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quarta-feira, 19 de julho de 2017

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CD Baby Pro Publishing now available in Australia and New Zealand (plus Brazil updates)

At the start of 2017, CD Baby Pro Publishing — our publishing administration service for songwriters — was only available in four countries. Over the last six months we’ve rapidly expanded to serve clients in over 40 countries and territories. (See the full list here.)

As of today, we’re happy to announce that CD Baby Pro Publishing is also available in Australia, New Zealand, and Fiji. This is particularly exciting news for us because Australia represents the 4th biggest national demographic of CD Baby artists, and it means independent songwriters in Australia now have a simple solution to collect all the publishing royalties they’re owed, including:

All mechanical royalties from Spotify, Apple Music and other streaming sites. These are generated from every single stream.
All international mechanical royalties from download stores like iTunes. These are generated from every single sale.
All performance royalties from streaming services (like Spotify), radio, TV, live concert performances and much more.
Global YouTube publishing administration for any video on YouTube that contains your music.
Hundreds of other sources of songwriting and publishing royalties from around the world.

In other publishing news, CD Baby Pro Publishing can now work on behalf of Brazilian songwriters affiliated with ANY of the numerous Brazilian performing rights organizations. For details, read this overview.

Our global expansion means that CD Baby Publishing represents the single largest collection of songwriters in the world. We’re administering the publishing rights for hundreds of thousands of songs and representing more than 100,000 writers in more than 40 countries and territories, but we’re not stopping there. As the value of this already crucial service for songwriters increases with the rapid adoption of streaming, we hope to bring CD Baby Pro Publishing to even more countries in 2017 or early 2018.

Sua Personalidade De Procrastinar E Como Gerenciá-la

Your Procrastinator Personality (and how to master it)

Musicians are master procrastinators; here’s how to stall like a boss.

If you’ve ever done gymnastics, one of the things you learn early on is how to fall. Not because the coaches and teachers want you to fall, but because you’re going to fall. You may as well learn how to do it without hurting yourself. I take this same view with procrastinating. It’s inevitable. So why not develop some skills to procrastinate like a boss?

We procrastinate from doing The Thing we know we need to do for a variety of reasons that can usually be rolled into two categories: The Fear or The Overwhelm.

The Fear

We stall when we are subconsciously (or consciously) afraid of possible outcomes from us actually doing The Thing. What if they hate this song? What if I DO get this gig and can’t bring the house down? What if I email them and they say no?

Not confident in the emails you’re sending? Then grab this free music pitching checklist.

Either way, The Fear is usually the #1 thing that stops us from being unstoppable badasses in our music careers.

The Overwhelm

The Overwhelm is when we have no idea what to do first, where to start, or how to do The Thing. We are left anxious, nervous, and wanting to crawl under the covers. The solution? Get into action despite how you feel about it, or ask for help. Break down The Thing into manageable bit-size mini-Things, and you’ll be on your way.

Procrastination coping skills

Now. That all being said, sometimes, on occasion, procrastination still shows up, and that is perfectly OKAY. Since it’s going to happen, let’s make the most of it.

Here are some of my favorite master procrastinator skills matched up with the kind of procrastinator I may be at any given day.

