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#302: 31 Music Revenue Sources

Are you looking to make more money from your music? Of course! We all are.The good news is there are more revenue streams for artists out there today than there have ever been. But most…

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#034: Carl Saff – Mastering Your Album

Excite, sweeten, widen, and color your mix. Mastering can make or break an album sonically. But what is it exactly? Why do albums need to be mastered anyway? How do you know if your album…

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#033 : Roundtable – iPod Killed the Radio Star

Surprise, surprise–The new Zune music player fails to compete with Apple’s new line of iPods. Kevin, Chris and Robert offer their own thoughts and processes on songwriting and Robert shares his secret songwriting weapon. Chris…

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#032 : Evan McHugh – Writing Songs

Songwriting is hard. It requires an ear for melody, a mind for poetry, and a heart to translate emotion into the hills and valleys of song. The process of songwriting is different for everyone, but…

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#031 : Roundtable – Chicken Soup For the Indie Soul

Robert nearly burns down his apartment building. Yahoo Music folds along with the music that came with it. Chris extols the virtues of gig swapping. We revisit interviews with Anne Roos and Ariel Hyatt. Plus,…

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#030 : Anne Roos – How to Make Money Playing Weddings

Making a living as a full-time musician is a dream-come-true for most of us. But many artists are so busy looking for their ‘big break’ they forget to consider the more common and obvious sources…

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#029: Ariel Hyatt – Social Networking Online

Myspace, Facebook, Twitter, Friendster, YouTube and Flickr. Are you on these these websites? Do you know how to take advantage of their many features for self promotion and fan building? Ariel Hyatt of Cyber PR…

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#028 : Roundtable – Bloopers, Bungles, and Musical Disasters

Don’t set yourself on fire with bad lighting equipment. Back up your recording sessions. Keep an eye on your producer when she takes your masters to the bathroom with her. Be careful what you record…

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#027: Amy McCullough – Your Music in Print

Get your music reviewed by your local weekly! Amy McCullough, is the music editor for the Willamette Week, a popular and award winning weekly newspaper here in Portland with a circulation of almost 90,000. She…

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#026 : Roundtable – Brain-tingleing Indie Goodness

Guess what? We’ve got a hotline: 206-426-5683. We’ve asked artists to call in and tell us about mistakes they’ve made in their music careers and what they’ve learned from these mistakes. In this episode, find…

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#025 : Roundtable – SXSW, Radiohead (does it again) and more!

Kevin shares his adventures in the land of 10,000 bands at SXSW (South by South West). Radiohead hits another line-drive and we wrap up our sync licensing episodes with some final insights. Join us as…

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#024 : Music (Sync) licensing – Part 2

This is how to make money in indie music, plain and simple. In this follow up to our previous episode on music licensing, Kevin takes it home with two more in-depth interviews with music industry…

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#023 : Music (Sync) licensing – Part 1

See your music featured in movies, TV, radio or the web, and make money doing it! This is Part One of our two part special on sync licensing. Don’t know what sync licensing is? That’s…

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#022 : Roundtable – Rights, Royalties, Record Companies and More!

Record companies and publishing houses duke it out for cash. Harry Fox throws indies a bone. Hip hop producer Timbaland becomes the first mobile phone music producer in residence at Verizon. All this, as well…

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#021 : Kronos Quartet – The Music of Collaboration

David Harrington is the founder and visionary violinist behind the world renowned Kronos Quartet. Kronos has taken the stage with artists as diverse as Dave Mathews, Tom Waits and the Inuit throat singer Tanya Tagaq….

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#020 : Tom Simonson – Artist Manager and Consultant

Artist management may not be the first thing on your mind when you’ve got your amp cranked up and your creativity flowing. But management is just as essential to cultivating and maintaining a successful music…

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#019 : Roundtable – Extra Special Holiday Fun!

Holiday music from our listeners, our favorite tips from past episodes, a follow up with Robert on the Album In a Month challenge, and reflections on our interview with rock god Duff McKagan. Join us…

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#018: Duff McKagan – Lose Your Illusions

What does Duff McKagan, bass player for Guns N Roses and Velvet Revolver, know about indie music? More than you might think. All musicians–famous, infamous, or unknown–begin from the same basic place. A place where…

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#017 : Roundtable – The Artist and the Indie Label

Songwriting, record labels and music seminars, oh boy! Robert fearlessly signs up to write and record an album in one month (gulp), Kevin visits Seattle Music Tech 2007 (and shares his experience) and the Podcasters…

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#016 : Dylan Magierek – Who Needs Record Labels?

In a time when worldwide distribution is available through companies like CD Baby for less then a pack of new bass strings, what is the use of a record label for an indie musician? These…

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#015 : Roundtable Edition – Can Free Downloads Help Your Career?

Famed British rock group Radiohead gives away their album for free. The RIAA strikes again. Led Zeppelin goes digital. And a dog named Bucky interrupts Jourdan’s news report. Join Kevin and the Podcasters as they…

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#014 : Jeff Stuart Saltzman – Lend Us Your Ears!

Recording Engineer, Jeff Saltzman, well known for his work with many of the North West’s top indie artists, lets us in on some of the methods and madness that goes into engineering and recording music….

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#013 : Roundtable Edition – Back To The Future?

Are CDs going out of fashion or on their way back in? Why don’t MP3s sound better? What is the future of digital music? Is it possible to manage your career without ever leaving your…

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#012 : I AM JEN – The World Wide Web As Your Stage

It’s easy to promote in the real world right? All you need is a killer demo, a staple gun and a winning personality. But what if you’re not the outspoken type? What if you’re more…

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#011 : Roundtable Edition – All About Video

  Today’s Roundtable Episode is, well . . . all about video and how it can help your career. We’ll discuss Kevin’s interview with Moving Rushmore in our last episode, touch on some local news,…

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#010 : Moving Rushmore – Drums, Bass, Guitar and Video

[display_podcast] Moving Rushmore started out a little different than most bands. When the band was just taking shape, they decided that video would be such a crucial part of what they do, that Tim (Their…

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