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#146: Roundtable – Your best touring tips!

IMG_0923A great tour can make you feel on top of the world. A bad tour can make you question everything. We asked CD Baby artists for advice when it comes to successful DIY touring, and how to make sure there are more ups than downs when logging miles in support of your music. In this episode, Kevin and Chris share their favorite bits of touring wisdom from the CD Baby community, plus they discuss the launch of Tidal, YouTube Music Key, and rumors of iTunes streaming.

The Doubleclicks article mentioned in this episode can be found HERE

The merch article mentioned in the episode is HERE

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#113: Roundtable – Why YouTube Pulled Your Video and Other Music Mysteries Solved

iTunes releases juicy details about iTunes Match, a service that some say “legalizes piracy” and others say “monetizes it.” Pandora’s public offering doesn’t fair well for the popular music streaming company. Facebook starts randomly changing things and Kevin (and others) get upset. The Podcaster discuss getting a Wikipedia musician page in relation to this article: How to Create a Wikipedia Page for Your Band/Music

A podcast listener shares an interesting email about the dangers of getting your music videos pulled from YouTube and the podcasters discuss this and other copyright issues on YouTube.

Plus lots of other tips, anecdotes, listener calls and bad jokes by Kevin, Chris and the Bolt.

Have you ever had a video pulled from YouTube or a page pulled from Wikipedia? Share your stories in the comments below.

https://podcast.cdbaby.com/PodcastAudio/DIYMusicianPodcast_Episode113.mp3

 

 

#049: Dave Kusek – Getting an Education Online

Dave Kusek is a musician who has been inventing the future of music for the past twenty-five years. He was one of the first to capitalize on the commercial potential of computers and music. As an early synthesizer and electronic music pioneer, Dave cut his teeth on innovation.  Today, Dave Kusek is innovating at Berklee College of Music in Boston, Mass., the premier school for aspiring professional musicians for over half a century. Dave runs Berklee Press, as well as leads Berklee’s major initiative to expand music education worldwide, through an online music school at Berkleemusic.com. An associate professor of music business at Berklee, Kusek also finds time to run Digital Cowboys, his consulting firm.

Have you attended one of Berklee’s online courses?  Please share your experience by leaving a comment below.

https://podcast.cdbaby.com/PodcastAudio/DIYMusicianPodcast_Episode049.mp3

#047: Allen Jones – A Musician’s Guide to Taxes

It’s tax time! Before you run away screaming, we’ve provided this resource to help guide you through process of properly reporting your music income to the IRS. Allen Jones, from Portland Community College, stops by to break it down and aide us musicians in what is usually an ominous task. YOUR ATTENTION PLEASE: This information is provided only as a guide to point you in the right direction. Each individual has a unique tax situation, so it’s important that you seek the advice of a licensed tax preparer. In others words, don’t blame us if you get audited! Now stop procrastinating, and go do your taxes!

The form Allen has in hand for the discussion is the 1040 form. Download a copy here.

https://podcast.cdbaby.com/PodcastAudio/DIYMusicianPodcast_Episode047.mp3

#044: Roundtable – Polishing Your Performances

Revisiting Tom Jackson’s interview, the Podcasters offer their own thoughts on the importance of developing a great live show. Many of our listeners have taken up the Twitter challenge and called our listener line with tips and tricks for using Twitter and Facebook, plus more calls, questions, emails and comments from our audience.  Have you identified any “moments” in your show? Have you made a serious mistake you’d like to share? What’s your favorite move on stage?

https://podcast.cdbaby.com/PodcastAudio/DIYMusicianPodcast_Episode044.mp3

 

 

 

#041: Roundtable – What’s Your Story?

Not-so-secret secrets revealed! Social media do’s and don’ts. What Bon Jovi, Bruce Springsteen and Madonna have in common. YouTube teams up with Rumble Fish. Robert offers to throw a virtual snowball at Kevin. And the podcasters discuss the importance of knowing the story behind your music. Pour yourself a cup of hot coco, plug in your earbuds, and let the DIY Musician Podcast ring in the New Year.
Mentioned in this Episode:
Techipedia article on Social Networking Etiquette

https://podcast.cdbaby.com/PodcastAudio/DIYMusicianPodcast_Episode041.mp3

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