Fans can now purchase merchandise, digital downloads, concert tickets and even meetups through YouTube. YouTube has unveiled a merch store that will allow artists to sell their merch directly from their YouTube artist pages. Fans will be able to buy “artists’ merchandise, digital downloads, concert tickets and even unique experiences like meetups,” according to Sunday [...]
Top Spin is probably the most comprehensive Music Service out there now – but is it right for you? Some of their Features: Topspin Media Players – where you can stream high-quality audio and video that can be played or shared anywhere! Connect with your Fans via E-mail and other social networks – collect analytics [...]
Well – I’ll have to admit that this post may be just a TAD biased as I’ve had a rather BAD EXPERIENCE with REVERB NATION as of late – but I still see that they have a place in my TOOL BOX for getting my music out! But beware they keep trying to “Sucker You [...]
CD BABY is probably one of the BETTER SERVICES GOING for artists, bands, duo acts, etc. I’ll first give my readers a little background anecdotal story. I was speaking at a Music Conference in Louisville, KY back in 2005 or so shortly after my book was released. I was actually asked by Stephen McCord of [...]
Signing up with Band Camp is pretty much a NO BRAINER! Why? First it’s FREE to join – ZERO start up costs! You can upload singles or albums or both CD sales outrank single download 16 to 1 – (that’s STRONG!) You can set your own price or let your fans set their price for [...]
THE BEST MUSIC SERVICES (UPDATE) I’ve had SEVERAL REQUESTS to FINISH this SERIES – but have JUST not had the time! I do have a host of documentation – word files, spread sheets and a LOT of LINKS to share – but it’s still a LOT of RESEARCH and just as soon as I “THINK” [...]
This blog falls in line with Publicity Rights and what happens to your publicity rights after you’re gone… Publicity Rights are not federal – they are state laws. So it’s taken a while for many states to be brought into the fold in regards to the protection of publicity rights, especially after one passes on. [...]
What are Publicity Rights? And what is your Right to Privacy? With the changes in the internet and SOCIAL MEDIA I’ll have to write even MORE about your RIGHT TO PRIVACY – but for now – here’s an excerpt to read: Publicity and Privacy Rights Right of Privacy: the right of a person to be [...]
What exactly is a TRADE SECRET? AND HOW DO YOU PROTECT THEM? Trade Secrets are NOT governed by any FEDERAL STATUTE and in fact, TRADE SECRETS are like the step-child of patents, trademarks and copyrights…and are tied to State Laws They are about protecting things that you can’t file a patent, trademark or copyright on [...]
I get asked this WAY TOO OFTEN – or worse, I hear people saying I”m going to COPYRIGHT MY BAND NAME. Well you can NOT copyright a name – you can’t copyright a title to a song, you can’t even copyright an expression! TRADEMARK is how you protect your band, business or BRAND NAME! The [...]
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