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I recently came a cross a blog post by a guy by the name of
James Lee Stanley and in his blog, he talks about how he has been
able to get 3, not 1... THREE of his songs in independent movies.


Seeing this was pretty hot, especially since, I have an ebook
that tells you how to get your music used in movies, T.V. and
video games... You might have seen it, if not take a look it is
called "My Music In Movies" and it is at:
http://www.MyMusicInMovies.com/main


Take a look at the site, you'll be amazed at some of the many things
that you can do you get your material used in movies, TV and video
games, which of course ends up being extra revenue for you right?


After that, take a look at the blog post that James put up, I'll post
it below:


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Taken from a Blog Post by James Lee Stanley
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Today I got three of my songs into an independent film that is in
production and it reminded me that I haven’t talked much about how
to do that. Having been living in Los Angeles since 1980, you would
think that I have had a ton of music in films, but it is evidently
extremely difficult to make it thru the filters and gate keepers. I
have had two different film agents and I am afraid that neither one
could get my music into a film. It’s possible that the music just
sucks and I’m deluding myself (as well we all might be), but the
response from audiences and critics to my performances and my
recordings leaves me to believe that it is something else. Which
brings us to the topic today.


For those of you who might not know, networking is simply
connecting with as many people in the arenas where you want to
work, making your work and your presence known and making certain
that all those people who are also in your arena are reminded of
your work and your presence. If you have enormous success then the
phone rings and you fend offers…but even then, you are only hot for
a moment and then someone else is hot and you’re just another one
of the people doing it. So what do you do?


First off, join as many professional organizations as you can and
then attend their functions…something that I have been remiss to do
for several years…lazy, discouraged, busy,…there are a million
excuses but the fact remains that it’s my fault my music isn’t in
more films. It’s a lot of work going to all these functions and
promoting yourself in such a way that folks don’t run when they see
you coming. But I digress. Attend all these functions.


If you hear of brunches and lunches and networking parties, go to
them all. You never know when you are going to connect with someone
who actually can hear what you are doing. And you really only need
one person like that. Look at what Brian Epstein did with the
Beatles. They were turned down by everyone …everyone. And he would
not give up. Take a lesson there. And always have a couple of
copies of your best stuff with you. But don’t hand them out like
breath mints. Make the offer count.


Secondly, follow up on all the people that you meet at these
functions. Send them emails, send them your product. Unless it is
something that’s too timely to pass up, it is better to send them
your work as soon after the contact as possible. That way, they are
again reminded of you, as opposed to them finding your CD under the
seat of their car two years later and wondering who in the world
you are. Personal contact followed by reminder contact followed by
product followed by the “just checking to make certain you received
the…” contact and then period contact to just keep the avenue open.


It’s these contacts that make it happen. Nobody is going to come
over to your house and go thru your drawer looking for the perfect
song for their movie. No matter how good you are. You need to be
seen and heard at every opportunity.  And knokwing these people and
reminding them of your talent and availability is a great
idea....as long as you don't come off like a whore for your work.  
Try to use some finesse and sensitivity, but keep your eye on the
prize.   I think it might be better to get the prize than be liked
by everyone and have no film credits.


If you have the opportunity to work with an agent, keep in mind
that it is your job to keep the agent on target. They have lots of
clients. Make certain that you are in their mind and their heart.
And when you get a lead, send it to them and then follow up. If
someone actually makes some money working with you, they are much
more likely to think of you the next time that they are called upon
for a tune.


Now in the instance of today, the film producer wanted a specific
song from a specific album I had produced, actually three specific
songs and they contacted me directly. It might have been wiser to
contact my film agent (who works with me on a non exclusive basis),
but I did not think that there was enough money from this small
budget independent film to take up her time. That being said, I now
think I should have turned the producer over to her anyhow. That
was a mistake on my part. Even though I’ll make much more of the
advance by doing it myself, you want these people involved with you
and you want them to make some money for their involvement. That
can always lead to more work, whereas doing it yourself is not
going to endear you to your agent. Wow, I’m still learning every
single day, every single transaction, every single song. How about
you? I’ve got to stop writing and call my agent.


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End of Jame's blog post.



Don't you agree that the information that he provide was pretty awesome?
I know I do..In fact, I am in the process of setting up an interview
with him, so keep your eyes open because I'll be letting you know how
you can listen into it once we have everything all set.


In the meantime, to get more detailed information on ho to get your
music used in not only Movies, but also on TV and within video Games,
pick up a copy of my new ebook
"My Music In Movies" over at http://www.MyMusicInMovies.com/main


Enjoy the rest of your Sunday



Ty Cohen
Your Music Business Coach!
http://www.MyMusicInMovies.com/main

Check this out, if you've been around me for any length of time you should know that I alway shout "Marketing Before Music" or maybe you've heard me stress how important it is to be ABM... No that is not some secret underground college sorority, ABM is short for "Always Be Marketing" as someone who has a desire to "Make it" in the music industry, you should understand that marketing and promotion come waaaayyyyyyyy before "talent"...

If there is anything that we should have learned from the Obama campaign, it is that they truly understood how important marketing is... From here on I will post articles and comments of my own and even a link or so to other blogs that capture some of the marketing essence that the Obama campaign carried.

Here is the first link, this blog talks about just a few of the marketing lessons that the folks over at Obama HQ carried out... Take a look and think of how YOU can use some of these same methods to Market, Promote & Sell Your music world-wide... Yes You Can!  

Go here to read the article.  Then Go Here to pick up a copy of my best-selling course "Secrets to making Money in the Music Industry"

Also, i would love to hear your comments and thoughts on why you feel marketing is important, also lets hear some of the things that you are doing to Market, Promote & Sell your music...

Peace


Ty Cohen
Your Music Business Coach!

I Sincerely Apologize


I ended up being so busy working on new projects that
I lost track of time and almost forgot to post this weekend's


I sent this to another list byt email earlier this morning and
they have basically eaten this stuff up, they love it so much...


So I figure, its never to late as long as I made it
extra special, WHICH I DID, visit the site below
to see what I'm giving you.


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Talk to you soon,
Take Action and Stay Focused!!!!


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Ty Cohen
Your Music Business Coach!
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 Check it out...
 
Here is a great article that I recently came across that I really,
truly believe that you need to read.


What caught my eye about this article is the fact that I recently
spoke to one of my clients about a week ago and he had become the victim
of one of the types of music scams that this article talks about...
 
 
Take a look, you'll be glad that you took the two minutes needed to
do so!
 
 
 
The article starts here
***********************************
 
 
If you are an inspiring musician or songwriter, you have probably
seen ads claiming to make you a star… for a fee. The truth is that
making your way into the music industry is difficult, and many
scamers have taken created what seems to be the perfect break-in
opportunity. If you have doubts whether an opportunity is
legitimate, there are red flags to look out for.

 
 
#1-  Be skeptical if you are contacted directly. There are lots of
great artists out there who are sending demos and working hard to
get a label or agent to notice them. If the only thing you have
done is put some samples on your MySpace page and still receive a
letter from an “agent,” be suspicious. Pay attention to the wording
of the letter or email and look for specific details, such as names
of songs, that show the person is talking about you, rather than
sending out a mass email.



#2- Be wary of ads promising you a music career if you pay them.
"Nobody can guarantee success", not matter how talented you are.
Legitimate companies will evaluate your work and only offer you a
contract after you have proven you are good. This means you
shouldn’t have to pay before you are evaluated.



#3- Use resources like The Industry Yellow Pages over at
http://www.TheIndustryYellowPages.com to find and research
recording studios before you step in and make sure you know exactly
what you’re getting for your money. References are especially
important, as they show that the company has had satisfied
customers in the past. If you are given references, contact these
people directly, but also look online to whether they have any real
presence in the music industry.



#4- Use companies such as Taxi, CD Baby or Ty Cohen's Music
Marketing Extreme Program to promote your work. CD Baby will allow
you to sell your already-produced CDs and help you reach potential
record companies through their website. Taxi will guide you through
the whole process, including forwarding your work to companies,
critiques and both online and direct listings and Ty Cohen's Music
Marketing Extreme program will get you mass visibility online on a
global scale. All three resources offer tips and organize free
conferences to help aspiring musicians (see Resources below).



