting and zombies.
Usually the conferences aren’t that interesting. If you have a band and need to know how the others live, it’s better to ask them out for a beer. The booze wakes them up and makes the truth roll easier.
But sometimes the conferences aren’t exactly about you. They aren’t about making a multi-record deal or signing for big bucks. Sometimes — well sometimes they are about meeting The Maestro.
Big names like Bob Harris, Thomas Dolby and Hugh Cornwell hit the platform at this year’s North by Northeast festival. Rock always rules at the big showcase fests. But it was Saturday’s hip hop-themed interviews that had a lot of people out.
The ultimate goal of most musicians who use MySpace is to attract a record label. Earning a contract to record an album can be a musician way into the music business. But what can you do to attract record labels? Creating a profile page and uploading music is a good start, but by no means is it the end of your marketing efforts. Below you will find a few tips on attracting a record label and getting them to take notice of your talent.
The idea of getting music for the MP3 player that you have is starting to get much easier. We have seen in the past where people have had to go to great lengths to make sure that they are getting the songs that they want. Well that is not always the way it will be for you when you are willing to get a little information under your belt. The changes that have been made in recent years are really helping matters and as such you have to see that you are getting more from the entire process with just a little bit of help.
