http://www.themusicsnob.com The brains of the music industry. Mon, 23 Nov 2009 16:13:35 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I'm not sure what the deal is here, but I was walking down the street across from Penn Station the other day and saw this dude playing a gigantic guitar. He wasn't actually being attacked by it, but me and many others were struck by its ridiculous size. The guy ... http://www.themusicsnob.com/2009/11/06/man-attacked-by-giant-guitar/ I've obviously been quite occupied with things unrelated to this blog for the past several months, but I've been impressed by the passionate responses here to Pump Audio's decision to change the terms of their licensing split from 50/50 to 65/35 in their favor. The post I wrote (holy sh*t!) ... http://www.themusicsnob.com/2009/10/06/pump-audio-music-licensing/ Friend of themusicsnob Eric Hebert over at Evolver is busy launching a new service for musicians called Label 2.0. It's a service they will be offering to educate indie musicians on how to promote music and create buzz in the post-record label universe. Check it out! Label 2.0 Related posts:Your Online Music ... http://www.themusicsnob.com/2009/06/22/music-label-20/ Today's guest post is written by Jonathan Sigmon, aka "Sigs", founder of Signature Entertainment: ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Many artists and bands looking to take their music careers to the next level are looking for an artist manager. Putting together the right team around your band can be the difference between being a very ... http://www.themusicsnob.com/2009/05/26/music-business-tips-indie-manager/ I got an email recently from MusicSupervisor in which they pointed out this sweet website: Metronome Online. No need to actually buy a metronome, just go to their site, click on the beats per minute you need, and magically you have your tempo. Awesome. As long as you are sitting near a ... http://www.themusicsnob.com/2009/05/13/online-metronome-for-practicing-musicians/ Yo yo yo. Any of you guys using Pump Audio to license your music may want to pay attention to a change they're rolling out in their artist agreement.  Beginning July 1st, 2009, Pump Audio will move to a 65/35 split with artists, instead of their existing 50/50 split. This means that ... http://www.themusicsnob.com/2009/05/08/pump-audio-reduces-music-licensing-payments/ Today's guest blog comes from Chris Wochagg at Wildscreen.tv, an online video portal for artists and musicians. ------------------------------------------------------ I’m tired of hearing the suggestion that musicians just have to cross finance through merchandising, ringtones, more gigs and expensive VIP tickets to their gigs. This may work for some bands - call it ... http://www.themusicsnob.com/2009/05/06/make-music-not-t-shirts/ We've looked at a ton of different music licensing services here at themusicsnob, and today's tips on music licensing are a guest blog by Kevin Breuner, musician, blogger, and CD Baby employee.  Licensing Companies - What to look for and what to avoid This past week, I had a number of artists ... http://www.themusicsnob.com/2009/04/27/tips-music-licensing-and-publishing/ TheMusicSnob has been sidetracked the past several months, as evident by our lack of posts. Our site has a large readership of music industry professionals and independent musicians, and many posts have spawned great discussions on marketing tools and music licensing opportunities. We'd like to see this continue... If you are ... http://www.themusicsnob.com/2009/04/16/music-industry-journalists-bloggers-wanted/ There's an encouraging article at WebProNews entitled Online Music Purchases Increase. It appears that digital music consumers were willing to pay for music in 2008. So while we can all lament the demise of giant record labels and massive blockbuster releases, the independent artist may be better off. Here are ... http://www.themusicsnob.com/2009/03/18/paid-music-downloads-2008/