Recommended Top 5 Reads For Summer 2010

The holiday season is well and truly upon us, so if you are looking for some books to take to the beach here are my top 5 recommended reads of all time. I read about 5 books a week so … Continue reading

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Could “Google Me” be about to challenge Facebook’s online social network domination?

With Facebook reportedly passing the 500 million users recently, you have to wonder when the bubble might burst for the worlds number one social network. Facebook has had it’s share of criticism, especially around the areas of privacy, but it … Continue reading

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Future Music Forum – Panel Focus: Digital Music Trends

This year’s leading music industry conference “The Future Music Forum” takes place at the FAD centre in Barcelona on the 29th and 30th September at which I’ll be holding the chair and presenting the Keynote presentation. With probably the best … Continue reading

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The Multiplication Factor – Getting Your Music to Millions of People With Minimum Effort.

One of the key differences between the mass media marketing of major record labels, and the marketing that independent artists, bands and labels undertake is the economies of scale. Large record companies have always pooled resources not only in the … Continue reading

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Independent artists: Why you should be leveraging the growing Japanese music market to sell more tracks.

Legal paid for digital downloads continue to increase year on year in the Japanese music market, with digital music delivery amounting to 91.0 billion yen in 2009 (up from the previous year), internet downloads brought artists an extra 13% revenue … Continue reading

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The Entrepreneurial Artist Will Succeed

With a number of “old school” music professionals publicly denouncing independent artists as “hobbyists” this week, once again we see the manifestation of fear from those music professionals that lack the skills of coping with change. Its all to easy … Continue reading

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