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According to an article by Bruce Warila over at UnsprungMedia.com, the days of landing a major label record deal by being "discovered" by an A&R rep and given a big, fat cash advance are 'dead over.' Record companies, like a lot of companies in Michigan these days, are slashing their payrolls of dead wood, reorganizing and re-investing. In the case of EMI, that means 1500 to 2000 jobs are done - over. That means indie bands will also have to re-think their strategies. Warila argues that they need to forget about finding a "deal" and start looking to attract investment - just like any other business. Click "read more" below for a links to three articles about investrment strategies for Indie bands.
Cortney Harding has posted a story for Billboard (Reuters wire) about five websites that are most likely to make a significant impact on how indie bands do business in 2008. New and inventive models are emerging that will help you mon
Robert Levine has a story over at RollingStone.com about the continuing loudness wars, the limiting of dynamic range and what RS calls, "The Death Of High Fidelity." It started in the CD era and continues in the iPod era, meaning that there is an entire generation of listeners out there who genuinely don't know what they are missing as far as sound is concerned. Are you crushing the life out of your music in order to get that volume fix? - Mitch
There's a great article over at Wired Magazine called, "David Byrne's Survival Strategies For Emerging Artists - And Megastars" that should be required reading for anybody pursuing a music career in the current market. Byrne details existing and emerging label and distribution models and includes a number of graphs and even audio to fascinating conversations about the business, where it's been and where it's going. - Mitch
The Detropolis Music Association will be holding its next meeting on Tuesday, July 31st 2007 at Song Garden Studios in Bellville, Mi. Detropolis is an association of musicians and music related business owners who believe that through networking, negotiation, and co-operation, individual businesses will prosper and our joint projects will be realized. The idea is to change the current spirit of competition into a model of symbiotic cooperation for all concerned. There are no membership fees and everybody is welcome. Click "read more" below for contact information and a link. 
Inspired by the amount of time he was wasting on the internet, electronic underground musician Paul "Ghostwalker" Bishop has committed himself to a once-a-week composition series that is intended to last an entire year. 
Ever wonder why mp3s don't stream from your web site? I've noticed that
many mp3 song samples on indie band sites have to be downloaded completely before they will play. MP3 can be streamed from any site if you know how to do it. The following article will detail how to
set up a streaming meta file, generate play lists and a whole lot
more. With just a little planning, your site will stream mp3s and your fans won't have to go through a 5 meg download on a dial up connection again.
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