Don’t assume that paying for something equals scam. In fact,
aspiring musicians often shell out money to pay for studios to
record demos or produce their own CDs. This is acceptable as long
as you know what you’re getting.
(Note from Ty: For some of the best music business success
resources check out http://www.MusicContracts101.com and
http://www.TheUltimateRecordLabel.com )



I hope this article has enlightened you and been a benefit, stay
tuned for the next one, coming soon!
 
 
 
Ty Cohen
Your Music Biz Coach!
http://www.MusicContracts101.com

Musicians, Singers, Songwriters, Rappers and everyone in between are
using
Twitter to:
 
Sell Songs
Find Band Mates
Get Record Deals
Make Deals
Get Giggs and more...


So I hope you are to... In fact Twitter is so hot for people like us
that I highly recommend that everyone in the music industry have an
account,
By The Way... Mine is http://www.Twitter.com/MusicBizCenter


Make sure that you follow me (Do It Now.. Remember that rule about
procrastination!)


If you don't have an account with Twitter, it's free so you should
be ashamed of yourself. Sign up now at http://www.Twitter.com and
then scroll above and add me as your first friend.. and then you
can add some of the other celebrities below
(Note how I include myself as a celebrity :)

(I'll give you their tweet addresses after you add me, just send me
a tweet!)

REM

Snoop Dogg

Oasis

MC Hammer

Kristin Hersh

Q-Tip (From a Tribe Called Quest)
 
 Kanye West
 
and a lot of others that you'd be surprised to hear
 
 
As Snoop Dogg would say, "Twitter is the Sniznik!"
 

Check out this article that I recently came across by About.com's
Heather McDonald:


How to Use Twitter for Music Promotion


It should come as no surprise that I'm a bit of a social networking
skeptic. I only started using MySpace about 2 months ago - and that
was under duress - I swore I would never do it. Since then, my
position has softened somewhat. I've come to the conclusion that
MySpace can be helpful in promotion, when used wisely (although it
is often not used wisely - and I'm guilty of that as well). Despite
being a social networking doubter, I surprised myself by joining
Twitter a week or two ago. Although the first night I joined, I
went to bed wondering why I knew that so many strangers were eating
chicken for dinner that night, I've since come to the conclusion
that Twitter can be useful for music promotion - if, like MySpace,
you use it the right way.



What is the right way? Well, for starters, it involves finding a
balance between letting fans into the process of your work, whether
you're a musician, you run a label, promote shows, or whatever your
music related work is, and being judicious enough with your tweets
that people pay attention to what you say. In other words, share
personal tidbits, but not every thought that jumps into your head.



Do you use Twitter for music promo? Has it worked for you? I'm
definitely interested in hearing other people's experiences in
using Twitter for their music.


Here is the MEAT of the article.......


Can you use Twitter to promote your band, or is it just one more
distraction? That all depends on how you use it. Find out how to
use Twitter for your music career in a way that wins you fans.

Difficulty: N/A
Time Required: Ongoing

Here's How:

   1.

      Set Up Your Twitter Page:



      First things first - you need to set up a Twitter account if
you don't have one already. Getting your Twitter page started
couldn't be easier. Simply visit the Twitter website and click the
"sign up" button. Twitter will walk you through the steps of
setting up your page and will teach you how to make your first
"tweets" - the 140 character posts you send out to your followers
to let them know what you're doing. The whole process takes just a
few minutes, and you can use your account immediately.


   2.

      Start Following:

      Once your Twitter account is in place, it's time to start
looking for other Twitter users to follow. If you know friends who
use Twitter, start off by following them and then checking to see
who else is following them - you might find more people to follow
yourself in their list. The trick here is to get people to follow
you - and the best way to do that is to start following them.



      Since you want to use Twitter to advance your music, your
label or other music related business, look for fellow music types.
Music fans, journalists, artists, labels, etc - these are the
people you want to follow you.


   3.

      Tweet Wisely...:

      The beauty of Twitter is also its downfall - the TMI effect.
Twitter can be a great way to not only keep fans informed about
your news but it can also make them feel closer to the whole
process when you tweet about things you're working on as you're
doing them. The trick is not to go too far and overload people with
so much info they ignore your tweets. For instance, peppering your
tweets about your show dates with tweets like "out buying strings
for the tour" can be fun for people to read, but chronicling every
inhale and exhale is overkill. Your important info will get lost in
the shuffle.


   4.

      ...But Do Be Personal:

      Although giving people too much info can be a Twitter
turnoff, not giving them enough attention can be equally damaging.
There are many services, like Twitterfeed that will pick up your
blog RSS feeds and post them to your Twitter page, doing the
tweeting for you. This is good for your blog traffic, but if your
only tweets are through a feeder, than people will stop paying
attention. Make sure you keep adding personal tweets in there with
the tweets picked up but your feeder - otherwise people will think
you ignore your Twitter page - and they'll start ignoring you.


   5.

      Join the Conversation...:

      Social interaction is the point of Twitter, so jump into the
conversation. Not only may you end up building relationships with
people that can help you in your music career, but you will also
draw people back to your own Twitter page - where all of your news
about your new release, tour dates and more can be found. You may
even draw in some new fans.


   6.

      ...But Don't Waste Too Much Time:

      Like MySpace, Twitter can be an enormous time sucker. Don't
substitute interaction on Twitter, MySpace or any social networking
site for actually DOING something. Twitter can be a tool in your
promotional arsenal, but it should never come before the basics
like practicing, playing shows, and so on. Your number of Twitter
followers, like your number of MySpace friends, is actually a
pretty poor indicator of how much you're accomplishing, so don't
forget most of what you need to do for your music career needs to
happen outside of the virtual world.


   7.

      Good Things to Post on Twitter:

      Here are some ideas about things your can tweet about to keep
music fans interested:
          * Updates from the studio when recording

          * Updates on the manufacturing process (announce when
artwork is finished, when the master has been approved, when
finished copies are delivered, etc)

          * Reminders about release dates, shows and other news

          * Updates from the road when you're on tour

          * News about deals it's ok to talk about (for instance
-"just arranged digital distribution with such and such company")

          * Day to day work news (e.g., "just signed off on ad copy
for magazine")



Pretty decent article egh?


In fact I'm so hyped about Twitter that I'll be releasing a new
resource, in fact an entire course that will show you how to use
Twitter to your ultimate advantage.


Be sure to follow me, I'm here on Twitter
http://www.Twitter.com/MusicBizCenter


Also to learn how to maximize and give your online music marketing
efforts an
incredible boost like none other, check out my "Sell Music Online
Like Crazy" course
over at http://www.SellMusicOnlineLikeCrazy.com/main
 
 
Until next time, Peace!


Ty Cohen
Your Music Business Coach!
http://www.SellMusicOnlineLikeCrazy.com/main




 

What makes a pro recording pro? What is the “sound” that the pros get and how can you make your recordings sound more professional?

The simple answer is - there’s no simple answer. But with careful listening and a little experience you can create excellent results with modest equipment.

Good mixing starts ear

The first and most important item of equipment is - who knows? Anyone? It’s your ears! Sorry to tell you this, but listening to ten hours of Rave at 110dB will do nothing for them and you might as well give your mix to a turtle as try to mix with misused ears.

Listen to commercial recordings of mixes you like, analyse them, listen for the effects and get to know what constitutes the sort of sound you’re after.

Mixing secrets

There’s no hidden secret to getting a good sound, but if we had to sum up the secret of mixing in two words it would be this - EQ and compression. Okay that’s three words.

These are probably the two most important tools used by professional producers. However, like any tools, if you don’t know how to use them you’ll be carving Habitat tables instead of Chippendale chairs.

That’s where your ears and experience come in. Here we have assembled some production ideas, suggestions, tips and tricks but they can only be guidelines and need to be adapted to suit your material. There are no presets you can switch in to make a bad recording sound good. And if your original material has been poorly recorded not even Abbey Road could salvage your mix. But follow these suggestions and see how much your mixes improve.

Get the level right

You can’t push the levels when recording digitally as you can when recording to tape but you still want to get as much signal into the system as possible. This means watching the levels very carefully for clipping, and recording at an even and constant level.

Some recording software lets you monitor and set the input level from within. Some expect you to use the soundcard’s mixer while others have no facility for internally adjusting the input level and expect you to set this at source.

Monitors

Your ears are only as good as the monitors they listen to. DO NOT expect to produce a good, pro mix on tiny computer speakers. It may sound fine on a computer system, but try it on a hi fi, in a disco and through a car stereo.

