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Christopher Bryant Works To Gain New Fans By Opening For Himself
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| One of my favorite things about the emerging
| new music industry has been the realization
| that there is no longer a single best way to
| do much of anything anymore. That pioneering
| spirit is leading to wonderful
| experimentation including this great twist
| from indie artist Christopher Bryant.
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http://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2009/12/christopher-bryant-works-to-gain-new-fans-by-opening-for-himself.html
With Ads, Music Downloads Sing a New Tune
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| ON Hulu, the popular Web site that streams
| free television shows and other video, users
| have proved to be perfectly willing to watch
| short commercials, and a new site is betting
| that the same willingness will apply to
| downloading music.
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http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/30/business/media/30adco.html?_r=1&src=twt&twt=nytimestech
SoundExchange Claims To Open Up, But Somehow Its List Of Unpaid Musicians Has Disappeared
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| This is a big issue. As we've seen over and
| over again, many of these collections
| societies use sampling and counting methods
| that greatly overvalue big stars (who need
| the money less) at the expense of up-and-
| coming artists. It's like the poor get to
| pay the rich.
|
| From there, Wilhelm's letter goes on in
| great detail responding to claims from
| SoundExchange and debunking them one by one.
| SoundExchange claims that they're now going
| to be much more open and respond to these
| types of questions. We'll be interested to
| see what they have to say.
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http://techdirt.com/articles/20091229/1202367531.shtml
Recent:
Corey Smith Details His Experience In Becoming A Massively Successful Indie Artist
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| About a year ago, we wrote about the
| massive success of musician Corey Smith,
| creating not just a sustainable living as
| an independent musician, but a multi-
| million dollar operation -- built on a
| combination of closely connecting with his
| fans, using free music, touring
| relentlessly, working hard to gain new
| fans (including reserving some cheap
| tickets to shows) and (the important part)
| really great music. What caught everyone's
| attention was that this totally
| independent musician, with no record
| label, no radio play, no massive publicity
| campaign had grossed about $4 million in
| 2008. Now, of course, tour grosses (which
| made up the lion's share of that amount)
| are a bit misleading, as the venues take a
| cut of that, and there are certainly other
| expenses to be paid, but as a starting
| number it's still really impressive.
| Luckily, Corey is now sharing some more
| details about his path to success.
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http://techdirt.com/articles/20091208/0152167242.shtml
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