The Productive Procrastinator: I’m one of those people who normally works well with an impending deadline. Which makes it much easier to put off The Thing that is due until the last-ish minute. I’ll avoid doing The Thing by doing other things I need to do but aren’t high on my priority list… like vacuuming up a week’s worth of shedding dog hair. I lean into this even more by setting myself up the night before; I’ll empty the vacuum, leave it out (and maybe even plugged in) to really make sure that if I AM going to procrastinate, I’m going to make the best of it.
The Relaxed Procrastinator: As an independent musician and freelance composer, I am always ALWAYS ready to reply to an email, ready to jot down a new lyrical idea, and always looking for the next gig, collaboration, or connection. The urge to procrastinate can be very strong and lead me straight to a hammock or couch. Whether lying outside for a half hour, taking in a few episodes of This Is Us, or walking my dog while calling a friend, the Relaxed Procrastinator gives me the break I should have scheduled. When I do decide to give in, I put a time limit on it (so I stay on track) and I don’t beat myself up about the break I’m taking.
The Digitally Distracted Procrastinator: You know this one. You look at Twitter one more time. Design one more room in your House Design app. One more round of Candy Crush (do people still play this?). We whip out our phone or open our social media tabs when we get stuck or are stalling doing The Thing. To make the most of this dangerous delayer, be conscious of when you start to wander to your digital vices and take a quick second to ask yourself why you’re wandering and how can you make the most of it? If you’re scrolling around on Facebook, head to that musician group to read and comment on a few recent posts. Watching videos on YouTube? Find another indie musician’s newly released music video and share it with your social networks.
The Unpleasant Procrastinator: This is when you are so stressed out about The Thing and find yourself pacing around, snapping at your significant other or roommate, complaining about your bandmates or client, or generally just fuming. The only fix here is this: STOP IT. Sit down and do The Thing. You’ll know when it’s time to do it… when you absolutely LEAST feel like it.

Eu Deveria Promover Minha Música? Prepare Um Plano De Marketing

How should I promote my music? Set up a content marketing plan!

The basics of a content marketing plan for musicians.

Music promotion is something a lot of people struggle with.

It can be tough to find something that actually works. After all, your goal is to be able to sell music, merch, and tickets and ultimately make a living from your music, so just getting followers or being “internet famous” isn’t going to cut it.

You can’t eat tweets, and they certainly won’t pay your rent. The social is only one part of the equation.

The strategy you use needs to come full circle to financial support – starting with growing an audience, nurturing that audience, and then driving the sale.

And hey – I know that sounds like a lot. I know the last thing you want is a big marketing strategy that takes up all your time. Making sure you have time for playing, writing, and practicing is the big priority.

So let’s go through a system we’ve been developing that makes promoting your music more efficient, more profitable, and more fun.

This is just a quick overview, so if you want more information, make sure you join us in one of the live webinars we’re hosting on Friday, July 21 at 1PM EST and Sunday, July 23 at 4PM EST. We’re going to be going through each step and sharing some practical applications and examples so you can see everything in action.

Plan

The first step to any successful marketing endeavor is to PLAN – to know what you’re goal is and why.

This goal will be a standard to weigh all your actions and decisions against. And it will make everything a lot clearer in terms of what steps you should take next.

If you’re trying to decide whether a certain gig will actually move you forward, ask yourself, “Is this gig directly related to my goal? Or would my time be better spent elsewhere?”

This planning stage is also where you’ll figure out who your audience is. Every musician should be able to know off the top of their head some basic info about their fans – age ranges, gender divide, general location, and maybe some other bands and musicians they like or some of their general interests.

You can find a lot of this on social media, but I also suggest getting out there and actually talking to your fans. Ask questions on social media, do polls, and get out in the audience after your gigs to get to know who they are and what they’re all about.

This data will help you make decisions like where to tour, what kind of merch to order, what kind of cover songs to include in your set, and so on. It’s all about being able to relate to your audience.

Build

Once you know who you are, where you’re going, and who you’re playing for, it’s time to start building! This is where you’ll use everything you’ve learned to create social media pages, a website, a blog, and an email list that are really focused on your unique career.

If you already have this stuff set up, now is a good time to reassess. Is everything serving you to it’s full potential? Do you need to adjust your brand or how you communicate with your fans?

Your website is the central hub of your music promotion efforts. Your store will live here as well as your email collection forms. I also recommend some kind of “blog.”

I put “blog” in quotes because it definitely doesn’t have to be a typical, text-heavy blog. You can publish anything you want here. The point is to have regularly published fresh content to keep your fans coming back to your site where you can expose them to your store, your tour dates, and your email forms.

Create

Now that we have the foundations, we can start actually creating awesome content that your fans will love.

Start with brainstorming ideas for one blog post and then derive a few social posts and an email from that.

As you create social posts, blog posts, and emails, don’t think about them as three separate things. You can and should be repurposing your content and adapting it for different places. A single blog post can be splintered off into a ton of social posts and an email. When you start thinking like this, promoting your music becomes a lot less time-consuming.

