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In this wide ranging interview, Ian Rogers talks with industry veteran John Grady. The pair discuss the changing role of managers, the importance of artist development, and Grady's new role at Crush Nashville on This Week In Music . WATCH : In the age of social media, websites are the most important tool for musicians ; the hub of their online strategy. On your website, you can control the experience (no ads, links-out, distractions, etc.), you own your data, and most importantly, you own your .COM address, so your fans will always be able to find you.
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Une fois n'est pas coutume, voici un petit post qui est consacré à autre chose que de la musique... Mais Eyeka commence à plutôt bien fonctionner et il nous semblait opportun de résumer quelques uns des ressorts de ce développement. Pour mémoire, la société est née il y a maintenant quatre ans.
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UK events firm 2Pears has announced the latest offshoot from its Music 4.5 conferences brand: Music Techpitch 4.5. It’ll be held on 22 November in London, with EMI on board as the key partner. The event will see EMI’s EVP of strategy and insight Jim Brady give a keynote speech, before eight music startups show off their wares and get grilled by a panel of judges. “Innovation is at the very heart of our business and we are very keen to help and support promising new developers,” says EMI’s VP of digital projects Neil Tinegate. “Music Techpitch 4.5 will be a great opportunity for startups and new projects and we’re really looking forward to hosting the event and seeing all the brilliant concepts and ideas.” Startups are being invited to apply to present at the event by 4 November.
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bcrolot Looking forward to it! RT @hypebot : Marketing Guru Seth Godin To Keynote Rethink Music Conference bit.ly/GN9n9V #rethinkmusic #midem 9 hours ago · reply · retweet · favorite
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Vous me lisez, on se connait un peu maintenant, vous savez que mon obsession est de mettre en avant, réfléchir à des business models différents des business models classiques, à savoir « je vends mon CD » . Car vendre son CD, c’est devenu compliqué. On voit émerger de « nouveaux » business models . On parle de direct to fans (D2F), de direct to fan sales, de pay what you want, de donation….
Artists get: services for audience growth, fan communication, direct music & merch sales, global distribution and publishing administration May 2, 2012 – TuneCore and Topspin, two leaders of the music industry, today announced a late-summer technical integration to provide a complete suite of services under one umbrella. So there I was on the subway reading the NY Times, and once again in the Monday Business Section in the “Most Popular” Column was the list of best selling artists/releases, and once again there was a TuneCore Artist nestled between the other major label artists. This was not supposed to happen (so says the traditional music industry). And it caused me to pause, reflect, and look back on the last year. I realized I missed the forest for the trees, and it’s a hell of a forest.
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