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5 Strategies for marketing and selling music: How musicians can promote ...

In this video tutorial I explain how musicians can do marketing for the music they make, and make money from their music by doing successful music promotion and marketing. It is difficult to sell music, but it can be done. In the video tutorial I talk about how musicians can fund their music ventures by selling music online and do live shows locally to make money from their music online and offline . Many musicians come to me and ask how to raise money. Unfortunately, it is very difficult to raise money for music. My advice is to begin growing their reach and their marketing channels any way they can. This can mean starting and making money from their own YouTube channel and other social media websites. They can also sell their music on iTunes . And then there is the old and traditional way of making money if you are a musician, which is playing shows. Related articles Music Choice To Feature Exclusive ACM Awards Content The best connected speakers of 2017 Photo F...

2015 Sundance Composer/Director Roundtable: Where Ideas Come From

BMI’s Music & Film: The Creative Process event took place on Tuesday, January 27 at the Sundance Filmmaker Lodge. This informative conversation, which is a cornerstone event at the Festival, was moderated by BMI Vice President of Film/TV Relations Doreen Ringer-Ross and explored the role of music in film. Focusing on the relationship between composer and director, panelists discussed what goes into creating a successful film score , the ingredients of an effective composer/director relationship, the Sundance Film Festival experience and other exciting topics. http://www.bmi.com About BMI Celebrating 75 years of service to songwriters, composers, music publishers and businesses, Broadcast Music, Inc.® (BMI®) is a global leader in music rights management, serving as an advocate for the value of music. BMI represents the public performance rights in more than 8.5 million musical works created and owned by more than 650,000 songwriters, composers, and music publishers. The...

Ear Training Albums Use Popular Music to Teach Chords and Intervals

Introducing Intervals Introducing Intervals is the first album to use the Unravelling Music method of ear training , where you can learn the core skills vital to musicianship – just by listening to music! Learn all the essential intervals with 5 specially-composed music tracks and over twenty examples. Along the way you’ll also find out about chords , rhythm, timbre and audio effects . Popular Progressions Popular Progressions teaches you to recognise and identify the most common chord progressions in real music. A huge number of songs in modern pop and rock music use just three chords. With Popular Progressions you’ll learn to recognise these “3 chord songs” and easily identify their chords by ear. Related articles Identifying Chords that Work Well Together The Danger of Chords-First Songwriting, and Other Thoughts My new book is here! How to Find the Key of a Song Interval Riffs, Part 1: Basics Chord voicings on guitar Pt2. Get domin...