Indie Bands Allowed on iTunes?

Posted by on March 20, 2012 · Leave a Comment 

If you're new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!Macgasm is reporting today that Apple has released iTune Producer to certain group of people via Software Update. This could signal a change of heart for the iTunes store, where unsigned bands (and bands signed to very small labels) will be able to upload and sell their music on the iTunes Store. If this actually occurs, it would be very similar to what Apple has done with the iBooks Store: opened... Read More

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Revisited: Derek Sivers

Posted by on December 3, 2010 · Leave a Comment 

You may not know Derek Sivers. You may not know his brainchild-CDBaby.com. That’s ok. He created the site in order to provide a clearinghouse/marketing tool for indie and “local” bands that choose to remain outside the mainstream music nightmare, or find themselves locked out by image-above-substance A&R guys and gals and the labels they rep. After building his site and garnering a very large and devoted group of users, he sold CDBaby. For $22 million. What... Read More

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