Oddly enough, you don’t necessarily need the most expensive Mic. Many top artists use what some might call “average” Mics because they work well and get the job done. You can spend a wad on a large diaphragm capacitor Mic (yes, they’re good for vocals) if you have the lolly but check out dynamic Mics which are much more affordable and can be turned to several tasks.

Article Continued:

Mixing MIDI and audio

One of the great things about computer-based recording is that the parts can so easily be changed, edited and processed. It’s also so easy to combine MIDI and audio tracks and many musicians use a combination of sample loops, MIDI parts and audio recording.

Audio recordings are generally guitar and acoustic instruments such as the sax and vocals. Incidentally, the best way to record guitars is by sticking a Mic in front of its speakers. You can DI them and process them later and this may be cleaner but for a natural guitar sound a Miced amp is hard to beat.

Mixing MIDI

As MIDI and audio parts appear on the same screen in modern sequencers, it’s very easy to arrange them into a song. However, when you come to mix everything down there’s another consideration. If you are recording to DAT you can simply route the audio and MIDI outputs through a mixer and into the DAT machine.

Effects

There are three positions for effects known as Master, Send and Insert. Use the Master for effects you want to apply to the entire mix. These will often be EQ, compression and reverb.

Although giving each channel its own Insert effects is kinda neat, each one uses a corresponding amount of CPU power. So if your computer is struggling and if you’re using the same effect on more than one channel, make the effect a Send effect and route those channels to it.

EQ

EQ is the most popular and the most over-used effect. Yes, it can be used to try to “fix a mix” but you can’t make a silk purse out of a sow’s ear as me Gran used to say and what she didn’t know about mixing could be written in the margin of the book of honest politicians.

But before you start messing with EQ - or any other effect for that matter - make sure you have a decent set of speakers. Have we said that already? Oh, must be important, then.

There are plug-in effects such as MaxxBass which can psychoacoustically enhance the bass frequencies to make it sound better on smaller speakers. However, this is by no means the same as getting a good bass sound in the first place by observing good recording principles.

EQ can enhance a mix to add gloss, fairy dust, shimmer, sheen, a sweetener or whatever you want to call it to the final production. It can be done with enhancers and spectralisers, too, although these tend to mess with the harmonics which some producers don’t like. However, don’t dismiss them out of hand.

Finally, check EQ changes to single tracks while playing back the entire piece. In other words, listen to the tracks in context with all the other tracks. It may sound fine in isolation but some frequencies may overlap onto other tracks making the piece frequency rich in some places and frequency poor in others.

Reverb

Reverb creates space. It gives the impression that a sound was recorded in a hall or canyon instead of the broom cupboard. Recording lore suggests that you record everything dry, with no reverb, so you can experiment with a choice later on. You can’t un-reverb a track once it’s been recorded.

The more reverb you apply, the further away sound will seem. To make a vocal up-front, use only enough reverb to take away the dryness. Vocals don’t want to be mushy (lyrics can be mushy) so use a bright reverb.

A common novice error is to swamp everything with different types of reverb. Don’t - it sounds horrible!

Mixing down

You’ve done all the recordings, done the edits, applied the effects and now it’s time to mix everything into a Big Number One Hit! Before you do, go home and have a good night’s sleep. Have two. In fact, sleep for a week.

Yes, we know you’re hot and raring to go but your ears are tired. They’re falling asleep. Listen carefully and you might hear then snore!

There is a phenomenon known as ear fatigue and consistent exposure to sound, especially the same frequencies, makes our ears less responsive to them. Goes back to the bit about spending your life in a Rave club - you’ll never be a master producer. If you try to mix after spending a day arranging, your ears will not be as responsive, so do them and your mix a favour by waiting at least a day.

Now, go forth and mix! And don’t forget - you get better with practice. For more information about mixing, pick up a FREE copy of Creating The Perfect Mix at www.making-music.com

About the Author :

Ian Waugh is one of the UK’s leading hi tech music writers and creator of http://www.making-music.com . He has written several books and albums. He is author of the “Quick Guide to…” series which includes the Quick Guide to Dance Music, Digital Audio Recording, MP3 and Digital Music, and Analogue Synthesis.

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The International Songwriting Competition (ISC) is now accepting
entries for the 2008 competition.


Now is your chance to enter what the NY Times calls "the
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$150,000 (US) in cash and prizes - including $25,000 (US) cash
for the grand prize winner alone - and the best judges for any
songwriting competition in the world.


Judges for 2008 include:
Tom Waits; Rob Thomas, Black Francis (Pixies), Chaka Khan and 5
record label presidents from major and independent record
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please visit:


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others, but that will help you to win contest like the one above
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Thats it for now!
Remember, Take Action!
"A Man Who Does Nothing, Might As Well Be Dead!"

Ty Cohen
Your Music Biz Coach!
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Lets Get Social Join Me on: Black Planet - MySpace - Twitter - Digg - Amazon - Facebook And Last But Far from least... MusicBizCenter.com P.S. Don't forget to Click The Sites Above that You are Part of and Add Me as A Friend and I will DO the Same in Return!

 

Just a quick post here to give you some food for thought.

 In case you have not noticed, one of the quickest ways to stay in touch with your fan and to let the world know about what is going on in YOUR life as an Artist, Label Owner, Manager, etc is to become "Social" and by that I'm talking about both online and offline.


Doing it online is extremely easy, just sign up for a few of your favorite Social Networking sites (like Black planet :) and continue to make regular post to let people know about yourself, your music, what you have planned, what you are currently working on, etc.  


The most important thing is to gather as many people who have in interest in the type of music that you provide and invite them to be your friends and the second part of this is to ADD them as YOUR FRIENDS! (I stress this part because so many people leave it out and it is crucial)   


So to get you off on the right foot, I'll make it super easy for you... Lets Connect Online   


Lets Get Social Join Me on:
Black Planet - MySpace - Twitter - Digg - Amazon - Facebook
And Last But Far from least... MusicBizCenter.com

P.S. on't forget to Click The Sites Above that You are Part of and Add Me as A Friend and I will DO the Same in Return!

In this article, I'm going to share with you a very popular
Social Networking site called Twitter.com that you can literally
spend just about 5-10 minute a day on and be able to attract a
very good amount of high quality traffic in the form of fans and
music
buyers back to your website or myspace page. And its really fun.


Before we begin, I want to let you know that very few people are
using
this method of attracting new fans and attention to their music, why?
Simply because they either A- Don't know or B- Are to lazy


In fact, if you take the steps that I give you below and apply them
you'll be waaaayyyyyy ahead of everyone else.


Are you ready? Great, then lets begin!


Things You'll Need to successfully use twitter:


    * Computer
    * Internet / mobile
    * Few seconds of time


Step 1 - SMM (social media marketing) is the latest online
marketing trend to hit the music industry because its an highly
profitable and easy way to build brand recognition for you the
artist.


It's a also a great way to get new fans to your website, blog or
Myspace
page ( http://www.MySpaceMagicManuscript.com/main ) through social
media like facebook, myspace, flickr, youtube, digg and the like.



Social media sites are web sites where news, photos, videos and pod
casts are hosted through user submission. If you've ever thought that
marketing your music through social media is time consuming,
Twitter is an exception :)


Step 2 - The reason why I really like Twitter is because it is
a lot easier and simpler social networking and
micro-blogging service. All you will need to do is answer the
question, 'what are you doing?' in less than 140 characters. These
short messages are called "tweets". Your tweets are immediately
displayed on the your profile page and instantly delivered to other
users who are following you (i.e. your fans.)



So for instance, some of your tweets may look like
"I'm in the studio recording a new song for the next CD"
"I'm sitting at the park writing a new song"
"I'm at the SWSX music conference"


So do you see how this works? Pretty easy right?

So how do you start Tweeting?


Step 3 - Sign up for a free twitter account. The most important
thing that you want to remember is to use you Artist name, Business
Name
or Real Name rather than some abstract alphanumeric
combination. This will help build credibility.


The next step is to change a few things in your profile,
immediately. Include keywords about your music and genre, interests
and whatever you want to use twitter for. You can restrict your tweet
delivery to those in your circle, but I suggest leaving the
Default setting in place, which is "delivery to everyone".



Step 4 - Click 'find and follow' to follow people from your aol,
yahoo
gmail and other email contacts who are already tweeting. You can
also find people with similar interests by searching for a keyword
according to your Genre or interest (i.e. Jaxx Music, Hip Hop,
Country).
Click follow, if you find any interesting.


