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The Truth Behind The 1,000 True Fan Theory

The Truth Behind The 1,000 True Fan Theory

Source: HypeBot

For some time, a theory has existed in the music industry that, for an artist to have a sustainable if not particularly lavish career, they must have at least 1000, 'true' fans. Here we look at the reality of the math behind this idea. Guest post by Bobby Owsinski of Music 3.0 The “1,000 True Fans Theory” was proposed by Wired magazine’s “senior maverick” Kevin Kelly back in 2008 and states that all an artist needs is 1,000 true fans to maintain a fruitful, ...

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Music Industry

The Truth About Advances In The Music Business

The Truth About Advances In The Music Business

Source: HypeBot

As with all entrepreneurs, songwriters are likely to run into issues with cash flow, to which getting an advance is one solution. Unsurprisingly such advance payments, while they do provide much needed cash on hand, come with a number of strings attached, and aren't always the best option. Guest post by Frances Katz of Soundfly's Flypaper Like any new entrepreneur, songwriters may themselves experience cash flow problems and look for additional financing to keep the lights on. However, unlike businesses that have ...

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Music Industry

Don’t Be Fooled: The Truth Behind Amazon Music Unlimited’s Price

Don’t Be Fooled: The Truth Behind Amazon Music Unlimited’s Price

Source: HypeBot

With Amazon having finally released their long awaited stand-alone streaming service, the $7.99 sticker price seems to be bucking an industry trend by offering consumers unlimited streaming for less, but the figure is deceptive. Guest Post by Bobby Owsinski on Music 3.0 Amazon has finally launched it’s long awaited stand-alone streaming music service and it’s called Amazon Music Unlimited. On the surface it has a number of interesting features that differentiate it from the other major streaming services, but one ...

Opinion

A Casual Scam: The Truth About Pre-Sale Tickets

A Casual Scam: The Truth About Pre-Sale Tickets

Source: HypeBot

Guest post by artist manager and booking agent Justin Herring. December 2005, the band I was playing in was offered a show at this venue in Tampa called The Masquerade. It was the venue in Tampa. I saw all my idols there growing up. Slayer, Down, Superjoint Ritual, Fear Factory, Cannibal Corpse, GWAR, Clutch, Lamb of God, Machine Head, Amon Amarth, Vader, Kreator. When I say I saw every metal band that came through the area while I was a kid... ...

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Music Industry

Rob Zombie: The Truth About New Albums

Rob Zombie: The Truth About New Albums

Source: HypeBot

Metal vocalist and film maker Rob Zombie spoke to AOL's Noisecreep, saying: “Truthfully, when you make a new album ... you go, 'OK here's eleven new songs, five of which we'll never play live. And here's the two or three singles that will always be in the set. I think they [the record industry] dropped the ball a long time ago and they're never going to recover from it. Nobody wants to actually purchase music any more ... it's a ...

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Interview

The Truth About Joe Maini

The Truth About Joe Maini

Source: JazzWax by Marc Myers

If you're a careful reader of West Coast jazz-album liner notes, you've likely come across Joe Maini's name. The alto saxophonist is rather obscure today, but back in the 1950s and early 1960s, he was one of Los Angeles' busiest and most distinctive studio musicians, sitting next to Charlie Parker in Gene Roland's Band That Never Was and recording with Clifford Brown, Shelly Manne, Kenny Drew, Zoot Sims and many others. Maini also appeared on dozens of major small-group and ...

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Performance / Tour

Sing the Truth: Nina Simone Remembered: Barbican Concert Featuring Dianne Reeves, Lizz Wright and More

Sing the Truth: Nina Simone Remembered: Barbican Concert Featuring Dianne Reeves, Lizz Wright and More

Source: All About Jazz

Thursday 16 July 7.30pm Sing The Truth: Nina Simone Remembered featuring Dianne Reeves, Lizz Wright, Angelique Kidjo and Simone Tickets 20/25/30/35 Produced by the Barbican in association with Serious Part of Blaze A singer of unique emotional effect, Nina Simones passing left a huge gap in the music world. This tribute, by some of the greatest female singers alive, will go some way towards giving those too young to have seen Nina a taste of the power and drama of ...

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