9/21/17 – Music & Business News Recap

23 Top Music Organizations Sign Letter On NAFTA Talks Demanding Protections For All Creators– http://ht.ly/wt0s30fk4Jp How To Get Your Copyrights Back From Your Record Label or Publisher– http://ht.ly/JKY530fk4UA Why You Don’t Need an Email List to Start a Business– http://ht.ly/YABq30fk52R The Bodega Effect: Read More …

9/20/17 – Music & Business News Recap

7 Startling Facts About the Music Industry in 2017– https://buff.ly/2wGkPVs The 15 Best Music Business Schools In 2017– http://ht.ly/Wh0C30finul Spotify is Beating Apple Music & Here Is Why– http://ht.ly/hK3E30finFN Simple Guide To Setting Up Your First Messenger Bot– http://ht.ly/t08d30finOt Great Music Sharing Features Available Read More …

9/19/17 – Music & Business News Recap

FOR SALE: Rolling Stone Magazine– http://ht.ly/UwgO30fgwKk Indie Rock Is Thriving On Pandora– http://ht.ly/dwkx30fgwQr Indie Record Label Triple Crown Records Signs with The Orchard– http://ht.ly/HHgL30fgwXI 7 Steps to Quickly Becoming an Influential Expert in Any Field– http://ht.ly/JcZy30fgx8r 8 Steps to Take After Booking a Meeting Read More …

9/18/17 – Music & Business News Daily Recap

Vevo Hacked, 3.12 TB of Data Leaked– http://ht.ly/HxJA30feCyL Unplugged The Network’s Weekly News Recap: 9/11/17– http://ht.ly/F1Yk30feCJq Judge Denies Spotify Motion That Would Have Upended Songwriter, Music Publisher Payments– http://ht.ly/9JIp30feCSV 7 Key Selling Habits All Sales Professionals Must Develop– http://ht.ly/RsOP30feD1F Guide To Creating Album Artwork Read More …

The Impact of Analytics on Musicians’ Careers-How managers and DIY artists can utilize analytics to enhance the artist-fan relationship and focus marketing, promotional, and touring efforts more effectively.

Introduction Over the past ten years the music industry has changed drastically. Major labels have lost substantial power in building, promoting, and sustaining artists’ careers. With the advent and popularity of social networking sites, blogs, internet radio stations, and podcasts, Read More …

Personal Branding Worksheet–Complete this if you are interested in being successful.

Remember… people buy your image first and then buy what you’re selling. Completing this worksheet will enable you to identify how you want people to perceive you professionally. If you don’t have answers to the questions or don’t like your Read More …

Image Building Tips

As adapted from Jeffrey Gitomer’s book (titled The Little Red Book of Selling: 12.5 Principles of Sales Greatness) the following steps will enable you to build your personal brand image up. These steps, however are not a guarantee or a Read More …

An Article About The Idea-Expression Dichotomy

Copyright law only protects the expression of ideas—not—the ideas themselves.  The 1st amendment of the U.S. Constitution provides all Americans with the right to free speech (with some exceptions). When creative individuals feel the need to express themselves by utilizing Read More …

Information Wants To Be Free- Based on Andrew Zolli’s Newsweek Article “The Future Won’t Be Free”

Andrew Zolli starts the article out by talking about how information wants to be free and that companies that released their content for free (in the early days of the internet) pretty much cannibalized their own sales and trained people Read More …