By the way, My twitter name is TyCohen ;) 



Step 5 - Now you are all set to send your first tweet. Type a small
message (max 140 characters including spaces) telling people what
you are doing. You can send tweets through twitter website or
instant messenger or SMS from your cell-phone. You need to confirm
your
cell phone number first. Do this by clicking devices.


If you think it doesn't make any sense and is sheer waste of time,
then you are under estimating twitter potential.



Step 6 - Twitter allows you to add links in the tweets which is a
huge
marketing benefit to you. You can use
this to display your own links. For ex: one of my tweets today was
"Using MySpace to Make Your CD Sales Soar!
http://www.MySpaceMagicManuscript.com/main and Volume II at:
http://www.MySpaceMagicManuscriptV2.com "



Step 7 - By tweeting frequently, following and being followed, you
can grow a small community of people with similar interests and who
recognize your name and your brand!



Step 8 - I downloaded a great time saver Twhirl. It is a third
party application for twitter. If tweeting takes around 60 seconds,
Twhirl cuts down that time to below 10 seconds.


Twhirl stays on the desktop (logged in). I don't need to visit the
twitter website during my hectic workday. All I do is, click the twhirl
icon from the system tray and type a short "whatever I'm doing"
tweet and send. Twhirl also notifies when I receive messages from
my followers or anyone that I'm following. So I don't miss a thing and
all without wasting my time.


You can also use twhirl to upload pictures to twitpic.com, a site
to share photos.


There are many applications for twitter like twitterfeed (similar
to twhirl), twittervision, which shows the geo position of the your
twitter friends and so on.


So there you go! A quick and easy way to expand your marketing to
millions of people all for free.


Happy Tweeting. 



Your Music Business Coach!


Ty Cohen
htt://www.SellMusicOnlineLikeCrazy.com
Sell Music Online Like Crazy

P.S. For more great ways to use the Internet to Market, promote &

Sell your music world wide visit;
http://www.MySpaceMagicManuscript.com

and

http://www.MySpaceMagicManuscriptV2.com

and

htt://www.SellMusicOnlineLikeCrazy.com

Hey All


This weekend was an amazing Holiday for me and after
working 14, 18 and even a stretch of 20 hour days the last couple of
weeks on a lot of hot new projects that I'll be introducing to you
soon, I really needed a "Break"!


As you know we celebrated Labor Day here in the U.S. and Canada
(Thanks Alex for enlightening me), so this weekend was the perfect
opportunity for my family and I to get out and "Party".


We ended up going to one of the best resorts out in North Carolina
and spent the weekend horse back riding, trail walking, Kayaking and
PARTYING!!!!  Thats RIGHT, as we where leaving for the resort
my mother-in-law called and wanted to go with us, which was great
with me because it allowed my wife and I some personal
1 on 1 party time later that night, while grandma watched the kids  :)


If you are ever in the Raleigh, North Carolina area and enjoy
having a safe, relaxing environment to party in I highly suggest
going to Club Zydeco in downtown Raleigh. The drinks are great, the
music is good (especially if you like live Jazz!) and the food is
amazing. If you decided to go let me know and I'll meet you!


To make a long story short, we ended up getting back to the resort,
in the very early morning hours but had one of the best times ever!


I tell you this as a reminder that YES work is very important, but so
is enjoying life and more importantly being ABLE to enjoy life and
by that I mean being financially free as well as free to make the
decisions that you WANT to make not only those that you HAVE to make.


To often we get caught up on what we *Have* to do because we
have bills to pay, rent or a mortgage that is due or other expenses
and we forget about "US"... Never forget about you always, remember
to enjoy life because it can be taken in a moment and never given
back.


Take the time out to enjoy things, appreciate people and live life to
the fullest. Make it a habit to tell those that you love and
appreciate them and do it often, you never know when they can
be taken away. Tell your wife, your girlfriend, mom, dad, kids your
label mates... And mean it!


And with that said, I want to let you know that I appreciate you
being on my list, being a reader of my newsletter, blog and/or community
site and want to thank you by giving you two amazing gifts.


Both of these "Gifts" will help you to challenge yourself and help
you to reach the goals that you have of being successful with your music.


I always talk about Taking Action and YOU having the power to do
whatever it is that you see yourself as doing in the future.


Your potential starts within your creative mind, so always see
yourself being, doing and already enjoying the goals that you
are out to reach.


See yourself as a significant contributor to the music industry
and it will be, make it up in your mind that you are going to be
the best in this industry, at what it is that you love doing.


Don't let anything stop you from reaching your goals, you deserve it
and both of these gifts will help you to do just that, REACH YOUR GOALS!


Take a look;
http://musicbizcenter.com/Holiday_Gifts/


As always, Take Action & Stay Focused!


Ty Cohen
Your Music Business Coach
http://musicbizcenter.com/Holiday_Gifts/



P.S. You DESERVE success, don't let things such as
negative self talk, the seemingly lack of finances and other things
rob you of that success.
Use this opportunity to "make it";


Go Here Now => http://musicbizcenter.com/Holiday_Gifts/



P.P.S. By the way, as you may or may not know I have a coaching
program called "The Music Marketing Extreme" program that cost
$5,500.00 which we literally sold out of earlier this year.
It's a pretty extensive program that helps you to get global
exposure and music sales and well worth it, but I have decided not
to accept any more new clients until after the first of the year,
so you've missed out on that chance, but if you want the greatest
and next best thing, this is it!


Pick up the complete package here:
http://musicbizcenter.com/Holiday_Gifts/


It's valued at a couple of hundred dollars so of course I have to limit
it to the first 50 people only (or else I'd lose my shirt! :)

Music Business Advice - What Challenges are You Facing?

Here it is Sunday Aug 31, 08 the day before Labor Day and one of the very rare days out of the year that you’ll find me “Chilling”!

My wife and I tookthe kids and my mother-in-law to a neat little resort out here in North Carolina and while everyone else was swimming (I don’t swim), I found the perfect oppurtunity to crack open a new book that I got a s a gift from my assitant Tonja (she’s so thoughtful

Anyway the title of it is “The Traveler’s Gift” and although it sounds like something crazy Corney, it’s actually REALLY good, especially if you are like me and into the whole “Power of Positive” thinking, “Anything Can Be Accomplished”,  “Self Help Thing”… (By the way, the results that you are getting now are a direct result of your thinking AND your actions! I’ll preach to you more about this in a future episode of “The Motivational Music Minute“)

As I’m reading, I’m really absorbed into the book and all of a sudden I come across a sentence that says “Do Battle with the challenges of your present, and you will unlock the prizes of your future.” after reading this sentence, I immediately thought of YOU and how true this is even for those trying to overcome the many obstacles that can be thrown at you in the music industry…


The overall moral here is to Stay Focused, Take Action and shape the future that you so desire to have… As humans, we all go through a gang of changes (That means a LOT for those who are not up on the lingo), but the great thing about it is that WE have the ability to shape and mold those changes and thus create our futures…

The past is just that, the past, even now and now and NOW, but the future is ALL YOURS!

Take Action and Stay Focused

Have a great and safe Holiday!

Ty Cohen
Your Music Business Coach!


Lets Get Social Join Me on:
Black Planet - MySpace - Twitter - Digg - Amazon - Facebook

Kanye West

 

 

Kanye is not big on using computers, at least he has not been in the past. Check out this interview with Remix magazine Kanye’s studio equipment was shared with the readers.

 

“I recorded College Dropout with just that,” West says. “I got a record player with no top on it. It’s a Gemini, just like me. Like most Geminis, I am two people: I’m a rapper and a producer. Hell, yeah.”

 

Here is what he used;

 

Gemini PT-1000 II turntable.

Ensoniq ASR-10 keyboard

Akai MPC2000 MIDI Production Center

Roland VS-1880 24-bit Digital Studio Workstation

 

Read the rest of Remix magazines interview with Kanye visit Remixmag.com or click the link below http://remixmag.com/mag/remix_kanye_west/index.html

Are You Being *Pimped* for Your Music? Take this test to find out..



Ok, so the title got you to open up the email... Great.. Because
this is serious stuff and I want you to be honest with yourself
when reading this email.


Everyday I get phone calls from people who are still chasing the
dream of getting signed to a major label and for the life of me
I can't figure out why??


I mean, why give-away your creativity, your future and not to
mention most of your hard earnings, in what I call a modern day
pimping scandal...


