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We Don’t Need No Stinkin Drums

April 8, 2011

Thanks to George Hrab for sharing a cool video. It takes a second to start, but its pretty cool. Do you play lead blender?

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73,000 Free Blogs Terminated

July 19, 2010

I have said it over and over, using free tools on the Internet is fine if it is something that enhances your website. However, you do not base your core tools on something free. A recent article explains how “Law enforcement officials” just shut down Burstnet client, Blogetery.com which offered free and paid services for [...]

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Get/Renew Your Domains Before July 1

June 28, 2010

The domain name price increases announced back in December by VeriSign are finally upon us. Effective July 1st, .COM domains will increase 7% and .NET domains will go up 10% as required by VeriSign’s agreements with ICANN. As a result, registrars will also begin to pass along the increases to their customers. You can avoid [...]

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Ronnie James Dio Dead at 67

May 17, 2010

While I’ve often loved to poke fun at his lyrics (In the light of the night, in the dark of a shparkkkk), no one could ever take away the talent and the voice of Ronnie James Dio. He died of stomach cancer at age 67. He started his career with Rainbow, took over for Ozzy [...]

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Will Return Shortly

April 26, 2010

Rumors of my death have been highly exaggerated. Currently my main computer is “Dead” for all normal purposes. I am using my laptop (which gives me “low on disc space” errors about ever 10 minutes). Bottom line, geteting a new podcast up is a bit of a challenge. Hand in there, I’m on my way [...]

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Aging Gracefully

March 18, 2010

There is a movie out called “It might get loud” that came out in 2009 which features Jimmy Page, The Edge, and Jack Black (which reminds me of the Sesame Street game “One of these things doesn’t belong here..”).  The movie points out that none of these men are the best guitarists ever, but they [...]

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Painting a Clear Picture

December 22, 2009

When it comes to starting a band, you need to have a clear picture for those people you are recruiting. With this in mind, you should be able to explain the style of music you want to play. You should have at leas t 10 songs selected that you want to play. This way people [...]

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The End of the Starving Artist

August 25, 2009

Today we have a chat with Miata Edoga the President of Abundance Bound a great website that teaches artist how to manage their money. It’s got great free resources, as well as many different packages and best of all Payment plans to make them all affordable. Unlike other “financial gurus” who provide a “one size [...]

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Sell Your Music on Rock Band and Guitar Hero

July 22, 2009

Green Day just released a new album and you can purchase tracks from the album in Rock Band. This game is now seen as a way to get your music to your fans.  Indies have been shut out of this service, but that will come to an end very soon. Harmonix and MTV Games are [...]

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Paypal Micropayments increase profits by 23%

June 8, 2009

Paypal Micropayments I’ve known about paypal micropayments for a while, but when I first heard about it, I didn’t think you could switch from an “old” paypal account to a new micropayment. Now you can. What’s the difference? Standard Paypal Fees PayPal charged a minimum transaction fee of 30 cents plus 2.9%. Paypal Micropayment Fees [...]

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