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Music & MP3 InformationManaging Your Time, when Music isnt Your Day JobYou CAN do everything. Performing, Whats the Big Deal?Performance anxiety is not something that only happens to musicians, singers, actors and dancers. It happens any time we feel pressure to "perform" in a specific situation or over a period of time. Writing a book or creating a painting or sculpture may evoke symptoms as well. Social Networking and Music: MySpace Puts It All Together in a Virtual CommunityToday's music fan interacts with a "community" that is far larger than anyone ever dreamed possible before the widespread personal use of the Internet. This social networking is changing the way people market and sell music and it's doing so on a global scale. Taking iPod Culture into Clubs as Well as Cyberspace: Jonny Rocket Interviewed by The G-ManAlready making plenty of noise in the marketplace is a new concept called Playlist, which exists both as a club and as an online music competition (see www.ipod-dj.com for details on how to enter and what you can win). New Age Piano and ImprovisationThere are so many areas in life where one must do things right. Thankfully, art is an area where great discoveries are made by making mistakes! Getting the Best Performance From Your ArtistSo now you've decided to record your songs. Good for you, except that you will need people to play the instruments for which your music calls for. If you can play all the instruments on your own, then all the better. You will have less people to argue with! Other wise, you will have to hire (read: bribe with beer/food/hockey tickets) session musicians and vocalists to play and sing for you, putting you in the producer's chair. The Various Countries - A Rant About Country MusicIt is no secret that over the past couple decades country music has struggled with it?s identity far more than any other genre in the industry. At this point nobody can really claim to be a country music fan without being questioned what kind of country fan? The answers being seemingly endless, I?ve broken them down into a few main categories (but really, there could be so many more). Are iPods Changing the Way We Listen to MusicThey?re everywhere, and not only are they everywhere, they look cool too. Since its launch in 2001, 10 million have sold and 8 million of those were in 2004. So welcome to the next generation. 8 tracks, records, cassettes, CDs, and now the iPod. Name That Tune - Tips For When You Can?t Remember The Song Title Or ArtistFor years, you have been searching for a song lodged in your brain that is driving you nuts. Unfortunately, you have forgotten both the song title and the artist and all you remember are a few words. Don?t you wish you could just name that tune once and for all so that you can get on with your life?? Play Piano in the New Age StyleIt's not what you play, it's how you play it. These words summarize the art of piano playing in general and New Age piano playing in particular. You could take 2 chords, and, if you were in the moment and in flow, communicate the utmost emotion and power. Home Run GigsAre you still playing your heart out to small audiences on gigs at unappreciative dives (excuse me, I meant to say nightclubs) that feel paying you a couple of hundred dollars for a 3-4 hour gig is also paying you about $150 too much? How to Make $30,000 with Your Music Before Years EndAs an independent musician and/or recording artist, if you did *NOT* earn $30,000 (or more) with your music alone last year, let's jump right in and get you started with doing so this year. How to Make State-of-the-Art Video Singles CheaplyWhen it comes to promoting their new music releases, I have found that most musicians only consider radio as the vehicle for exposing their music to the public. Setting Up In-House Retail SalesNow, that you are familiar and likely connected with online music sales sites, such as CD Baby, or combination online/offline retail sites, such as The Orchard, you are probably comfortable in having your music distribution and sales fairly covered. Alternative Sales Sources for Your MusicFollowing, is a list of alternative sources that may be interested in carrying your music for sale for their particular clients and customers, if only they were aware of your music.
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