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Niches are the new mainstream

This time last year Digital profiled two bloggers who moved into the business side of things. Perez Hiton’s Perezcious record label signed its second act Travis Garland (French popster Sliimy didn’t really work out) around the time mainstream media began to question his grip on the pop zeitgeist while the small-time two-person indie blog Neon [...]

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A licence to blog

As you may have noticed via the masthead above the column (in the print version), I run Nialler9.com, a music blog that is now in its fifth year of operation. Last week, I received an email from the Irish Music Rights Organisation (IMRO) which represents bands, composers, artists and songwriters. IMRO sent emails to four [...]

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Top 10 music discovery sites you should know

We all can navigate our way around Youtube, blogs, Spotify and sites like Last.FM by now but what other sites can help you find your new favourite band? Digital looks at ten others you should know… 1. Soundcloud – It started as a highly intuitive way for bands and labels to share music with others. [...]

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DIY band aid – How to stand out in an ocean of noise

The combination of a music industry unsure of its future, trying economical times and the ubiquity of the internet has left fledgling bands of the world in a tough situation. How does a band peek its head above the ocean of noise in the hope of being noticed? Great tunes are a must but it’s [...]

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Sites of the Week: Clients from Hell, STFU Marrieds

Music Marketing Irish-based site that looks at new ways the industry can sell music in these tumultuous, shifting times. http://musicmarketing.ie Clients from Hell “I don’t want to pay for the red words on my website, can you use less red so that I can get a discount?” Plenty more face palms abound on this web [...]

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Yo! Finance the Show

Last month, this column mentioned Sellaband.com, a site that enables fans or “believers” as they’re called, to donate towards an artist’s album recording fund and share in the potential profits. Sellaband scored a huge coup last week when rap hall of famers Public Enemy chose the site to raise money for their forthcoming album. Chuck [...]

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Fan-tastic ways to buy

Ash are ready to make good on their decision never to release albums ever again. Their A-Z project which sees the now New York-based band release 26 songs; one every fortnight for the next twelve months, on 7” vinyl and digital download kicks off in December. Another act taking the completely independent route are Canadian [...]

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