Festivals are in a hugely competitive market - in the UK alone there are over 400 events this year. It’s increasingly important for them to establish a brand identity. The ultimate aim, according to Live Nation, is to get the event to sell out before the band’s have even been announced. Festivals have to go [...]
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If you want to see some cool Flash used to great effect on an artist site, check out Stereophonics.com. The navigation is superb with all the content presented within the main frame. All the official information, such as history, discography, photos, audio and video, is thoughtfully presented and fans are encouraged to sign-up in order [...]
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As a new label, you may get asked by your digital distributor for a “One Sheet”. So here, for your guidance, is our brief description:
A One Sheet (or sales sheet as they’re known in the UK) is basically a one page marketing overview of your band or artist which goes out to anyone you want [...]
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The fun and fabulous TUN3R.com offers a unique and enjoyable way to browse online radio stations, based upon an ‘old-skool’ tuner dial. The home page initially looks like a mosaic of small images, but drag the cross hairs and you intuitively realise what you’re meant to do. Each small image represents a new radio station, [...]
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www.the-muzic.com is a new site allowing artists to sell and promote their music online. We were curious so we asked them for some more information…
1. What are the key benefits of the-muzic.com to an artist or label?
The main benefit of The-Muzic.com is its dedication to the music industry, we are well on our way to [...]
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We have been looking for this for ages - a free mailing list application to plug in to MySpace and blogs. And finally we found one. Notifylist.com offers a very simple sign up and free mailing lists. They have a tight anti-spam policy and don’t use the email addresses that you collect. We just plugged [...]
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It came to our attention that Gigwise.com has started to feature live sessions in partnership with Liveroom.tv. The first result is with Lethal Bizzle and a fine show it is too. So, next we headed over to Liveroom.tv and found a company who have quietly been filming bands in their studio in North London. [...]
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