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Re: Some Useful Info Of General Interest...

Post by mojobone » Wed May 04, 2011 1:53 am

Here's a review of Berklee's Topspin Media/Marketing course:

http://www.outsidetheboxmusic.com/topspin
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Post by mojobone » Fri May 06, 2011 10:42 am

Electronic Arts' Steve Schnur discusses music for videogames:

http://www.songwriteruniverse.com/steve-schnur-123.htm
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Post by mojobone » Fri May 06, 2011 6:25 pm

We've visited the topic of press releases in this thread on more than one occasion, but a fresh perspective never hurts:

http://weallmakemusic.com/the-ingredien ... s-release/
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Post by mojobone » Fri May 06, 2011 10:44 pm

We've also covered time management and social media, but this article is a bit more detailed:

http://www.musicthinktank.com/blog/time ... a-ove.html
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Post by mojobone » Mon May 16, 2011 11:32 pm

Ready to demo your new tune? Don't make these Five Mistakes: http://bit.ly/iVf3tl
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Post by mojobone » Wed May 18, 2011 10:47 am

Some useful thoughts (and links) from Ariel Hyatt: http://www.musicthinktank.com/blog/3-mu ... polls.html
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Post by mojobone » Sun May 22, 2011 1:59 am

Read this, then tell me again about how vinyl is a superior format for listening: http://www.emusician.com/tutorials/learn_mixing_vinyl/
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Post by mojobone » Mon May 23, 2011 12:28 am

David Foster's (brilliantly concise) Ten Tips For Songwriters: http://bit.ly/jsvxhe
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Post by mojobone » Fri May 27, 2011 1:30 pm

I get it; you join Taxi because you're not ready to move to that major music market, but which markets are the biggest/best, once you're ready to pull up stakes?

http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories ... ORRoNB8gbQ
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Post by Hookjaw Brown » Fri May 27, 2011 3:17 pm

Interesting....

I am going down to Austin, TX this month. I would have thought their music scene would have been larger, considering all the venues.
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