How Pink Floyd made “Money”
I love how they show you the tracks with/without the effects (delay, reverb, and more).
Thanks to Bobby Owsinski’s Blog for introducing this to me.
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15 New Artistic Revenue Streams
Repost from Hypebot:
http://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2011/12/15-indie-artist-revenue-opportunities-for-2012.html
15 Indie Artist Revenue Opportunities for 2012
[BEST OF HYPEBOT] Indie artists are making money in all sorts of ways, often by combining a variety of small revenue streams and one-off deals into significant income. Here are 15 revenue streams or opportunitiesfrom my Hypebot posts of 2011. Like media appearances, no one will make you rich (or famous), but together they offer a range of options.
- Alternative Performance Venues
ConcertsInYourHome ~ Slowbizz.com - New Retail Outlets
Melodica Marketing ~ Offline Music Distribution Network - Affiliate Programs
Amazon Associates ~ iTunes Affiliate - Unique & Interesting Band Merch
SoulBlendr ~ Dizzyjam vs. Bitvibe ~ Shirtify - Ecommerce & Direct to Fan
ThingLink ~ CD Baby MusicStore ~ FanBridge on Facebook - Find Unique Pairings
Turntable Kitchen Pairings Box - Music Licensing
Vimeo x Audiosocket ~ Audiosocket MaaS: Storefront - Mixes That Pay
Dubset ~ Legitmix - Digital Archives
Fugazi & The Rolling Stones ~ Nugs.net - Live Streams
backBEAT ~ StageIt ~ StreamJam - Sell Your Knowledge
Ebooks ~ MuseSpring - You Have to Give Before You Can Give Back
Downtime Facebook App ~ Ramble At The Ryman - Find Your Love
Blood, Sweat + Vinyl - Find Your Crowd
Crowdfunding ~ Patronism ~ TuneRights - Save Money
Poorsquare
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How to get that “Radio Voice”
A nice example of how to use a combination of compressor/limiter/gate to get that “radio voice”
http://www.5min.com/Video/How-to-Use-Sound-Compression-158091398
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Have you ever bought a ticket from ticketmaster? If so, you can get some money back.
Another repost from Hypebot:
http://www.typepad.com/services/trackback/6a00d83451b36c69e2015437bc0665970c
If you used Ticketmaster‘s website to buy tickets between October 21, 1999 and October 19, 2011, you’re likely to be eligible for a refund. If the court approves the proposed settlement of a class action lawsuit charging deceptive and excessive processing fees, fans will be getting back$1.50 for every ticket order bought on the site in the last 12 years. The details:
There is a proposed limit of 17 ticket orders. But that still means that the fan who goes to even one Ticketmaster show a year over the last dozen years will see more than $25. Some fans who had tickets shipped cia UPS may be entitled to up to $5 per ticket refunds.
According to court documents, Ticketmaster should be forced to pay out as much as $50 million. But the lawsuit won’t stop Ticketmaster from charging high fees in the future. It just means that they have to be clearer about doing so on their web site.How To Get Your Refund
It won’t come quickly. Credits won’t be issued prior to April 15, 2012 and should come within 30 days after Final Approval of the settlement which is currently scheduled for May 29, 2012. Saty tuned, and we’ll keep you posted on more details.
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A new type of record label…
A repost from Hypebot at
http://www.typepad.com/services/trackback/6a00d83451b36c69e2015393ff6cbb970b
Jay Frank has created a new model record label called DigSin. This particular record label gives all its music way for free and uses analytics to see how to market to the fans. I think it’s interesting he states that albums are really just marketing vehicles and that the music industry should focus on marketing singles because that’s what people want. He will be signing artists for 6 songs each, up to 6 artists. What do you think? How would he make money from this?
Former CMT, Yahoo Music executive and FutrueHitDNAauthor Jay Frank has just launched DigSin, a new model independent record label. Frank, interviewed here by Ian Rogers on This Week In Music, is a music loving data geek who sees patterns in fan reactions and believes he can harness them to build hits. He’s creating DigSin as a song focused label with artists signed to short six track deals. Fans who sign up get new releases free of charge.
“DigSin is the result of years of examining the new ways music fans find and listen to music,” according to Frank. “We are committing ourselves to expose new songs in a targeted, organic way that enables us to be a trusted filter to music fans.” Frank is releasing a second book “Hack Your Hit” in late January.