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How Musicians Get An Edge In The Music Business: Discover How To Understand The Music Business! AAA+++

October 12, 2010 in Local Music by stagemaster

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Do you ever wonder why some musicians make it in the music industry and others don’t?

We’ve all heard great bands that never even made it off the ground! Where did they go wrong?

The truth is they didn’t cover all their bases. You can be the greatest musician in the world, and it won’t get you anywhere if you don’t understand the business!

That’s why I created a website to teach the 4 P’s of the music industry.

Whether you are a a… More >>

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Attention Music Lovers: Discover A Little Known Business You Can Start In The Music Industry That Will Put Hundreds Of Dollars In Your Pocket Weekly

August 18, 2010 in Local Music by stagemaster

Let’s face it. The music industry has been deteriorating lately. With pirated songs online, and the economy in ruins, people just aren’t forking over their money to buy CD’s. But there is one section of the music industry that has been silently humming along, despite the economy (and their CD sales are still going strong). That section is the local music industry.

Local bands are still enjoying a steady stream of new work and many sell their own CD’s at the clubs they play around town. Not surprisingly, in order to get gigs and to increase their revenue, these bands need to make demo tapes and CD’s for their fans. To do this, they need a recording studio.

Now, most people don’t have a recording studio in their home. And that’s where you come in. If you have a spare section of your garage, or perhaps a spare bedroom, you can literally create a home studio of your own, one that could be generating cash for you in as little as 30 days.

With the many bands and aspiring musicians in every local town in the country, it makes sense that this would be an area that is thriving – and it is. Smart entrepreneurs have tapped into this lucrative market and are quietly raking in the dough every week.

There are lots of benefits to this type of business. The first is that you are targeting a hungry crowd. It’s similar to when the gold rush happened in California. The miners looking for the gold weren’t the ones who got rich. It was the business owners who supplied them with the tools they needed to mine that became extremely wealthy.

The music industry is its own pot of gold. There are always new bands forming and aspiring musicians are everywhere. Also, a majority of the bands will split up and then form another band with new members. It’s literally a revolving door of potential customers, no matter how small your town.

Another benefit to this type of business is that it can be started on a shoestring and up and running very quickly. If you started from scratch with no previous equipment, you could have everything you need for under $500. With just this basic equipment, you could have your first client within 3 days.

You can also do it on a part time basis while still holding down a regular job. As your income grows, you can decide when you want to ditch your job and go full time. You can easily make between $150-$950/day, so it probably won’t take long before you decide to say goodbye to your boss. The typical recording studio can easily pull in $250,000/year.

Contrary to popular belief, the technical requirements for owning a studio are very simple. You can learn everything you need to know in under 3 hours and even novices can command high prices for their studio. Then of course there are the bonuses. You get to hang out with bands all day and become a ‘rock star’ in your own right. It’s a pretty cool way to make a living, isn’t it?

Home recording studio owners have been quietly raking in the cash for years. It’s one of the most stable, and lucrative businesses in the music industry, not to mention one of the most enjoyable.

Provided you get a little guidance on the set up, your home recording studio business should be up and running – and thriving – in no time.

I have spent my life helping people. For the last 15 years I have been working with the hearing

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Discover the advantages of Olympus digital auto recorders

May 15, 2010 in Gear by stagemaster

Olympus strives to improve people’s lives whether it is through the use of their cameras, their research or their Olympus digital auto recorders. They actually created the first camera that allowed doctors to look inside the human body. Established in 1919, Olympus has developed innovative technology solutions that contribute to our society in a very positive way.

An Olympus digital recorder will provide superior sound and give you so many of the features you are looking for in a quality recorder. The DS-2400 includes a voice activated variable control that records audio as soon as it senses sound. It also conserves memory and battery life. The recorder will directly connect to a PC and it offers a great customizable navigation pod.

Since digital voice recordings last longer than tape, and since you cannot feed a tape into a PC, more and more people are selecting to use digital recorders. You will want to ensure that the recorder you choose has all the capabilities you or your business needs. You will first have to decide if digital dictation is all you need from your digital voice recorder, or will you need transcription capabilities as well

Before you purchase a digital recorder, be certain to check how long you can record in high quality mode. It is also a good idea to purchase a voice recorder that can handle more than just voice files; it is helpful if your digital recorder can store documents and image. There are several Olympus digital recorders that offer all of the above features.

