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Re: Some Useful Info Of General Interest...

Post by mojobone » Thu Apr 14, 2011 10:19 am

What the pros use, courtesy the forum's JDHogg and your friends at GearSlutz:

http://www.gearslutz.com/board/music-co ... ensus.html

Note that there is also a link to a hardware version of the list, a little further down the page.
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Post by mojobone » Tue Apr 19, 2011 2:00 pm

The single most powerful post on music business success I've read this year:

http://www.musicthinktank.com/blog/the- ... ccess.html
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Post by mojobone » Tue Apr 19, 2011 3:03 pm

You're not a nobody, you're somebody special!

http://blogs.forbes.com/joshmchugh/2011 ... omebodies/
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Post by Hookjaw Brown » Tue Apr 19, 2011 5:04 pm

The Forbes article runs the same way as the MTT article - Get in tight with a nobody and collaborate with the unknown up and comers if you want a chance at success. Don't go chasing the ones already at the top....they are busy!
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Post by Cruciform » Tue Apr 19, 2011 6:59 pm

I like the thinking behind the collab direction in these recent articles.

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Post by mojobone » Tue Apr 19, 2011 7:15 pm

Mr. Laskow has reminded us, all along; it's a relationship business. The longer I'm in it, the truer it gets.
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Post by mojobone » Sat Apr 30, 2011 10:50 pm

On Choosing a Web Platform For Your Music:

http://www.musicthinktank.com/mtt-open/ ... vices.html
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Post by mojobone » Tue May 03, 2011 3:33 am

Spruce up your Facebook page with some nifty code-wranglin':

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Post by mojobone » Tue May 03, 2011 3:35 am

How to interpret those Reverbnation stats:

http://evolvor.com/services/label-20/a- ... analytics/
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