Integrate

And finally, we’re going to integrate everything together into one big funnel.

Ultimately, you want to create a path of movement driving fans to engage on a deeper and deeper level until they are buyers and financial supporters of your music.

And you do this by almost tier-ing the exclusivity of the content you share:

Social media is for short-form content and day-to-day engagement.
Your blog is for longer form content and more information (think stuff your solid fans would want to read and watch).
Your email list functions as an exclusive little club where you share early access and exclusive content you don’t publish anywhere else.

And of course, everything should link together…

So on social you could share a short video from the studio with a link to your blog for the tone breakdown. On your blog you could post a video tutorial breaking down the tone you used with a link to signup for emails to get the full day’s vlog. To your email subscribers you send the full vlog with a link to pre-order the album.

Now, everything you post doesn’t have to be this thought out, but you should at least ask yourself, “What is the purpose of this social post?” They shouldn’t exist in a vacuum, they should all be working towards some common goal.

Fender Bluetooth Lembra Um Mini Amplificador

Fender's new Bluetooth speakers look just like mini guitar amps

The Fender name is legendary in the world of music for its guitars and amplifiers. But now the company is setting its sights on a new chunk of the music industry — Bluetooth speakers. The company is launching two speakers: the larger $349.99 Monterey, and the smaller, portable $199.99 Newport.

The $349.99 Monterey is the more powerful of the two new speakers, which is logical, given that it's meant to stay put on a shelf or cabinet unlike the portable Newport. It features four drivers — two woofers and two tweeters — for 120W of power, both RCA and 3.5mm aux jacks for hooking up audio sources, and comes in a wooden enclosure.

Monterey. Image: Fender
DESIGNS INSPIRED BY THE COMPANY'S CLASSIC ‘68 CUSTOM AMPLIFIERS

The Newport is comparatively weaker, only driving 30W of power with two woofers and a single tweeter. But along with a smaller size and price point, the Newport includes a built-in battery, which Fender says should last for up to 12 hours of playback. The Newport also includes a USB port, so it can double as a portable battery pack in a pinch.

Both speakers have designs inspired by the company's classic ‘68 Custom amplifiers, with the same retro grilles and labels, knobs, and buttons that you'd expect from a Fender product. Fender is also offering aptX and AAC codec support for better Bluetooth sound quality, along with the option to adjust both bass and treble through physical hardware controls so that you can tweak your music to your exact specification.

Newport. Image: Fender

Just as in the amplifier space, Fender already has some competition when it comes to Bluetooth speakers in the form of longtime rival Marshall, which has been producing speakers based off its own amps for a while now. Specifically, the Marshall Stockwell and Stanmore speakers appear to be pretty competitive when compared to Marshall's new speakers, while being pretty well regarded when it comes to sound quality. But no matter which way your amp allegiance falls, it looks like you’ll have plenty of choice when it comes to speaker options.

That said, it’s also worth noting that Fender sells actual amps with Wi-Fi and Bluetooth for the same $249.99 price point, which, while probably not tuned for the wider range of music you’d generally be playing off a phone or laptop, still might be worth a look (especially if you also play guitar).

The Fender Monterey and Newport are available now from Fender's website.

terça-feira, 18 de julho de 2017

Loudwire Music Awards Fará Tributo À Tony Iommi

Exclusive: Inaugural Loudwire Music Awards to Pay Tribute to Tony Iommi

Fozzy singer/WWE personality Chris Jericho will host Oct. 24 event in Los Angeles

Hard-rock/metal website Loudwire is presenting its first-ever Loudwire Music Awards ceremony and concert on Oct. 24 at The Novo Theater at L.A. Live in Los Angeles. The preliminary lineup, which will feature exclusive performances, will be announced July 19.

Black Sabbath member Tony Iommi will be honored with the Courage Award, which recognizes both his musical output and his bravery in his battle with cancer. The guitarist was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma in 2011, and is currently in remission. Going forward, the award will be called the Iommi and presented to future generations of courageous artists.

Iommi is not only receiving an award — he literally is the Loudwire Music Award. His hand served as the original mold for the official Hand of Doom trophy that will be presented to all winners and honorees.

