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IACmusic.com: MySpace the way it should be?

If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Be sure to enter your band in our Socially Awesome Band of the Week contest and thanks for visiting!What do you do when your friend ignores you for a few weeks?
Hopefully, you forgive and forget because I apologize for being so slack […]

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16May2008 | maxlowe | 0 comments | Continued
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Now Search The Best Indie Music Promotion Resources on the Internet from maxlowe.net!

Recently one of my blog posts about how to keep up a good MySpace blog was featured on Knowthemusicbiz.com. I’m really pleased to see how fast that site is growing because it links together all of the best music business resources on the web, totally free. Most of the time, if you’ve got a […]

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29Apr2008 | admin | 1 comment | Continued
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The Ultimate Guide to Promoting Your Music Online: A shameless plug for my book…

The world of online independent music marketing is getting more confusing every day. Sometimes it’s difficult for busy independent artists to quickly learn the tools and tricks that will help them reach new fans and industry contacts and keep in touch with their current fanbase.
Back to Basics
Whether you’re new to the MySpace phenomenon or you’re […]

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21Apr2008 | maxlowe | 1 comment | Continued
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Don’t even think about becoming an artist without reading this article.

Kevin Kelly has published the most up to date and articulate expression of the economics behind the new music industry I can find anywhere.

In his post titled ‘1000 True Fans’, Kelly puts the power of social networking into dollar terms for your band.

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19Mar2008 | maxlowe | 0 comments | Continued
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Band Promotion 101 - Back to Basics

I’ve been meaning to write a post about the essential steps to the bigger ’system’ of the new music industry, not just the online component that we talk about alot on this blog.

Turns out Jimmy Shelter has already said it better than I ever could.

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19Mar2008 | maxlowe | 1 comment | Continued
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Read Tour Smart by Martin Atkins Now!

I thought I’d take a minute to switch from the regular topic of online music promotion to the tried and true offline epitome of breaking your band at the grassroots - touring.

Take a look at Martin Atkins’ Tour Smart, a must have book of touring secrets every artist should read before heading on tour. I bring this up because a lot of you have been talking to me about ideas for promoting your summer tour on the internet.

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19Mar2008 | maxlowe | 0 comments | Continued
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Touring? List your gigs on your Wordpress blog with Gigpress!

If I thought it was possible, I would confess to being madly in love with this plugin designed for any band using the Wordpress platform for their website.

Calling itself ‘tour management for Wordpress’, Gigpress gives you a powerful way to manage your upcoming gig calendar whether you’re playing a few shows a year or doing […]

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19Mar2008 | maxlowe | 0 comments | Continued
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How to Write a Band Bio for the Web

Your band’s biography is the essential welcoming point that connects your band’s profile, website, and music to a new visitor when they first visit one of your pages. You want that biography to be as detailed and interesting as possible. The wrong message can either bore or worry away new visitors while the right message can convince them to stick around and listen to a few more tracks. Here are a few tips to nailing that band bio the first time through:

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19Mar2008 | maxlowe | 3 comments | Continued
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