Artist Quote of the Week

"We're in an interesting period now. It's like when dinosaurs became extinct and there's lots of weird animals running around."

— Fall Out Boy's Pete Wentz

Top Music Networking Sites

This is a list of the top networking sites (other than MySpace) that are very helpful in attracting new fans to unsigned artists.


1. FACEBOOK.COM.

2. ILIKE.COM

3. REVERBNATION.COM

4 PUREVOLUME.COM

5. ISOUND.COM

6. SOUNDCLICK.COM

7. GARAGEBAND

8. BEBO

9. YOUTUBE.COM

10. FUZZ.COM

11. LASTFM.COM

12. MYTRACKS.COM

*You should create an artist music page to all these sites and also make sure you link each site to your myspace page.

Music Business News Update

Apple Partners with Bebo

Apple has announced a deal that will see the its popular iTunes service embedded into Bebo.

According to FT.com, Bebo’s 8.8m users in the UK and Ireland will be able to buy music directly from the profile of any musician who has a Bebo profile and whose music is available on iTunes.

The deal is a first for Apple. Bebo is a market leader in social networking in the United Kingdom despite not taking off to the same extent elsewhere.

It may not seem like major news, but to put it in perspective it’s on half hour leading story rotation on BBC World as I write this. It may also be indicative of a new direction for Apple; the wildly popular Facebook F8 is delivering benefits to many music related sites. To date Apple has remained silent in regards to its position on embracing the growing trend of social networking site integration.

Artist Quote of the Week

"Labels don't even have the heart to put out a new artist right now. There hasn't been a new artist released in I don't know how long."

P.Diddy

Hmmm.......Digital Distribution

THE NEW SIX LAWS FOR THE MUSIC BUSINESS



1. Yes, you must make digital singles available. If you don't, you'll be opening the door to anti-competitive practice lawsuits that have the potential to end your cartel. At the very least you'll be supporting piracy as the consumer is done paying upwards of $15 to have that one hit song (see rule #3).

2. Your competition (the minor labels and independent publishers) knows just how vulnerable you are, and they are poised to take you down. Becoming more nimble, savvy and aware of your consumer is your only hope for long term survival.

3. Single hit artists are single serving artists. You won't see platinum album sales from one-hit wonders anymore. Learning this lesson early, and defining the ways to exploit these single serving artists properly is key to maximizing revenue. (i.e. properly doesn't mean taking the single off the market and forcing people to buy CD's. If you're confused, see rule #1)

4. You're going to have to work harder, and produce more quality product in order to turn the same revenue. Get over it. Most industries are already ultra-competitive, and you're finding out now how it feels to join the club.

5. Strong artists can afford to give away a song or two. Doing so will encourage whole album sales. Offering free, No-DRM versions of deep album cuts from your best of breed artists will increase your bottom line, not reduce it.

6. The answer to your problems isn't in the form of lawsuits and lobbyists. You can only hold back the dyke so long before it bursts around you. Better use your time now learning how to swim, rather than trying to keep from getting wet.

via New York Daily News

So Whatcha Wanna Do?

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!! So now that we've got that out of the way. It's time to leave the old bad habits behind and make some new things happen for your career. The game belongs to "YOU" but, that's only if you want it.


In this business only the strong survives and I'm gonna provide the information to make sure that you win. Start by removing all the negatively out of your way and get the people around you that are "TRULY" gonna stand with you. The world is yours!!!