“Of all the funny things that I've done in my life, this was another one. I was asked if I would do a mold of my hand so that they could make it into an award,” says Iommi. “I was very honored.”

The hand that has played Black Sabbath’s classic riffs for nearly 50 years was almost immortalized in a manner that he didn’t expect. “I was asked to put my arm into this big bucket full of this colored gel. All was going fine until it set, and then I found that I couldn't get my arm back out!” explains Iommi. “My hand started to cramp up, and I thought, ‘Oh no, what now?’ After a considerable amount of pulling and twisting, it eventually came out, and the cast looked amazing; so much detail. I'm really looking forward to seeing the finished award. Thanks, Loudwire — what's next?''

Watch of clip of Iommi dunking his hand into the molding gel below:

WWE personality and Fozzy frontman Chris Jericho, who has hosted such genre-related events as the Metal Hammer Golden Gods, will be the MC. "I'm so stoked to reclaim my crown as the greatest rock’n’roll awards show host of all time,” says Jericho. “The Loudwire Music Awards is going to be the biggest awards show in American heavy-metal history, with the biggest bands, biggest performances, biggest trophies and the biggest bar tabs.”

Created and produced by industry veteran Josh Bernstein, co-creator and producer of events like the Revolver Golden Gods Awards and the Alternative Press Music Awards, the Loudwire Music Awards will enable Loudwire.com readers to vote for several award categories, including album and song of the year, beginning Aug. 15.

Compositores De 'Stranger Things,' 'House of Cards,' 'Fargo' Reagem As Indicações Ao EMMY

Composers for 'Stranger Things,' 'House of Cards,' 'Fargo' & More React to Emmy Nominations

Thursday’s (July 13) Emmy Awards nominations highlighted the work of several top composers and, for the first time, music supervisors, who got their own category this year.

Billboard reached out for reaction from a number of nominees, who revealed how they found out about their nod and what made their music stand out:

JEFF BEAL
Outstanding Music Composition for a Series: House of Cards
“I was home getting ready to start my writing day when my publicist called me with this news. It sounds strange to say, having won an Emmy Award already for House of Cards, but I am incredibly surprised to be recognized with a nomination for Season 5. It just shows that people are still invested in the Underwoods, and I am genuinely proud to be along for the ride. For me, Season 5 was about the ascent of Claire Underwood and Frank’s secret self-immolation. This episode, [Chapter 63], was pivotal for both of these characters. I loved the way Claire becomes a fourth wall breaking character, and Frank seems increasingly paranoid -- this sense of lying, and breakdown of trust amongst every one in the West Wing, which now in today’s climate doesn’t feel so atypical.”

MAC QUAYLE
Outstanding original main title theme music: Feud: Bette and Joan
Outstanding Music Composition for a Limited Series, Movie or Special: Feud: Bette and Joan
“My publicist called me to tell me. This is the third year in a row with a nomination, so if I see her name show up on my phone it’s good news. The theme was the first thing I wrote. The idea from the beginning was that the music should evoke 1960s Hollywood, which pretty much meant an orchestral sound, and would bring us back to the era and pay homage to great composers like Bernard Herrmann and Henry Mancini, as well as would help tell the story of the feud between these two great actors and the sad story of how they would treated by Hollywood. It’s not a small order, but it’s pretty defined. With the theme, what was unusual was I am usually given the visuals and write to that, but here, all I was given were some stills and then they animated the stills to the music. [For the score], I chose the pilot as the submission because I felt it really established the themes and it had some of the groovy, fun jazz stuff that we did for a lot of the episodes.”

LORNE BALFE
Outstanding Original Main Title Theme Music: Genius
“You’re talking to a man with a very heavy case of jet lag,” says Balfe, who arrived in London this morning and was trying to catch a few winks before heading to the Dunkirk premiere tonight when he got the news. “My publicist woke me up to tell me and now I think I’m going to fight through my jet lag and go get a drink.” Balfe and Hans Zimmer wrote the main theme for the series for [executive producer] Ron Howard after “a lot of talking and more talking. When it’s the main title, you can spend more time talking than the theme actually lasts. The music was very important to Ron. It was part of the DNA because other than woman chasing and solving theories, music was a very important part of Einstein’s life. We knew there was going to be more than one Genius, so it had to be not just about Einstein, but about the concept of being a genius.”

