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- ABC's of the Music Industry
- Music is an art, however, when it comes to the music industry Music is about money! If anyone or any company feels that your music will not make them money, there will be absolutely no interest in your music. That's it in the nut shell. By Patrick Birmingham
- Industry 101 (part 1)
- There are a few basics to earning a living in the music industry as an artist. This series of articles will discuss these key points to becoming a "successful" recording artist. By Dave Pinch
- Social Networking and Music: MySpace Puts It All Together in a Virtual Community
- Today'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. Here's How: One fan hears a song and "tells" a dozen others online. Each, in turn, sends the information (and sometimes the entire song file) to another dozen people, and so on. If the song's hook is catchy and universal enough, the artist can reach thousands of fans in a matter of seconds. It's fast, it's easy, it's free, and it's global. By Scott G