music business

Gig Donkey Free Resource For Musicians

February 3, 2010

I just found out about a new FREE resource for musicians called Gig Donkey. Here are some of the features: gig calendars for your website band rehearsal scheduler with reminders track your pay (or lack of) create set lists and print them for gigs manage contacts manage inventory fan e-list signups for your website or [...]

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Your Band’s E-mail Address

December 14, 2008

This show originates from www.musicianscooler.com My Gmail Account Got Hijacked I went to login to my account. That’s funny, it won’t let me in. Then when I used the password reminder, it sent my password to an email that wasn’t mine. A week later and I still can’t get google to give it back to [...]

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Building Your Tribe

November 10, 2008

The band O.A.R. sells their CD on a USB bracelet. If you buy the bracelet at a show, you can come back after the show and have that night’s show saved to the USB drive. They are also selling these recordings (on a USB drive) on their website for $30. So they charge a little [...]

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Doug Ross Coming to the Cooler

August 16, 2008

Doug Ross has managed to make a living as a full time musician for over 20 years without getting famous or going broke. He has a business degree from the University of Maryland, but didn’t learn any money-saving secrets in college. Most of the best advice he’s gotten has come from reading up on basic [...]

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Shannon Curfman – Music Vs Music Business

April 28, 2008

This show originates at www.musicianscooler.com Sponsors: Get your own .com domain name at www.godaddy.com by using the promotional code "cooler10" This week we interview Shannon Curfman SHANNON CURFMAN She had a major label deal by the age of 14. The label try to take this bluesy, soulful rocker and turn her into Britney Spears. Well [...]

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The No Fluff Episode

April 7, 2008

This show originates from www.musicianscooler.com and is brought to you by Godaddy.com where you can use a promotional code " cooler10 " and get .com domain name for $6.95 a year. Also get 35 free songs at www.emusic.com/musicnews (even works with an iPod !) Todays show is the shortest musicians cooler podcast ever. I had [...]

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