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		<title>Why Amanda Palmer&#8217;s KickStarter Is A HUGE Deal For DIY Artists</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This week for my continuing feature on Property of Zack, I wrote about why Amanda Palmer&#8217;s Kickstarter campaign is one of the most important moments in the music business in quite a while. You can check it out here or after the jump. So listen, some big things happened in the music industry since we [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Problem with Artist Endorsement &amp; Equity Deals</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Many assume &#8220;the endorsement&#8221; is some sort of miraculous game-changer for bands. The unfortunate reality, endorsements deals are about as creative as a pile of poo. Shake of the normality and learn some tips to inject new life into artists endorsements.  READ HERE]]></description>
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		<title>A Great Debate On Paying For Management</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Randy Nichols of Force Management, a reputable and always forward thinking guy has called out Monolith Management for their pay up front for management pricing model and work ethic. No matter where you fall on whether bands should get involved with this entity or not the debate that has ensued on this Facebook post is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Use Spotify&#8217;s Play Button To Promote Your Music</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Spotify has now launched a Play button where sites can now embed this button and it will play the song from Spotify. This opens up some great promotional tools for bands. For one, you can now put this button on your site to allow fans to stream your songs that are on Spotify. Secondly you [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Listen To Some Of The Biggest Names In Booking Talk</title>
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		<title>Presskit.to Launches Beta For Presskit Building Service [Get Invites]</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The cool folks at the blog Indie Ambassador have launched what looks to be a very promising new service Presskit.to. The site web-based app designed to aid musicians in organizing, protecting, and sharing content that is relevant to those in the music business who want to see what your group is about. The service is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Get The Free eBook The KISS School of Marketing</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If you are like me you would probably rather stick a pencil in your ear than ever hear another KISS song, but even if that is the case, no one can deny that they are some of the greatest marketing geniuses to ever walk the Earth. Thankfully, Michael Brandvold who worked with them for quite [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Instagram Now Available For Android</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Great news for Android users! You now have access to one of the funnest and most awesome music marketing tools out there. Instagram is now up in the Android store and waiting for you to get to work with it bonding with your fans. Be sure to check up on our article on how to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ReverbNation Launches a New Look</title>
		<description><![CDATA[For years now, everyone has wondered when the Internet ghost town MySpace will kick the bucket and get a viable replacement. With the news that Facebook will no longer let you have your fans land on your music page and instead push your timeline, it seems Facebook will never quite become what MySpace once was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Best Buy To Close 50 Stores Indie And DIY Bands Win!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[BestBuy is closing 50 of it’s big-box stores and opening 100 new smaller “cell phone shack” stores. This is big news for the music business since these smaller stores are unlikely to carry any CDs in them. This deals another blow to the second generation left behind, CD buying luddites and puts another nail in [...]]]></description>
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