Major record companies DO NOT, I repeat DO NOT care about you
unless you can make them a hefty profit and once that stops
happening, you are out on your @$$@#


Think of all of the great artist that used to rock the radio waves
just 5 years ago... Where are they now? No one knows, but I will
tell you this, to a major record label, you are only as good as
our last album.


Ask yourself:


A- Are you really doing all of this to be a failure to be laughed
at by friends and family or do you really have a desire to be
successful?


B- Are you the type of person who likes to have a say in things
such as what your music should sound like, what you should dress
like and how much money YOU deserve?
(or would you prefer that someone else run your life for you, and
dictate your every move the way a parent does a child?)


I didn't think so, your much to smart for that!


So think about it, what are your choices....
#1- Get Pimped
#2- Take the smarter option


THE (SMARTER) OTHER OPTION



O.K. so you want to be heard, you want to keep your creativity and
you surely want to keep as much as your hard earned money as
you can right? RIGHT


So the other option, which most people are successfully turning and
making a small fortune from doing... Is Starting Your Own Record Label.


Yes, thats right, don't tell me that you have not thought of it
before or maybe you did but just did not know how to get started
or where to turn for help!


Well now, you are in luck because I have it all planned out for
you, take a look here:



It's the only way to start and maintain a highly successful record
label.


I'll show you step by step how to


* Get started
* Get money to get started
* Get global recognition


Also, for the first couple of people who act on this, I'm even
throwing in a free copy the brand new "Royalty Calculation Software"
take a look and read more about it here:
 http://www.TheUltimateRecordLabel.com



If you'd like to ask questions about this program (before ordering
it) give me a call on my personal line at 1-866-752-9968 ext 1
or to simply place an order with one of our always busy operators
press extension 2 or order online here www.TheUltimateRecordLabel.com



Talk to you soon and as always, much success!



Ty Cohen
Your Music Business Coach!
www.TheUltimateRecordLabel.com

P.S. There are a couple of extras that I'm putting in for the next 10 people to order


You Get:

1-
The Ultimate Record Label Business plan guide




2-
The "Multiple Ways to Get Money & Funding for Your record Label Guide




3-
The revised Ultimate Record Label Guide Itself.




P.P.S. Take a look at the entire course below, it's called
The Ultimate Record Label and it contains every single
element that you'll need to get your label up and running.
(Do you see how much stuff is included, it's amazing!)




Take a look here: http://www.TheUltimateRecordLabel.com

Hey this is VERY short notice, but I'm trying out a cool, new,
live video service, so join me RIGHT NOW

I'll be live on video and talking about how to use Social Networking
sites as well as other means to Market, Promote & Sell Your Music.


It's Live, It's Free, It's Hot!

Join me here now:

http://live.yahoo.com/musicbizcenter



See You Soon in a few seconds!

Ty

 

Hey check it out... It's almost 10 Pm Sunday night,
but I had to get this episode of the "Motivational Music Minute"
out to you, because Social Networking is huge right now and I
would hate for you to miss the boat.



This episode is called

"Using Social Networks to Create a HUGE Buzz for Your Music"

Check it out here and be sure to subscribe to my podcast to receive
alerts on all future episodes!


http://tycohen.podomatic.com/entry/2008-08-24T18_02_06-07_00
(YES! You can share this link with others and even post it to your
Blogs, MySpace Pages, Websites and YES Your Social Networking Pages!)



Enjoy!



Ty Cohen
Your Music Biz Coach!
http://www.TheUltimateRecordLabel.com



P.S. I did not have time to post this on
http://www.MusicBizCenter.com (by the way have you set up your free profile yet, if not shame on you) but my Podcast page is just as good, remember it's all about the CONTENT!
Go here to listen: http://tycohen.podomatic.com/entry/2008-08-24T18_02_06-07_00

Hey the other day, I sent out an email telling you how
*Very Important* it is for you to make sure that you have
Every-Single-Thing that you do "In Writing" by Using the set of
Music Business Contracts found over at
http://www.MusicContracts101.com and http://www.Order-Yours-Now.com/main


And would you believe it, not to long after I sent out that email, I
received a reply from another expert in the industry who verified
why having contracts and agreements in place in so important...


Here is the original email that she sent over to me, read it and
you'll see that if a big, well known star like Eddie Van Halan could
get screwed out of royalties because he failed to have am agreement
in place, then so could you... Check out the email;


***************************************************************
A bit of info for you.....did you know that Eddie Van Halen created and
performed the blistering lead guitar solo on Michael Jackson's song
>  " Beat it " ?     Which was said to have almost
singlehandedly integrated MTV...went to number one and won Michael 2
Grammy's and Eddie NEVER got paid a dime !   Because he never asked to get
paid..and he never got paid....(  no Contract )
***************************************************************


Wow, talk about putting things in perspective...


Listen, I would hate for something like this to happen to YOU
(isn't it amazing how we always think that the terrible stuff only
happens to other people)...


Make sure you protect Your Music & Protect Yourself.. Get It In Writing!


Use the proper Music Business Contracts, Forms & Agreements, by visiting
http://www.MusicContracts101.com and http://www.Order-Yours-Now.com/main


Until next time,


Ty Cohen
Your Music Business Coach!

There's a new phenomena called "social network marketing" which should become a part of your online marketing strategy. Some web experts are saying it could become more important than search engine optimization in driving traffic to your “Music related” website.

What exactly is it and how can you get in on the trend?

I'm sure you're familiar with MySpace and Facebook. If you don't have a page on My Space, you should be ashamed of yourself as a musician (Check out the guide that I haveput together that shows you step-by-step how to put together a beginning Myspace page at http://www.MySpaceMagicManuscript.com/main . If you are more advanced, check out the advanced edition, volume II at http://www.MyspaceMagicManuscriptv2.com )

My Space was the first in a series of websites where people, mainly musicians, singers, artist and label owners would go to network online, to share information, links, music, great resources and all sorts of things. Many of these social networking sites get millions–yes that's millions–of hits each day. Anywhere millions go, YOU as a music business marketer and/or businesses person should follow.


Just imagine the power of posting your information, music, videos, song snippets, website, blog, press releases etc. on these sites! The search engines love them and crawl them often, because they contain tons of fresh updated content. In addition you're creating links back to your website or blog.

Now the way that you maximize the power of social networking sites and use them to drive the most amount of traffic to your sites (besides that which will come from the search engines) is by;

Being active
The next thing to do is be active on those sites. And I don’t mean spend 12 hours a day on the ‘net, just some activity. If you don’t have time, Find some time.


Join the communities


Make friends
accept and initiate friend request from those who seem like a perfect "fit" for what you have to offer (do searches for the genre of music you have to offer)


Create and monitor content;

Track traffic and referrals;

Refine efforts to improve results, and

Keep at it until you have an impact.

Makes sure that all of your posts link back to your web site (or MySpace Page… Which by the way is a “SIN” you should ALWAYS send people back to YOUR website, MySpace can pull the plug on you any day… Read my Books;

Myspace Magic Marketing I at http://www.MySpaceMagicMarketing.com/main
and
Myspace Magic Marketing II at http://www.MyspaceMagicMarketingv2.com

Write Eye Catching Article Descriptions

Write a Catchy First Paragraph

Create Unique Content

Use Bookmarking Buttons on Your Website (one of my favorites is free and found over at http://www.ShareThis.com

Use the Right Category
If you are a musician or record label owner, make sure that you DO NOT post content within the “Home Decorating” category, but in the music or even better genre specific category.

Write Eye Catching Headlines
You can have the best content out there about your music, your latest CD, etc but, if the first line of your submission is not interesting , then your material just won’t get to many visits. Its that simple, always try to improve your writing skills , this can be done by reading some of the best bloggers , reading other articles on your niche , that really interests you. Reading other material that I (Ty Cohen) put out and reading some of the articles hat I have posted over at http://www.MusicBizCenter.com . The headline is the part of your article that people see first. There are some social networking sites that allow you to place pictures besides your article , do so , pictures are always more eye catching and covert better. So if you want your content to get read you have to make your titles catchy. (and use pictures when you can)

Great Article/Content Descriptions

Try to provide detailed and interesting description of your articles and/or content. This should in many cases be the first few sentences of your post , that will encourage the reader and make him more interested in continuing to read.