The WS-400S DNS Olympus digital recorder offers voice activation built in and speech to text software that is included. It also includes a noise cancellation microphone and can be plugged directly into your computer and this last feature is one that most people feel is a must-have. Voice activation is great too because this enables the digital recorder to stop recording automatically when there is a period of silence

If you intend to share your digital recorder with anyone, including business associates or employees,you will need a recorder that allows individual user IDs. Olympus digital recorders excel in the features that consumers feel is most important. These are great devices for journalists, doctors,lawyers and students, as well as many other professionals.

An Olympus digital recorder uses memory, very much like the memory used in a PC, to record sound and they have a great amount of memory space in spite of their small size. There are also some Olympus digital recorders that have an integrated music player. You can listen to all your favorite songs anytime – even between stressful meetings or after a strenuous day.

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10 Ways to Discover New Music

March 18, 2010 in Local Music by stagemaster

I listen to music all the time; at home, at work, in the car, sometimes even to help me sleep. But without the ability to find new music, I would soon get bored of the same old play lists. I’ve tried different methods over the years to expand my musical tastes, so hopefully some of these can be useful to somebody else.

1) BBC iPlayer Radio

Now I’m not a great fan of everything played on mainstream radio stations, including the BBC ones, but I do really enjoy using the BBC iPlayer radio. Annoyingly the BBC seems to have the habit of putting all it’s niche shows on a stupids hours of the day, when nobody is listening, but with the iPlayer you can simple pick any of these shows from the last 7 days, and re-listen to it on your PC.

2) Music store latest releases

I find my local music stores pretty uninspiring at times, but it doesn’t stop me walking in to check out the new releases, and staff recommendations stand. They may only have a handful of CDs in them at a time, but every few weeks I will walk in, scoop up a copy of each CD, and stroll over to a listening post to review my selection.

3) Last.fm

There are many social music sites about, but I seem to have made the most use of Last.fm. A simple plug-in to iTunes allows it to monitor all the music I listen to on my PC and iPod, and uploads the data to the Last.fm website. It’s very interesting to be able to see some statistics on your listening habits, but it’s most useful feature is the ability to view the listening habits of people that are deemed statistically similar to you. You can browse through your musical neighbors, looking out for bands that they listen to but you are not familiar with, and then even listen to sample tracks of them using the built in music player.

4) Pandora.com

Pandora is an automated music recommendation service, which allows you to input a band or track you enjoy, and it will build you a radio station of similar music for you to listen to. I used Pandora for about a year until sadly the service was restricted to only be available in the USA, although many similar services have popped up since, such as One Llama.

5) Go to gigs

Going to see a band you love live is fantastic, but often it’s easy to underestimate the support bands. Support bands tend to be up and coming, or local bands you wouldn’t normally run into, so are a great source of new sounds.

6) Pick up a music magazine

I confess I don’t often buy music magazines, as I find the articles a waste of time. It might sound cheap, but often in shops I will pick up a copy of Kerrang, or the NME, and flip through to the new releases section, have a quick read and then return it to the shelf. I make a mental note of the bands, and then look them up later on the Internet, when I get home.

7) iTunes

I often use the iTunes store to search for and listen to samples of bands I’m investigating, such as ones I found on Last.fm. You may only have the ability to listen to short samples, but the iTunes catalog is vast, which means you’ve got a good chance of finding what your looking for. Once in a blue moon I even purchase using the store, as I’m to damn impatient, and can’t wait for a CD to be delivered.

8) Magnatune

I discovered Magnatune at work, where I use an Ubuntu based Linux box for my daily tasks. The latest version of Rhythmbox that comes with the operating system, has been integrated with the Magnatune service. Magnatune allows you to listen to all the music you want for free, and even purchase songs using a “Pay what you deem fair” system. The music isn’t very mainstream, but selecting a bunch of tracks and playing them on random keeps me entertained.

9) Put you MP3 Player on random

I have a large MP3 collection, which played end to end would span many weeks. It’s very easy to find you have music you hardly ever, or never listen to. Putting your player on random, can often help your rediscover some hidden gems.

10) Ask your friends

Don’t under estimate your friends or co-workers, even if they do seem to have lame taste in music. It’s good to take interest in what other people are listening to, as it helps you diversify your listening habits, and explore something you wouldn’t usually listen to.

Hugh Gallagher is a Perl Web developer from the UK, and creator of StupidFAQer – FAQs and Guides

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