JEFF RUSSO
Outstanding Music Composition for a Limited Series, Movie or Special: Fargo
“Paul Doucette from Matchbox Twenty, who’s one of my closest friends tweeted that I’d been nominated and then he texted me. The nominations were announced way faster this year, I hadn’t been looking yet,” says Russo who is celebrating his third nomination for the music for Fargo in three years. “This season we talked a lot about Russian-feeling music and Russian composers and I really connected to that a lot. I think the particular episode submitted is a very emotional episode. It’s the penultimate episode and a lot of things become very clear, not the least of which is Carrie Coons’ character has a big cathartic moment. It was super emotional and the one closest to my heart.”

RUPERT GREGSON-WILLIAMS
Outstanding Music Composition for a Series: The Crown
I found out about my nomination after receiving multiple phone calls from colleagues and friends while I was "writing the score for the latest series of The Crown. What made the nomination extremely special is that working on The Crown and with Stephen Daldry and Peter Morgan is such a creatively rewarding experience.The episode that was submitted entitled Hyde Park Corner is brilliantly written and performed and deals with the death of the King which had such an important effect on the politics of the world at the time."

JEREMY TURNER
Outstanding Music Composition for a Limited Series, Movie or Special: Five Came Back
“I was on a trail run this morning, and when I got back to my car there was a congratulatory text from my wife with a photo of her and our newborn, both smiling. I began working on Five Came Back just before the holidays, with very little runway left in the schedule so it was a real race. But the finish line for me was recording the score at Warner Bros, having friends fly in from all over to be a part of the orchestra. That was truly special.”

GARY LIONELLI
Outstanding Music Composition for a Limited Series, Movie or Special: O.J.: Made In America
"I was at my computer but had actually forgotten to check when I saw a Google News headline that the Emmy nominations were just out. I was pretty stunned to read my name when I scrolled down. I feel incredibly honored to have received this nomination, and I’m thrilled so many others associated with the film have gotten nominations, too. It’s all a very strange turn of events -- from watching the Bronco chase live on TV with the rest of America more than 20 years ago to so many years later scoring the exact scene, play by play. So the challenge was how to score such an epic real-life event that everyone is so familiar with and not oversensationalize it or trivialize it in any way. I decided to focus on the overall tragedy of the circumstances and let that direct the course of the music. The feelings from that time are something no one who remembers the events will forget, and I know my own feelings from that time came through when I was writing."

MARTIN PHIPPS
Original Music Composition for a Series, Victoria
Original Main Title Theme Music, Victoria
"Totally delighted to get 2 nominations for Victoria, especially the title music. Writing music for a memorable title sequence has been an ambition since childhood days. My youngest daughter recently came home from school saying that the girl next to her was humming the theme under her breath. Job done!”

KYLE DIXON and MICHAEL STEIN
Original Main Title Theme Music, Stranger Things
“I was on the way to the dentist when I heard the news,” said Dixon in a statement. “Glad I wasn’t already in the chair or I would have missed the call!.” “We’re thrilled to be nominated!” added Stein. “It’s a great feeling to be included alongside so many other great composers. It is an honor and a treat. Cheers!”

JASHA KLEBE
Outstanding Music Composition for a Series, Planet Earth II
"My mother had the privilege of breaking the news to me, when she screamed into the phone early this morning,” says Klebe, who scored the series with Jacob Shea. “It's just such an honor to be recognized, but we would be nothing without the remarkable team that brought us this unbelievable footage."

NORA FELDER
Outstanding Music Supervision, Stranger Things
"Wow!!!! I feel like I just entered a parallel universe! Such fantastic news to be included in this historical Emmy first that acknowledges music supervisors as the music warriors that they are," Felder said in a statement. "Stranger Things is a huge phenomenon, and its a honor to be a part of the casting process of one of the shows main characters: The Music!"

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