Catchy First paragraph

This is very important as well , as there are a lot of readers and fns that will just come across your material by accident, start reading your post and if they find it interesting in it`s first paragraph the chances that they’ll go further are greater. Always try to give a brief description of your entire post in the introduction.


Unique Content

Use Bookmarking Buttons on Your Website

Insert a bookmarking button at the end of your posts or content. This can be done individually or you can get a special plug-in that will help you place the button in each and every post. I suggest you using Share This , one of the best services for sharing content on the web ( http://www.ShareThis.com ), by placing a simple button that easily lets your readers do the submissions to social bookmarking sites and social networks , and spread you content to the world.

Offer content which will be interesting or useful to visitors.

One thing that will net you more connections is having content which informs or entertains. Good content, the kind that holds people’s attention will get you free word-of-mouth (or perhaps word-of-mouse, these days) advertising.

Content which offers something to readers is in high demand on social networking sites in particular and the web in general. Content is what people go to the internet for in the first place. If you want to drive traffic to your site (and who doesn’t?) then make yourself attractive to users by giving them irresistible content and always get them to click back to your MAIN site by offering s free exclusive MP3 or video of your music.

Make your content useful.

Original and interesting content is a start, but your target viewers need a way to find this content. If you can be found quickly, you’re much more likely to reach a large audience. If you have articles as part of your content, make sure that they are search engine optimized so that they can easily be found by a search engine.

Make your web presence larger.

Did you have a hit with one article? Did this drive more traffic to your site? Don’t stop with one and rest on your laurels. You can build an audience by frequently adding new content to social media sites. Make sure people see you as a source of consistently great content for whatever music genre you specialize in.

If you do this, you will generate buzz every time you submit new content. Once you’ve established yourself as a known quantity on the social media scene, your target audience will visit your site more often and even seek your site out for its own sake.

Promote your site and your content. Build a brand.

Remember the Motivational Minute Audio that I created a few weeks ago title “ABA” aka Always Be Selling? (If not subscribe to my free podcast at http://www.tycohen.com/podcast to listen to it for free)

Always, always, always sell and promote yourself. When you have new content available, send out email to your target audience informing them of it. If you have a new coming out, let people know. If you are doing a show or video broadcast, let people know. Do this with tact. Fans, Social networks and their users will regard you with suspicion if you are always coming on as a hard sell type.

Encourage communication.

While people like the relative anonymity of the web, they also enjoy communicating with others from the online world. Give them a way to do that – surveys, feedback forms, comment forms, even forums will be appreciated by fans and visitors to your site.

Let them help you choose which single you’ll release next or which CD cover you should use.

Using Social media as a method of driving traffic to a site can seem like a lot of work, but if done properly, however, it can be a very cheap way of brand building and generally making people aware of a website. Social media can be a great resource for promotion; don’t be afraid to explore its possibilities for your website.

I hope that you will find this information as informative as most who read it, be sure to “Take Action” and start putting this stuff to use Right Now!

Until Next Time, Much Success!


Ty Cohen
Your Music Business Coach

P.S. If you have yet to request copies of my latest
two Free Music Industry Success CDs then you are really
missing out. You can only get one, but not both so visit either;
http://www.TheDeathofTheMusicIndustry.com/freecd
(This one will show you how to sell your music online in MASS, World -Wide!!)
or
http://www.MusicIndustryCoachingClub.com/freecd
(This one will show you the secret methods used to sell nearly 150
Gold & Platinum CDs world Wide)

Quick Question!


If you can answer YES to all 3 of these, then I want to hear from
you.
(By the way, don't reply to this email, just follow the directions
in it 100%)


Question #1
=> Could You Use an Extra $1000.00?
YES or NO


Question #2
=> Could you create a basic, quick 3-5 minute YouTube video?
(you don't have to be an expert, anything will do, even something
very basic)
YES or NO


Question #3
=> Would you like to capitalize off of 15 minutes of quick fame?
(which could possibly lead to something even bigger!)
YES or NO


and lastly, this one is the biggie and it has to be a YES in order
for this all to work.


Question #4
=> Has anything that I have ever given, emailed, shared, told or
sold you, helped you out in any way?


This could include any of the following that you may have received
from
me (Ty Cohen), Platinum Millennium, The Music Biz Center,
The Motivational Minute, Motivational Music Monday's Tele-seminars,
the emails, blog post, audios, videos, tele-seminars, live seminars
and / or products that you may have purchased!


If any of it has ever helped you to stay focused, achieve your goals,
get a deal, get more contacts, get radio play, sell more music, build
a website, myspace page or whatever!!!


I want to hear from you, in the form of a video testimonial....


You see, what this is all about is I am having a contest, looking for
the best "Video" testimonial from our hundreds of thousands of
loyal, readers, fans and subscribers such as yourself :)


and...


Over the next couple of days, my staff, our readers and I will
select the top 5 best videos testimonials that are entered into the
contest.


Will will have 5 prize winners


1st Place will win over $1,000.00 worth of Platinum Millennium
Music Industry Success Products


2nd Place will win $500.00 worth of Platinum Millennium
Music Industry Success Products


3rd Place will win $300.00 worth of Platinum Millennium
Music Industry Success Products


4th Place will win $250.00 worth of Platinum Millennium
Music Industry Success Products


and last but not least,
5th Place will win $100.00 worth of Platinum Millennium
Music Industry Success Products


So let me ask you again, could you use an extra $1000.00 in goodies?


So here are the rules...


In order to compete in this contest;


#1- You simply need to create a YouTube video. Now here is where I
want
you to pay close attention....
a- The video can be live, animated, text or anything else...


b- At the very beginning of the video Say;
1- Your Name (or your stage name if you are an artist)
2- The Name of your company or label (this is optional)
3- The name of your website or myspace page (DO NOT include phone #'s
or any personal information that you do not want others to see,
these videos
will be seen by Hundreds of thousands of people, which is cool
because
it gives YOU a TON of music industry exposure!)



c- In the video, state;
1- How you have been helped, For example; "Ty Cohen's xxx has helped
me to Get our song's played on over xxx stations in Detroit,
Michigan"
 

2- The name of the product or person or service that has helped you
within our organization,

3- The time frame that you have been able to accomplish the feat.


So all, in all, your testimonial would sound something like

"In just 6 months, Ty Cohen's Guide "EZ Radio Play" has helped our
label
to get 2 of our singles played in 3 major markets across the country"


and then you can add anything else that you would like to add to
make it
special, unique, informative or funny.



#2- Load it onto YouTube and then send all of the following information
to YouTube@MusicBizCenter.com with the words "YouTube Testimonial Video"
in the subject line. ;


a- The link to the video on YouTube
b- Video Title (as listed on YouTube)
c- Your Date of birth (mm/dd/yyyy)
d- Your complete name, mailing Address and email and tlephone #





#3- You can feel free to enter multiple videos, but the most that you
can submit is 5. Be sure to read the "Contest Rules" below for other
stipulations.


Its that easy, you are a great person and I would love to be able to
hear about some of your accomplishments, no matter how small or large
they may be... Remember, any accomplishment is worth mentioning, even
if you went from being someone who had no music industry knowledge
to someone who now knows a little bit more about the industry then
the
average person, I WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU!


So get that video in and be prepared to get a rush of added exposure,
because all videos will be used on our sites and well as in
promotional material seen by millions of people around the world!




UNITED STATES - OFFICIAL CONTEST RULES
*******************************************************************


NO PURCHASE REQUIRED TO ENTER OR WIN. VOID WHERE PROHIBITED.


INTRODUCTION. This Platinum Millennium Publishing ("PMP") Video Contest
(the "Contest") gives participants the opportunity to compete to
create testimonial videos. The winners would win a variety of prizes
ranging from $1000.00 to $100.00 worth of Platinum Millennium
Publishing merchandise and / or services


These are the Rules for the Contest.


SPONSOR:
Platinum Millennium Publishing
PO Box 644
Garner, North Carolina 27529


ELIGIBILITY. Contest is open to residents of the United States and
its territories and possessions 18 and over. Void where
prohibited by law. Employees of Sponsor, Ty Cohen, YouTube, their
affiliates, subsidiaries, advertising and promotion agencies and
their immediate family members (defined as parents, children,
siblings, spouse, and life partners) and/or those living in same
household of each are not eligible to enter the Contest.


TO ENTER. Platinum Millennium Publishing invites you make a testimonial
 video ("Video") stating your level of satisfaction with any of
Platinum Millennium's products and/or services.


