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Indie Labels Hope Apple Will Finally Make Streaming Pay
This article first appeared on WIRED.com Apple Music, the tech giant’s long-awaited foray into music streaming, launches today. Apple is hoping it becomes the one, true streaming service that can get millions of people to pay to play, just like it got millions to pay for downloads from its iTunes Store. Some indie insiders hope so, […]
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Improving your speaking skills between songs
This post originally appeared on the DIY Musician Blog. 3 steps to better stage banter at your next show Lots of musicians are comfy-cozy when it comes to playing through their songs on stage, but they freeze up when they have to tell a story, thank the crowd, draw attention to merch, or ask for […]
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Has Shazam Become The New A&R Department for Major Labels?
In 2000, a Stanford Ph.D. named Avery Wang co-founded, with a couple of business-school graduates, a tech start-up called Shazam. Their idea was to develop a service that could identify any song within a few seconds, using only a cellphone, even in a crowded bar or coffee shop. At first, Wang, who had studied audio […]
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