Public domains are the opposites of what copyrights are. A public domain is any work (such as a song, book, or drawing) that is available for the public to use freely. Any material given to the public freely, ineligible for copyrighting, or has an expired copyrighting status would be considered as public domain. Therefore, feel free to “steal” some of Beethoven’s pieces for your own recording without receiving a letter of cease and desist. Continue reading
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Seeking Funding for Your Music: New and Improved Methods
When starting a new business or seeking support for the life of an established company, people resort to getting funded from outside sources, usually from banks and investors. What I would like to do is introduce to you a method to getting a loan in your business name as opposed to your personal name. That way you protect your personal assets. I would also like to describe four different types of investors. Not all investors become part owner of your business. Continue reading
Musicians Cry for Propellerhead Reason to Host Rewire
This post is dedicated to all of you Propellerhead Reason fans and potential buyers of such. It is written because Reason users are unable to operate it as a host in rewire. Well, I have potential good news: The Propellerhead company may consider updating their rewire feature to appease our needs. For those of you who don’t know what rewire is, it’s an app that allow the integration of multiple recording and production software to work seamlessly together. Continue reading
9 Smart Habits of Real Millionaire Entrepreneurs | AllBusiness.com
At the end of this blog post is a link to another blog post entitled 9 Smart Habits of Real Millionaire Entrepreneurs from All Business. It inspired me as an entrepreneur. One of the habits I took to heart so far was one about waking up early in the morning to get things done. Continue reading
Are Musicians Breathing Right?
Here’s a unique way to exercise physically: The next time you’re jogging to build your wind or to burn fat, sing your songs while running. This is a beneficial practice to get use to moving around on stage during your next musical performance. MC Hammer was one of those performers who used to sing and dance simultaneously. You can, too. Continue reading
Hot Bird Music Grand Opening
This week (May 13-19, 2013) is the grand opening for Hot Bird Music services. The purpose for Hot Bird Music Consulting is to provide marketing tools that works and cost little or no money, assist recording artists in incorporating themselves and getting the business tools they need, and direct (produce) the creation and recording of their music. That way artists become their own CEO’s and direct their own careers instead of some other record label pressuring them and depriving them of royalty checks. When you click on the Get Business Consultation link, you will see a catalog where you can choose from market planning services to music production projects. Continue reading
Words You Speak Set the Tone to Your Career
Remember when you was a kid witnessing someone hailing insults to another kid (or perhaps it was you on the receiving end)? What did that other kid say in response to his turmoil? “Sticks and stones can break my bones but words will never hurt me.” Remember that? Or am I really speaking to a younger generation whereby children tote a glock 10mm handgun instead to bust a cap in the bullies’ assets.
Either scenario proves that words can affect a person.
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Bootstrapping: Build a $10,000 Idea With $100
Bootstrapping is the idea of building a business with little or no borrowing (i.e. bank loans) or equity funding (i.e. venture capital investors). The advantage of you implementing this strategy is that the you mature with the business as it grows and you aren’t losing sleep at night over financial debt. The main con of this approach is that your business is likely to grow/expand slowly and revenues take longer to pour in (with some exceptions, however). Bootstrapping allows you to make money out of thin air, and all it takes is you using intellectual property.
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Thousands of aspiring musicians use the bootstrapping technique all the time.
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