All Videos must be submitted in format(s) conforming
to YouTube's technical requirements. By doing the above, each
eligible entrant will be entered into the Contest and will qualify
as a participant ("Participant").


All Videos submitted must be the original work of Participant,
must not have been
previously exhibited, recorded or transmitted, and must not contain
the trademarks, designs, copyrighted works, intellectual property,
names, likenesses or images of any person or entity or otherwise
infringe upon the copyrights, trademarks privacy, publicity or
other intellectual property rights of any person or entity.


The Sponsor reserves the right, in its sole and unfettered
discretion, to disqualify at any time during the Contest any Video
that it believes may infringe on the rights of any third parties.
All entries and Videos become the sole property of Sponsor and will
not be returned.


In the event of a dispute, all electronic entries will be deemed
made by the authorized account holder of the e-mail address
submitted at time of entry. (Submission of an e-mail address, for
purposes of this paragraph, means either direct submission of
Participant's e-mail address or the uploading of the Video from an
authorized YouTube account associated with a given e-mail address.)
The authorized account holder is deemed to be the natural person
who is assigned to an e-mail address by an Internet access
provider, online service provider or other organization that is
responsible for assigning e-mail addresses or the domain associated
with the submitted e-mail address. Limit five (5) entries per person
and per e-mail address. More than five (5) entries from any person or
from any e-mail address will void all entries from that person or
e-mail address, as applicable. Any attempt by a person to enter
more than five times with multiple email accounts will result in
disqualification. A potential winner may be requested to provide
Sponsor with proof that the potential winner is the authorized
account holder of the e-mail address associated with the winning
entry.


USE OF VIDEOS. Sponsor shall have an irrevocable, perpetual,
universe-wide, fully paid-up and royalty-free license to copy,
excerpt, edit and repurpose all Videos submitted which meet the
specified requirements (including, without limitation, by means of
digitizing or otherwise encoding all submitted Videos), and to use,
re-use, publish, re-publish and otherwise exploit such Videos in
whole or in part, individually or in conjunction with other
photographs or images, in any and all media now known or hereafter
devised and for any purpose whatsoever, including, without
limitation, for use in advertising, promotion and trade and on
merchandise, throughout the universe and to use the name, likeness
and photograph of each Participant in connection therewith if
Sponsor so chooses in its sole discretion without any additional
compensation to Participant. Each Participant agrees that they will
not be compensated for submitting any Video. Only Videos which are
submitted in accordance with all applicable rules governing this
Contest will be eligible for selection.


TIMING. The Contest begins at 12:00 a.m. Eastern Standard Time on
August 13th, 2008, and ends at 12:00 a.m. Eastern Daylight-Saving Time
on August 31st, 2008 (the "Promotion Period"). Entries received prior
to or after the Promotion Period are disqualified adn will remain the
property of Platinum Millennium Publishing.


USE OF DATA. Sponsor will be collecting personal data about
participants (including, without limitation, e-mail addresses) when
they enter the Contest. All data will be collected in the United
States. By participating in the Contest, entrants hereby agree to
that all personal information collected by Sponsor may be used in
accordance with and subject to Sponsor's Privacy Policy
http://musicindustrysuccess.com/privacy_policy.htm


AGREEMENT TO OFFICIAL RULES. Participation in the Contest
constitutes entrant's full and unconditional agreement to and
acceptance of these Official Rules and Sponsor's Privacy Policy
http://musicindustrysuccess.com/privacy_policy.htm and willingness to be
contacted by telephone and/or email. If any provisions of these
Official Rules are held to be invalid or unenforceable, all
remaining provisions hereof will remain in full force and effect.


SELECTION OF POTENTIAL WINNER. All eligible Videos will be judged
by the Sponsor based on the following equally weighted judging
criteria: originality and quality of the Video. In the event of a
tie, the entrant with the highest score in originality will be
declared the winner. If this process still results in a tie, the
tied Videos will be rejudged against each other and the Video
receiving the highest overall score will be declared the winner.
Judging will take place after the Promotion Period on or before
August 31, 2008. Potential winner must comply with all terms and
conditions set forth in these Official Rules and winning is
contingent upon fulfilling all requirements.


The potential winner will be notified by e-mail or telephone on or
about September 5th, 2008. If a potential winner cannot be contacted or
does not respond within 48 hours of Sponsor's first attempt to
contact such potential winner, the next highest scoring entrant
will be declared the potential winner.


PRIZE.
Will will have 5 prize winners


1st Place will win over $1,000.00 worth of Platinum Millennium
Music Industry Success Products


2nd Place will win $500.00 worth of Platinum Millennium
Music Industry Success Products


3rd Place will win $300.00 worth of Platinum Millennium
Music Industry Success Products


4th Place will win $250.00 worth of Platinum Millennium
Music Industry Success Products


and last but not least,
5th Place will win $100.00 worth of Platinum Millennium
Music Industry Success Products

(collectively the "Prize").


The Prize is subject to the following material conditions and
restrictions:


Any required federal, state and local taxes related to the Prize
are the sole responsibility of the Winner. All other expenses and
costs, not expressly listed above, including but not limited to,
meals, taxes, tips, entertainment, transfers, and transportation to
airport, to and from home residence, and any other expense or cost,
not expressly included above, are the Winner's sole responsibility.
Winner must travel on date designated by Sponsor.
In the event the concert is canceled or postponed
for any reason, Sponsor reserves the right to award the remainder
of the prize with no further obligation to the winner. No transfer
or substitution of the prize is permitted. Approximate total value of
all Prizes: $2,150.00.


IN THE EVENT WINNER CANNOT USE THE PRIZES PROVIDED BY SPONSOR NO CASH OR
OTHER SUBSTITUTIONS ARE PERMITTED, EXCEPT BY SPONSOR, WHO RESERVES
THE RIGHT TO SUBSTITUTE THE PRIZE WITH ONE OF EQUAL OR GREATER VALUE.


Potential winner may be required to execute and return a
Declaration of Eligibility and Liability/Publicity Release, and
must deliver a finished high-resolution master of the Video, within
THREE (3) days of first attempted notification. Noncompliance
within this time period may result in disqualification. Return of
any prize notification as undeliverable may result in
disqualification and selection of an alternate winner.


CONDITIONS OF WINNING: By participating in this Contest, each
Participant hereby warrants and represents that the Video entered,
created or submitted by such Participant shall not infringe the
rights of any person or entity, and that such participant has
obtained all permissions, licenses and rights required (other than
the right to use the Recording, which is granted to such
Participant hereunder solely for the purposes of and in strict
accordance with the rules of this Contest) to lawfully participate
in this Contest. Without limiting the generality of these Official
Rules, Winner shall irrevocably grant, transfer, convey and assign
to Sponsor the entirety of the rights in and to the Video and all
renewals and extensions of copyright, and the right to secure
copyright registrations thereto in perpetuity including, without
limitation, the rights to use the Video for any and all purposes in
any and all media whether now known or hereafter developed,
throughout the universe, in perpetuity. Winner accepts and
acknowledges that Sponsor shall not be obligated to use the Video
and that Sponsor in its sole discretion shall have the right to
refrain from using the Video. Sponsor shall not incur any liability
whatsoever to the extent Sponsor chooses to refrain from any
exploitation of its rights hereunder. In this connection, Winner
will indemnify Sponsor and any licensee of Sponsor against all
claims, damages, liabilities, and expenses (including reasonable
counsel fees and legal expenses) arising out of any breach of these
terms.

GENERAL CONDITIONS. The Contest is governed by the laws of the
United States and the State of North Carolina and participants in the
Contest hereby consent to the exclusive jurisdiction of those laws
for any causes or controversies arising out of the Contest. Each
participant waives any and all objections to jurisdiction and venue
in these courts. All national, federal, state and local laws and
regulations apply. Void where prohibited.


Except where prohibited by law, Winner grants to Sponsor and its
advertising agencies the right to use and publish Winner's photo,
proper name, likeness, voice, opinions, biographical information
and state in any media to promote Sponsor and the Contest without
additional compensation.


By entering, participants release and hold harmless Sponsor, Ty Cohen
their respective subsidiaries, affiliates, directors, officers,
employees and agents from any and all liability for any injuries,
loss or damage of any kind arising from or in connection with the
Contest or receipt or use and/or misuse of any prize, except to the
extent that any death or personal injury is caused by the
negligence of the Sponsor.


