Hi guys, just a quick update today. Chris Rocket from the Promote Your Music blog recently interviewed me (Shaun) for his website. Some of the things we talked about include:
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Archive for November, 2011
Music Business Strategies Interview With Promote Your Music
Monday, November 28th, 2011How To Be A Wedding Singer
Wednesday, November 23rd, 2011
Today we have a guest post by Sam from Music Live UK on how to be a wedding singer. If you have ever been interested in making some money as a singer at people’s weddings, then you need to read this article!
If you are a talented singer with good on-stage presence, then you could consider a career as a wedding singer. Weddings are big business all over the world. By providing quality entertainment at some of these weddings, you can easily build a career for yourself. Yes, wedding singing is a competitive market. But with a combination of talent and good marketing skills, you can earn yourself a very good living.
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Why You Need To Invest In Your Music Career
Wednesday, November 9th, 2011
Today we’re going to look at the need to invest in your music career. Want to make money from your music, but don’t want to invest in making that happen? I’m sorry to break it to you my friend, but it simply doesn’t work like that.
Let’s make one thing clear: If you want to take your music career past the ‘making music in your bedroom’ stage (And start making money), you will need to invest in it. It really is as simple as that. While finding that money to invest isn’t easy for everyone, it will have to happen sooner or later.
Here are some of the costs you may, and probably will, incur:
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Win! A $181 Membership To Our Online Music Business Academy
Sunday, November 6th, 2011
Hi guys, just a quick post today. I’ve got a very special prize for you, I’m giving three lucky readers the chance to win a year’s free access to the IMA Music Business Academy!! This is a prize worth $181, and is worth every penny you won’t pay for it!! 
The academy will give you lots of great advice you won’t find anywhere else, and is tailored to the independent musician. This means all the advice you receive will be practical and achievable, and get your music career moving faster then ever before!
Like the sound of winning this fabulous prize? Then all your have to do is…
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How To Get Signed – The Best Way To Get A Record Deal
Tuesday, November 1st, 2011
If you’ve ever wondered how to get signed or how to get a record deal, then this is the guide for you. There is a lot of very valuable information in this article, so if you find it useful, please share it on your favourite social networking website (E.G Facebook, Twitter , Google + etc) or your own site.
The reason this guide came about is because the old method of getting signed to a record label has died out. It used to be enough to simply have a talent and bump into the right person, but not any more. No more will sending your demo to a record label give you the chance of being signed, you now have to do a lot more to get on the radar of a record label a&r.
Despite the old methods not working anymore, when you do a search for how to get signed to a record label, you still see articles giving outdated advice. This article aims to change that.
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