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His fans do not want merely to buy his music. They want to be his friend. And that means they want to interact with him all day long online.
The Canadian folk-pop singer Jane Siberry has a clever system: she has a “pay what you can” policy with her downloadable songs, so fans can download them free — but her site also shows the average price her customers have paid for each track.
- How to use mp3 blogs at New Music Strategies newmusicstrategies.com
- Get Heard: The Major Label Perspective · Now Form A Band nowformaband.last.fm
The music industry is evolving, and major labels are starting to develop new strategies to help adapt to the current DIY climate.
- Jamendo: your take? at New Music Strategies newmusicstrategies.com
- Releasing Your Music: More Tips From Drowned In Sound · Now Form A Band nowformaband.last.fm
The future of record labels and why online battle of the band competitions produce “an endless reservoir of shit”.
- Releasing Your Music: Tips From Drowned In Sound · Now Form A Band nowformaband.last.fm
"Releasing music is a real responsibility as you’re dealing with people’s creativity and in some cases the starts of their careers – the last thing an act needs is a false start or early over-exposure before they’ve developed into being something
- TechCrunch UK » Blog Archive » Last.fm wants bands to use Web tools uk.techcrunch.com
Last.fm [...] is launching a PR campaign in the guise of an initiative to get unsigned and independent bands using online tools to build their careers.