Sponsor reserves the right to cancel or modify the Contest if fraud
or any other factor impairs the integrity of the Contest as
determined by Sponsor in Sponsor's sole discretion.


If, in Sponsors opinion, there is any suspected or actual evidence
of electronic or non-electronic tampering with any portion of the
Contest, or if technical difficulties compromise the integrity of
the Contest, the Sponsor reserves the right in its sole discretion
to void any entries at issue (including disqualifying any
individual who tampers with the entry process), and to cancel,
terminate, modify or suspend the Contest, in whole or in part, at
any time without notice.


Sponsor is not responsible for any incorrect, inaccurate,
illegible, incomplete, lost, late, damaged, destroyed, misdirected
or unintelligible entries or information, which will be
disqualified, or for failed, partial or garbled computer
transmissions, whether caused by the website users or by any of the
equipment or programming associated with or utilized in the Contest
or by any technical or human error which may occur in the
processing of submissions in the Contest for reasons which are
beyond the Sponsor's control. Sponsor does not assume
responsibility for any error, omission, interruption, deletion,
defect, delay in operation or transmission, communications line
failure, theft or destruction or unauthorized access to, or
alteration of, entries for reasons which are beyond the Sponsor's
control. Sponsor is not responsible for any problems or technical
malfunction of any telephone network or lines, computer
on-line-systems, servers or providers, computer equipment, software
or failure of email on account of technical problems or traffic
congestion on the Internet or at any website or combination
thereof, including injury or damage to participants or to any other
person's computer related to or resulting from participating in the
Contest except to the extent that any death or personal injury is
caused by the negligence of the Sponsor.

CAUTION: ANY ATTEMPT BY A PARTICIPANT TO DELIBERATELY DAMAGE ANY
WEB SITE OR UNDERMINE THE LEGITIMATE OPERATION OF THE CONTEST MAY
BE A VIOLATION OF CRIMINAL AND CIVIL LAWS AND SHOULD SUCH AN
ATTEMPT BE MADE, THE SPONSOR RESERVES THE RIGHT TO SEEK DAMAGES
FROM ANY SUCH PERSON TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW.


WINNER'S ANNOUNCEMENT. Contest results and a copy of these Official
Rules may be obtained by sending a self-addressed, stamped envelope
to: "You Direct! Satisfied Testimonial Video Contest", Platinum
Millennium Publishing, PO Box 644, Garner, North Carolina 27529.


Results will be available after September 5th, 2008.
Requests for results must be received by Sept 30th , 2008.


Copyright © 2008 Platinum Millennium Publishing, All rights reserved.

Over the last couple of weeks (well actually since the begining of summer) I have had a lot of people

ask me about Agnecy Booking Agreements and why they are used.

 

Well a few days ago, I took the time out to explain and SHOW you what they are in detail,

take a look = > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4GCYOcnhBrg

 

Take a look and as always, talk back by leaving your comments!

 

 

Ty 

Are you a songwritter looking for a few extra tips on how to get your songs sold to

top publishers and artist? Then listen to this new 15 minute long

Motivational Music Minute to pick up a few ideas.

 
http://www.musicbizcenter.com/music_minute/secrets_to_successfully_selling_your_songs.mp3

The audio is here and while your listening be sure to save it to your computer,

upload it to your ipod / mp3 player or share it with everyone in the world!

 

 

Ty Cohen

P.S. At most you will want to sae this, because of file size, I may have to

delete it soon :( 

 

Hello all, I'm pretty pumped because we just received our promo video back for the Music Contracts 101 software program.

Take a look at it and let me know what you think, I just put it up on YouTube

Speaking of YouTube, we are currently working on way for you to import all of your YouTube videos here and to your MusicBizCenter.com profile, which will be really hot!

 

Check out the video here, then come back to add your own
=> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mz0BqeIpqEQ

 

Ty

Congratulations to this week's $500.00 contest winners.

 

They are
Mae Riley http://musicbizcenter.com/maeriley

and

 

Haylo http://musicbizcenter.com/HAYLO

(Winner of best effort put into designing your profile)

 

 

Make sure that you are one of the winners of next week's contest
because we'll e selecting two more winners, one for bext profile page and
one for the most referals.

 

Also if you have yet to join The Music Biz Center, you should know
that not only is it the world's #1 and fastest growing online music
community, but that it is also 100% Free.


In fact, once you create your free profile you'll also receive;


- A Free Website / Profile page to share with others and use to
Market, Promote and Sell your music from!


- A Free Blog that you can also use to do whatever you wish with,
be it upload photos of your and your friends or sell your music from.


- The ability to upload any and all of your favorite videos


- The ability to also upload all of your songs
(These two alone are great because they give you the opportunity
to get a tremendous amount of exposure for your talent and music,
especially considering the huge huge of Record Label executives, A&R's
Fans and everyone else who visits the site on a regular basis.


Create your free profile now it takes less then 60 seconds and to
do so just go to http://musicbizcenter.com/join_form.php
and then be sure to invite all of your
friends, the more you invite the better your chance of winning one of
our $500.00, $1,000.00 or even $2,000.00 prizes.
Once you sing up, inviting your freinds is easy, to do so you simply


#1- Visit the site and login over at www.MusicBizCenter.com


#2- Once you login, scroll all the way down to the bottom, as far
down as you can go and click on the tiny link that is second from
the last and says "Invite a Friend".


#3- Once you lick the "invite a friend link" you'll see a pop up
window that will allow you to invite all of your friends either by email
or by exporting them in from your other social networking accounts
such as Myspace, Friendster, Hi-5, FaceBook, Orkut, Xing, Black Planet,
Bebo and more!


So do it now and remember invite as many people as you can, it will
dramatically increase your chances of winning a big prize.


Create your profile now over at http://musicbizcenter.com/join_form.php


Thats all for now, I hope to be announcing YOU as a winner soon
(That is if I have not already :)


P.S. Once you join the site be sure to stop by and say hi, by adding
me as one of your friends. My profile on the site can be found over at;
http://musicbizcenter.com/TyCohen  so don't be a stranger, say hi!

Here is a new Motivational Music Minute in which I talk about
"The Top 5 Ways That You Can Make Money in the Music Industry.

 

Take a listen and be sure to "Talk Back" by leaving your positive comments and post here, I'd love to hear your feeedback :)

 

Click Here to Listen Now Online

or

Click Here to Save the Recording to your computer and/or MP3 Player and to be able to share it with others.

 

P.S. Be sure to pass this audio onto your friends as well as feel free to post it on your Blogs, MySpace Pages or anywhere else.

 

P.P.S. Be sure to "Talk Back" by posting your comments below, I'd love you hear your positive comments!

Ty

 

 

 

 

In the music industry, there is an insane amount of variety in the types of music contracts out there. If you are thinking of busting into the music industry, then it is a good idea to explore the business side of it. You need to educate yourself on the types and legalities of music business contracts before hopping in.

First, recording contracts are arrangements between the artist and the label. This is where the artist makes a record and the label sells it. Once recording contracts are signed with the label, the company will own all rights, copyrights, to that record. More often than not, the artist is unable to record or perform under any other label.

An exception to the above rule is under something termed as a distribution deal. This is where someone else, meaning you or your manage for example, owns the copyright but the album is licensed to the label for a set period of time which will be stated under the terms of the music business contracts.

You may choose to include an opt-out clause in music contracts. This generally states that if the popularity of an artist decreases or they fail to sell records then they can be dropped. This can be great for a record company but ultimately not so great for the artist. It protects the company but also encourages the artist to perform and produce at the highest levels.

The following items are what you will find inside recording contracts: definitions, terms and commitments, exclusivity, grant of rights and copyrights. You may also see sections such as, advancements, royalties, recording costs, publishing, group provisions, creative control and cost control. Lastly, music contracts may contain; tour support, equipment, producers, accounting, promotional terms, miscellaneous and a line to sign on. Music business contracts are complex but educating yourself with the basics your first step in the right direction.

About the Author:

Ty Cohen, the online music industry's most recognizable voice is the former owner of a successful independent record label, current owner of Platinum Millennium publishing and nation-wide music industry seminar speaker and panelist. He is also the author and creator of over 40 best-selling music business books, reports, courses, audio products and other music industry "How to" resources, that have helped tens of thousands of individuals like you to successfully find their way in the music business. Visit http://www.MusicContracts101.com for more information on Music Contracts, Recording Contracts and Music Business Contracts.