Burn your music on demand

Music on demand, for small quantities of cds. Could it work for you ? Think about it…
Major Labels Release Long Tail Music on Amazon
Sony/BMG and EMI plan to release out-of-print albums on CD through CreateSpace, Amazon’s service for creating products as customers order them — sort of like CafePress for CDs, books and DVDs.
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CreateSpace [...]

How do we get the metal bands onto the music video games

you get on these games and you get known instantly. How to do it, though? I’m still looking into it…
Rock Band and Guitar Hero 3 new home for metal debuts
Both Rock Band and Guitar Hero III have become big business in the gaming world, and with the opening of the online music store [...]

Amazon for men, iTunes for women

Lots of room for digital downloads to grow. So go get your songs online !
Amazon MP3 store’s gains not coming at iTunes’ expense
(…) According to a new report by the NPD Group, the data shows that Amazon may be able to continue growing alongside iTunes. The market research firm said today that only [...]

A good summary

Check out this article. it’s a good summary of the new music business
Kiruba Shankar: Business of free music
While the music industry is playing ostrich, a few music bands are smartly embracing the Internet by giving their music away for free … and in the process, making money!

MySpace Online music store

So far, the deal is only with the majors and nothing will happen for several months, as the plans are still being put in palce. But what happens with the indie’s share of the profits ??? Either it happens, or the indies will rightly leave Myspace in droves…
But the all in one approach is obiously [...]

Let them hear your music

So now there is proof : if people can listen to your streaming music in full, they are more likely to purchase it than if they only hear a 30 seconds fragment. Just make sure there’s a BUY button next to your streaming music !!!
Last.fm Says Full Track Previews Increase Song Sales
Since Last.fm’s label [...]

Selling downloads at various prices

Another tool to experiment with : selling a compilation with different pricing levels. Will fans bite ? Time will tell. Again, an idea that’s definitely worth keeping in mind, or trying out.
Indie Label Experiments with Tiered Music Pricing | Listening Post from Wired.com
London-based indie electronica label Highpoint Lowlife is experimenting with a similar model for [...]

Get to know where your fans are !

Looks like a useful tool to find out how your popularity is growing… provided, of course, that you’ve got video clips or live performances of your work…
YouTube Releases Video Analytics Tool
Users of the popular video-sharing Website YouTube now have a set of analytics tools which allow them to see who is watching a video and [...]

Selling your music on your website

Jonathan Coulton sells his music over the internet and he does it well.
The news section keeps things current, the forum allows interaction, there are helpful comments in a friendly tone, there’s RSS, and various payment options, including what to do if you’ve already pirated the music. Well done!

Easy for the majors

It’s always been pretty obvious that linking up with hard drives and other music devices (phones, mp3 players, pda, …) would make a lot of sense, and easy money to boot. But what are the chances if you’re an indie label with ten artists to market ? Will you be able to get a piece [...]